Opinion Columns

When I arrived back in Lindsay in 2017 to kickstart the Advocate, I still remember the exhilaration I felt at… Continue reading “What we choose to see”

Every December, we’re encouraged to shop local, to buy gifts from downtown businesses, visit holiday craft shows, and support the… Continue reading “All you need is right here”

I’ve written in this space of my general disdain for the season and the holiday itself. My kids call me… Continue reading “What the Dickens?”

It seems the right time of year for gratitude. And yet the geo-political reality of the times we’re living in… Continue reading “Canada always”

Picture a leader that says political opponents should be in jail and that if the police aren’t doing that, they… Continue reading “The folly of us and them”

Portugal Cove South, at the southern tip of Newfoundland’s Avalon Peninsula, feels both barren and beautiful. Barren, because widely spaced… Continue reading “A tale of two Portugal Coves”

Early last month, I had the opportunity to restore a 1930s stained glass door from the Beach neighbourhood in Toronto… Continue reading “Intentional community change”