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Trainspotting in Quebec

October 13, 2025 Phillip Blancher

Wandering further afield, I went trainspotting with youngest son on October 12. This time, we went to Coteau, Quebec, and De Beaujeu, Quebec to do some trainspotting. If you wonder why I use the British […]

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Wandering further afield – Pre-Election thoughts

April 27, 2025 Phillip Blancher

It is a day to go until election day and I’d thought I’d share a few thoughts about this 2025 Federal Election. This election has been interesting and not what I expected three months ago. […]

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Merry Christmas, please resign

December 22, 2024 Phillip Blancher

I don’t often write letters to politicians. One time, I wrote then-Prime Minister Stephen Harper asking to be considered for an open Senate seat. At the time I was under-employed and thought “hey, I can […]

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Wandering further afield – Thoughts on the US Election

November 8, 2024 Phillip Blancher

I watched with curious wonder as the US election results rolled in Tuesday night. A few hours before, I sent to a friend my prediction for the night: Trump will take PA and MI, and […]

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Somewhere in the middle

October 28, 2024 Phillip Blancher

“I thought you leaned a bit to the left,” the plumber said to me this morning. We were talking as he was finishing up winterizing a building for me. We’ve known each other for years. […]

Recent published columns

  • Wanderings – Eliminating school board trustees a good start
    October 22, 2025
  • Wanderings – Saying goodbye to a colleague and a friend
    October 15, 2025
  • Wanderings – Banning photo radar not the easiest solution
    October 8, 2025
  • Wanderings – Simple things should not be this difficult
    October 1, 2025
  • Wanderings – Are politician pay raises well earned?
    September 24, 2025
  • Wanderings – Why building big things should be tough
    September 16, 2025
  • Wanderings – Dumber than a bag of hammers and other phrases
    September 10, 2025
  • Wanderings – Change should not be this difficult
    September 3, 2025
  • Wanderings – Fact, fiction, and what’s posted online
    August 27, 2025
  • Wanderings – Counter tariff soup or profiteering?
    August 20, 2025

Recent photography

  • Trainspotting in Quebec
    October 13, 2025
  • Grass River Falls
    July 14, 2024
  • Canada Day Fireworks
    July 8, 2024
  • What to do with a filter?
    July 8, 2024
  • Hockey photos… the playoffs
    February 18, 2024
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