Opinion Columns

To date, 2025 has been an eventful year for weather events. That’s understating it. It has been a year of… Continue reading “Climate action should hit the fan”

The Advocate typically produces two possible types of cover images. The first – and most common – is taking a… Continue reading “The art of the perfect cover”

I can’t believe it’s already August. There’s only a month left of ‘real’ summer. Worse still, this leaves only a… Continue reading “Construction lament”

Beatrix Potter’s “The Tale of Johnny Town-Mouse” is a twist on the classic Aesop fable – and an improvement. In… Continue reading “The town mouse ponders town growth”

This month marks one year of Mansur’s Musings. Bitter-sweetly, it will also be my last musing for The Lindsay Advocate,… Continue reading “Bye bye bye (bye bye)”

The time leading up to Canada Day felt a little different this year. The state of U.S.-Canada relations and the… Continue reading “Canada Day is every day”

Applying to rent an apartment in another country, especially a fast-paced big city, is probably one of the most emotionally… Continue reading “Rental bureaucracy blues”