Maybe I’m amazed
You know how some birthdays or anniversaries seem to matter more than others? They’re usually the one with a zero at the end, like...
The last place trophy
One of the many events held in the month of June is the ParticipACTION Community Better Challenge. The challenge seeks “Canada’s Most Active Community”...
Everything is broken
So now we’re back to when politics and democracy is, largely, a spectator sport. We had our chance to have some say in how...
The Times they are a-changin’
I’ve been waiting a long time to use that title... Yes, things are changing, but the Times will be staying around for a while...
Forget “where”, ask “why”
As the provincial election draws ever closer, perhaps the most hotly debated issue on the North Grenville side of the Leeds-Grenville-Thousand Islands & Rideau...
The haves and the have nots
When was the last time you heard a municipal council brag about stifling growth? Probably never. That’s because all municipalities self-promote to facilitate growth...
The long and winding road
You know that saying: “Travel broadens the mind”? I’ve been thinking about that a lot over the last couple of weeks, partly because by...
The sounds of silence
Newspapers, social media, tv and radio, all ways of informing people, broadcasting news and information, are essential to any healthy society, and are at...
The circle game
I don’t know about you, but I’ve been hearing from a lot of people who are really quite tired of the debates about the...
Everybody hurts
Before Covid, before Brexit, before Ukraine, before Trump and all the other disasters that have hit the world, it seems we were all sleep-walking...