It usually happens at the most inopportune time. Often, snow is falling or daylight is fading.…
Editorials
Quite a rabbit’s warren
A trip promised to my twin daughters in 2020 finally came to pass. After graduating their nursing program, they were to tag along for a business trip and see some countryside in the Netherlands and Germany.
Do what you can, wear a mask
Have we learned nothing over the past two and a half years?
Take time to remember
Veterans of the Second World War are now in their nineties. Chances to express appreciation and honour their sacrifice in person grow fewer each year.
A plug nickel, literally
It’s pretty tough to talk about moral authority in news, when the bean counters sell out for pennies and nickels.
Not the desired outcome
Alternative voting held great promise. It was pitched as the answer to dwindling voter counts by granting convenience and access to all voters.
Generalists needed
Much gets said in campaign season, but promises and commiseration are ultimately followed by reality.
Municipal elections matter to everyone
No matter the level of government, during each term of office decisions will be made that eligible voters will agree or disagree with, often strongly.
Time for a re-think
The relationship between employer and employee can be a tough one, often defined by the culture within the workplace.
Six pumpkins
“What about the big one?” my boy queried. It was an innocent enough question when mention was…
To continue, to go on
On a trip to Markham last week, emergency vehicles with flashing lights lined each overpass on Highway 407. Surely there couldn’t be an incident one after the other we thought.
Back to normal – sort of
The Highland Games, fall fairs and packed public events – it seems like things are back to normal.
Great sadness
It was only two-and-a-bit months ago that county council shared a toast to the Queen.
Political butterfly effect
Among my favorite movies is The Butterfly Effect. The 2004 film features Ashton Kutcher as a troubled time traveller who discovers, to his chagrin, that attempts to correct mistakes in the past can generate unintended consequences for the future.
Let the (wo)man speak
News that the Centre Wellington Chamber of Commerce will be abandoning its long-held tradition of hosting candidate nights caused a bit of a flap last week, as it should.