We need to demand more from our tax dollars: reader

August 15, 2024 · 0 Comments

OUR READERS WRITE (Re: The Price of Bananas, From The Second Row, August 9) A wonderful article on the complacency of Canadians. One thing was ...

Cultivating plum opportunities

by BROCK WEIR Peach season is almost upon us. “So what?” you might ask? Well, for this writer, it’s the start of peak summer. We ...

Climate Change: The August Deadline

by GWYNNE DYER When you spend four years writing a book on climate change, you get to know most of the leading players. I have ...

Citizen Input Not Required

by SHERALYN ROMAN There has been much written in this paper, indeed even in this column, about the passing of 12 MZOs allowing developers relatively ...

The price of bananas

by BRIAN LOCKHART I went to the gas station a few days ago and was shocked to see the price had risen to $1.67 per ...

Why do animals trust humans?

by Mark Pavilons We intelligent bipeds share this planet with billions of other creatures. We’d like to think we’re on top of the food chain, ...

What are you laughing at?

by BROCK WEIR Who doesn’t love a good guffaw? There’s no doubt laughter can make you feel good, but every now and then a giggle ...

Venezuela: It seemed a good idea at the time…

by GWYNNE DYER There have been plenty of cases where a ruler with dictatorial power just gave up and handed power over to the democratic ...

Random Rumblings, episode 3 or maybe it’s 4?

by SHERALYN ROMAN Occasionally, I replace my exclusively Caledon-centric focus with the random rumblings that consume me in the middle of the night. Sometimes they’re ...