Hello Goodbye
Well, that must be a record. After campaigning all summer, getting elected in October, sworn in as a Councillor on December 2, attending just...
Canada Day, and the call for allies in justice
I am writing this with the understanding that you will be reading this on the eve of Canada Day, and I hope it encourages...
Both sides now
Have you noticed that the world is becoming a little grumpy these days? A little tetchy, prone to irritation and hitting out? The whole...
Super schools – Not such a super idea
The Upper Canada District School Board Accommodation Review has been a hot topic over the past few months. With the final opportunity for presenting...
Here, there and everywhere
Have you been keeping up with the French’s Ketchup Saga? Briefly, Loblaws announced that they were taking the condiment off the shelves, and, suddenly,...
Popcorn party
If we ever needed an even better reason to hate Facebook than the multitude of reasons that already exist, we may have gotten exactly...
The Answer to Everything
From the beginning of human civilisation, we have been trying to come up with the ultimate Answer to Everything: the one statement that would...
Dazed and confused
I wonder: has the world just gone mad, or was it always like this, but we didn’t notice? Whatever you think of the trucker...
Good ol’ Maslow
“Won’t somebody please think of the children!?” Such a classic line never gets old, and I would say it aptly summarizes probably about 95%...
Free to have fun
A couple of weekends ago, I volunteered at the Old Town Kemptville BIA Christmas event. I clocked in at 10:00 am at the Library,...