The honourable know best
How much does an election vote really count for? I have often wondered that, as I’m sure many others have as well. It is...
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...
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...
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,...
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...
Helplessly Hoping
As we face the oncoming Winter and grope our way towards the promise of Spring, by February, the cold and snow will seem to...
Money, money, money
This may not be common knowledge, but municipalities are in their annual budget deliberations. Every year, municipal staff and councils have to find ways...
What is truth?
Did you hear the latest? Apparently,.... But wait a minute. Is this news, or fake news? Fake news: the new term we’ve all learned...
The upper hand
As I write this, it was recently announced that thousands of federal government workers from the Public Service Alliance of Canada (PSAC) have reached...
Unstoppable
by Nancy Peckford
My maternal grandmother was a remarkable woman. Born into an impoverished fishing family on the southwest coast of Newfoundland, she had seen...