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Saturday March 28, 2020

Editorial Cartoon by Graeme MacKay, The Hamilton Spectator – Saturday March 28, 2020

How to Stay Productive (and Sane) While Working from Home

If you’re reading this, you likely find yourself suddenly working from home.

Before the COVID-19 (coronavirus) changed the way we do business in a matter of days, working remotely was something many people imagined as sort of a future-work utopia. Having your home to yourself during the day while your partner or kids are out, sending work emails with your dog cuddled up beside you, having access to your specific brand of coffee — it all sounded like a dream.

That’s probably not how working from home looks for you right now. In reality, you’re likely juggling how to make space in your home for calls and video meetings, keep yourself productive, keep your children occupied and oh yeah — stay sane in the midst of it all.

So let us help you. Like you, my colleagues and I are suddenly working from home indefinitely. For many of us, it’s not our first time working remotely, so I thought I’d reach out to them so I could share their best working from home tips for you. I’ll also share photos of our work-from-home office setups throughout — some as inspiration, and others (like mine) in solidarity with my fellow clutterers.

So let’s dive right in before your spouse, child, or pet arrives with your next home office interruption! And don’t worry — we have a section of this article dedicated to tips for working from home with kids. (Continued: Business 2 Community) 

Graeme MacKay offers some advice for those working from home.

 

Wednesday May 28, 2008

Editorial Cartoon by Graeme MacKay, Editorial Cartoonist, The Hamilton Spectator – Wednesday May 28, 2008

Foreign press coverage of Bernier an eyeful

Like the “gorgeous woman” on his arm when he was sworn in as foreign minister, Maxime Bernier’s resignation didn’t go unnoticed in foreign news outlets, which seem to gleefully throw his former girlfriend into their coverage.

While the breaking news of the resignation came too late for overseas publications, some did spice up their wire service headlines on websites by playing up the woman behind the fallen cabinet minister.

“Good night and very bad luck,” titled Australia’s Sydney Morning Herald over a story from the Reuters News Agency, while Britain’s Daily Telegraph went with “The minister, the classified papers and a lover linked to Hells Angels.”

Few websites didn’t run with a photo of the former so-called ministerial couple, including the BBC website which, like many outlets, pointed out that Bernier was under pressure to resign following previous slip-ups such as his suggestion the “Afghan President Hamid Karzai replace the governor of Kandahar province, where Canada has 2,500 troops stationed.” Chinese News Agency Xinhua noted Bernier “has been under fire recently for his former girlfriend’s links with an organized crime group.”

“A calamitous moral affair” put an end to his career, wrote France’s Le Figaro – under the banner “A Canadian minister forgets his files at his lover’s home” – which added “pretty” to international descriptions of Couillard, which ranged from “gorgeous” and “glamorous” to the “provocatively dressed,” used in a widely run Associated Press piece. (Source: Canwest)

 

Wednesday May 28, 2008

Editorial Cartoon by Graeme MacKay, Editorial Cartoonist, The Hamilton Spectator – Wednesday May 28, 2008

Foreign press coverage of Bernier an eyeful

Like the “gorgeous woman” on his arm when he was sworn in as foreign minister, Maxime Bernier’s resignation didn’t go unnoticed in foreign news outlets, which seem to gleefully throw his former girlfriend into their coverage.

While the breaking news of the resignation came too late for overseas publications, some did spice up their wire service headlines on websites by playing up the woman behind the fallen cabinet minister.

“Good night and very bad luck,” titled Australia’s Sydney Morning Herald over a story from the Reuters News Agency, while Britain’s Daily Telegraph went with “The minister, the classified papers and a lover linked to Hells Angels.”

Few websites didn’t run with a photo of the former so-called ministerial couple, including the BBC website which, like many outlets, pointed out that Bernier was under pressure to resign following previous slip-ups such as his suggestion the “Afghan President Hamid Karzai replace the governor of Kandahar province, where Canada has 2,500 troops stationed.” Chinese News Agency Xinhua noted Bernier “has been under fire recently for his former girlfriend’s links with an organized crime group.”

“A calamitous moral affair” put an end to his career, wrote France’s Le Figaro – under the banner “A Canadian minister forgets his files at his lover’s home” – which added “pretty” to international descriptions of Couillard, which ranged from “gorgeous” and “glamorous” to the “provocatively dressed,” used in a widely run Associated Press piece. (Source: Canwest) 

 

Tuesday September 24, 2002

Editorial Cartoon by Graeme MacKay, The Hamilton Spectator – Tuesday September 24, 2002

A City Hall to boost ‘image’

A team of developers vying to build Hamilton’s new City Hall says a brand new building is needed to boost the city’s sagging reputation and create a central meeting place of which the community can be proud.

Glorious architecture gallery

“We’re talking about more than just mortar and brick here — we’re talking about image, we’re talking about the city,” said Joe Mancinelli, vice-president of the Labourers International Union of North America (LIUNA) which has partnered with Hi-Rise Group in a proposal to build a new city hall on the current site downtown.

“What better way to show the citizens of Hamilton and everyone outside of Hamilton that we have a new image?”

The newly established business partners say they want to construct a new building on the land behind city hall, and demolish the old one when it’s complete.

The developers say they would pay the entire cost of construction, and lease the building back to the city for less than the city now pays each year for the facility and additional office space throughout the core. Taxes would not have to go up, they say.

“We’re not looking upon the city to spend a dime,” said Warren Green of Hi-Rise.

The LIUNA/Hi-Rise group is one of nine developers hoping to either build a new city hall, fix up the old one or renovate existing office space such as Hamilton City Centre or the Standard Life Building. (Hamilton Spectator)