One way or another
It has been an interesting couple of weeks in the neighbourhood. Mayor Gordon, or rather Warden Gordon, raised an issue and a lot of...
What is it saying?
“Referendum to be in held in Ottawa on the Issue of Privatized Hospitals.” A notice with this title was received by the Times earlier...
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,...
Double Agent Brando
I have come to the conclusion that someone needs to automatically cue up the James Bond theme music when I walk into a room....
The long and winding road
The Americans of the Excited States like to say that theirs is a long experiment in Democracy. But, just because Canada didn’t begin with...
Homeward bound
Can you see the light at the end of the tunnel? Is there a sense that we’re finally coming out of the dark place...
Close to the edge
The organisation, REAL Women of Canada (acronym for Realistic, Equal, Active, for Life), has released a statement calling for an audit on Federal Indigenous...
Consolidation, Globalization and local development
When I worked in the forest policy sector, I didn’t at the time realize I was a witness to historic changes in the sector,...
I remember you
It’s all about remembering on Remembrance Day, and phrases are used so easily: “Lest we forget”, or “We shall remember them”.These kind of sayings...
Whispering hope
It may not seem that there are any silver linings to the Covid-19 cloud that hangs over the world, but there may be more...