Government investments support resilience of Ontario’s food system
submitted by Ontario Federation of Agriculture
The Ontario Federation of Agriculture (OFA) welcomes new steps the provincial government is taking to ensure the ongoing resilience of...
Baby steps
by Mz Penny
I have finally trained myself to always carry a cloth bag to the grocery store. I had no choice. My favourite store...
Not quite two of a kind!
Our little bit of variable weather has brought one or two of our regular birds back to our feeders and so it was the...
Where’s the catastrophe?
I haven’t lived long enough to know whether people in the “good old days” era (whenever that is) complained about the world going to...
Travel Talk
Looking for adventure
Expedition cruising is a rapidly growing niche within the cruise industry that caters to adventurous travelers seeking immersive and off-the-beaten-path experiences. Unlike...
Children’s Mental Health in North Grenville
Mental health is something that has been a hot topic over the past few years. Slowly, the idea that everyone’s mental health needs to...
New partnership in forest management
Forests are the air filters for the planet, absorbing noxious carbon gases and releasing precious oxygen for the benefit of all life on Earth....
Right Meets Might
submitted by Jim Bertram
The great 19th century British Prime Minister, Benjamin Disraeli, is quoted as having said the following with respect to political practice:...
Climate change: IPCC report
by Steve Gabell, Leeds-Grenville-Thousand Islands & Rideau Lakes Green Party of Ontario
On April 4, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change released their working group...
Positively 4th Street
by Peter Johnson
My parents had the bad luck of being born in 1921. They experienced, firsthand, the 20's and the dirty 30's. My brothers...