Opinion Columns

Ah, spring. The smell of lilacs in the air. The hopeful sound of children’s laughter. In town, the buzz of civilized street cleaners and the urban medley of voices in cafes.

The coronation is fast approaching, and I’m already feeling queasy.

I clearly remember watching that momentous “one small step” on the moon when I was a kid. 

What kind of terrible person objects to Earth Week cleanups of litter around our parks, roadsides and schoolyards? Me. I’m… Continue reading “Why I hate Earth Week”

When I was a child growing up in Lindsay, the smallest number I recall seeing on our town’s population sign on Highway 36 was 12,000.

There is understandably an increasing amount of discontent with the health care system in Canada.

I’m just one person.  What I do is a drop in the bucket.