Opinion Columns

Five years of the Advocate magazine
I still remember telling my Grade 4 teacher, Nancy Graham, that I wanted to be a writer when I grew up.

Made where?
It’s getting harder to figure out where products are made. And that’s exactly what corporations are counting on.
There are many different considerations that go into purchasing something, at least for most people.

Baby, it’s hot outside
Cool Tips for a Hot Planet series
My good friend’s granddaughter was born shortly after the Paris climate accord was signed.

Unions: Too powerful or too weak?
I remember having a discussion with my late father about unions, somewhere around 1990. He told me they were “a good thing once.”

Rechecking my assumptions
A year ago in this space I opined how February was the worst month of the year and that it sucks beyond measure.

Black History Month can help promote unity and inclusion
There are many who ask why we need Black History Month, celebrated each February.

Happy Hour
Those of us of a certain age will remember, back when our local radio station was on the a.m. dial, the noon in memoriam announcements.

