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In 2012 two brothers left good jobs to pursue a business idea. They knew that most restaurants do not deliver, and that consumers increasingly order goods and services on-line. They suspected that car owners might want to earn extra income. They connected these dots and SkipTheDishes was born.

In 2012 two brothers left good jobs to pursue a business idea. They knew that most restaurants do not deliver, and that consumers increasingly order goods and services on-line. They suspected that car owners might want to earn extra income. They connected these dots and SkipTheDishes was born.

Michael Zwaagstra discusses back to school issues on CBC Blue Sky Radio.

Michael Zwaagstra discusses back to school issues on CBC Blue Sky Radio.

On August 3, the government of Canada issued a statement of concern about the way that Saudi Arabia was treating a number of its citizens who had been agitating for further human rights inside the most Islamically conservative jurisdiction on the planet.

On August 3, the government of Canada issued a statement of concern about the way that Saudi Arabia was treating a number of its citizens who had been agitating for further human rights inside the most Islamically conservative jurisdiction on the planet.

It's rare that a Canadian university prof ends up on talk shows around the world. But Jordan Peterson, who teaches psychology at the University of Toronto, got there because he refused to the obey the rule that says people who self-identify as 'trans gender' are entitled to 'non-binary pronouns'. From that starting point, Peterson has emerged as Canada's best known academic intellectual since Marshall McLuhan. He is vilified by some feminists as being a misogynist of the alt right, a charge that he strongly denies.

It's rare that a Canadian university prof ends up on talk shows around the world. But Jordan Peterson, who teaches psychology at the University of Toronto, got there because he refused to the obey the rule that says people who self-identify as 'trans gender' are entitled to 'non-binary pronouns'. From that starting point, Peterson has emerged as Canada's best known academic intellectual since Marshall McLuhan. He is vilified by some feminists as being a misogynist of the alt right, a charge that he strongly denies.

Two recent cases show a troubling trend on the part of the police in reacting to Canadians defending their property and families. When an armed gang roared on to the farm of Gerald Stanley, attempted to steal vehicles, and assaulted his wife, Stanley responded by shooting dead one of the home invaders. When Peter Khill found a man on his driveway trying to steal his truck and believed the thief was raising a gun, Khill shot and killed him.

Two recent cases show a troubling trend on the part of the police in reacting to Canadians defending their property and families. When an armed gang roared on to the farm of Gerald Stanley, attempted to steal vehicles, and assaulted his wife, Stanley responded by shooting dead one of the home invaders. When Peter Khill found a man on his driveway trying to steal his truck and believed the thief was raising a gun, Khill shot and killed him.