LOSING SLEEP?

I picked up a back issue of the Toronto Star in my keep for reading' pile under my desk - I don't always get around to attacking it - about changing blankets in the spring for a better sleep. It isn't something we get around to until it's damn near mid-summer.

Hot nights lead to a restless sleep, The Canadian Institutes of Heath Research tells us. It links chronic health deprivation to multiple issues: hypertension and poor health among them. It lets us know emphatically we Canadians aren't getting enough sleep. Blankets are not the only cause. Tariffs, politics and a slumping economy can keep us tossing and turning.

Author's comment: Here's what to look for-organic cotton or bamboo sheets. What to avoid: polyester and other synthetic materials are likely to trap in heat and sweat. Should we Canadians be snuggling under a blanket when it's more than 25 degrees at midnight? That 's enough to keep us awake.

KING OF...CANADA

Are you kidding? King of Canada? We're a sovereign nation according to

Collins English Dictionary & Thesaurus . A supreme Dominion. Which means

we're on our own.

This came to mind when reading letters recently to the Globe and Mail about

The King of England also being the King of Canada.

Tell me, what nonsense is that?

Writer's comment: I thought we'd dropped that bone of contention years ago.

Yet it keeps popping up like a bad dream.

Canada is Canada. No attachments' Period. Let's not forget it.