Doug Firby

4 days ago | troymedia.com | Doug Firby

Reading Time: 4 minutesSure, Canada has its problems but this country is still worth defending“Canada is broken. Canada is a fiction. Canada is a socialist wasteland.”Enough. I’m sick and tired of hearing from the negative nellies who want to tear this country down and turn it into something smaller than it is. You can argue the numbers if you like, but for my money, Canada remains one of the best countries in the world to live in—assuming, of course, you’re OK with the cold.

1 week ago | troymedia.com | Doug Firby

Reading Time: 5 minutesThe West is furious, separation talk is growing. Can Mark Carney hold the country together before it falls apart? Disappointment and frustration can lead people to do foolish things. Conservatives in Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Alberta, in particular, are profoundly disappointed that Pierre Poilievre’s Conservative Party of Canada was defeated by a coalition of progressive voters in the federal election.

3 weeks ago | autonews.com | Doug Firby

Strategies such as maintaining a large cash reserve and a high-performing service department are keys to Highbury Ford's success over 50 years, said Robert Vitali, the dealership’s president.

1 month ago | troymedia.com | Doug Firby

Reading Time: 5 minutesFalling vaccination rates and political silence are fuelling Canada’s growing measles outbreakMeasles, declared eradicated in Canada in 1998, is making a big comeback in several provinces and around the world. The situation has become so urgent in Alberta that Dr. Mark Joffe, the province’s chief medical officer of health, gave in to pressure from prominent health officials and broke his longstanding silence on the topic. He issued an urgent warning.

1 month ago | theglobeandmail.com | Doug Firby