Letters

Crises often stir the ‘mother of invention’

April 16, 2020   ·   0 Comments

by Mark Pavilons Human beings are not only resilient, they are a crafty bunch. It’s been proven throughout our history that we can be quite ...

A job well done, Coun. Downey

OUR READERS WRITE I just wanted to acknowledge the continued hard work by our Regional Councillor Johnana Downey for her achievement of finally getting us ...

Reflections

by SHERALYN ROMAN In the midst of a pandemic it’s important, now more than ever, that we take some time to reflect on the good ...

Hungary: the first casualty?

by GWYNNE DYER “Hello, dictator!” said Jean-Claude Juncker cheerily to Hungary’s leader, Victor Orbán, at a European Union summit meeting a couple of years ago. ...

Sunshine List should be scrapped

EDITORIAL Well, ladies and gentlemen, it’s back.  As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to bring governments across the globe to its knees, the Ontario government, which ...

Is it time to wipe the slate clean again?

by Mark Pavilons “And God saw all that He had made, and behold, it was very good.” Yes it was. Fast-forward several thousand years and ...

Guess how much I love you

by SHERALYN ROMAN This one is for all my teacher peeps, an unabashedly biased column and one that I believe, many stressed out parents might, ...

The Plague: saving the old

by GWYNNE DYER The basic choice all along with Covid-19 has been: do we let the old die, or do we take a big hit ...

Top three priorities

EDITORIAL IN A SINGLE WEEK we have witnessed a five-fold increase in the number of deaths in North America attributed to COVID-19.  In Canada, the ...

Never ignore the talent of our fellow humans

by Mark Pavilons Never ignore talent, is an idea I’ve come to embrace over the years. In my job, I’ve met thousands of interesting souls, ...

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