Letters

Is Baffin Island really that big?

June 9, 2022   ·   0 Comments

Written by BRIAN LOCKHART There is a map of the world on the wall of my home office. I use it at various times when ...

Taiwan: The Codger Misspeaks Again – or Does He?

by GWYNNE DYER “Well, my dear, we didn’t know where to look. The old codger was getting away with it again, fielding the questions like ...

Will the real winner please step forward?

by SHERALYN ROMAN When you write for a weekly paper and an election is taking place the same day it arrives on your doorstep, you’re ...

Loose lips, sink ships

by BRIAN LOCKHART There was a saying during the Second World War that went – “loose lips, sink ships.” The idea behind the saying was ...

Celebrating service in all its forms

by BROCK WEIR By the time you read this, chances are you’ve already been to the polls. It is, of course, election season in Ontario ...

Russia Will Not Disappear

by GWYNNE DYER Russian President Vladimir Putin will almost certainly not be in power three years from now. The war he foolishly began in Ukraine ...

The “Fireworks” About Fireworks!

by SHERALYN ROMAN It’s a topic sure to make some people’s tempers flare, and one that gets many others all worked up and ready to ...

Safe on-line trading

by BRIAN LOCKHART The Orangeville Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police have set up a space in their parking lot that is to be used ...

The value of full public discourse

by BROCK WEIR Things were looking great for Richard Nixon before he sat down with a young, upstart Senator from Massachusetts. Banking on his track ...

Farewell Neutrality: Sweden and Finland

Written by GWYNNE DYER It’s easy to imagine Vladimir Putin coming into the shop marked “Sweden”, breaking some fine china accidentally on purpose, and growling: ...

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