Opinion

Let me preface this by saying, I don’t hate Valentine’s Day. I really think very little of it generally (coupled… Continue reading “Happy Valentines Day week from your local single gal”

This column represents the start of the seventh calendar year of having the great privilege of occupying this space and… Continue reading “International could get local real fast”

On Jan. 6, the fourth anniversary of the violent attack on Congress, president-elect Donald Trump proclaimed that Canada should be… Continue reading “Donald Trump, tariffs, bullying and Canadian sovereignty”

Making progress is hard. Starting over again, building yourself up from nothing in any area of life, is a feat…. Continue reading “Begin again”

If you live in this country and have a working Canada Card, you know a wee bit about hockey, if… Continue reading “Politics should work like hockey”

The subtitles say it all. The 2012 book Saving Civility, by American author Sara Hacala, offers “52 Ways to Tame… Continue reading “It starts with us . . . ALL of us”

We are all products of our time and the culture that formed us. I sometimes consider myself lucky that I… Continue reading “Walking a mile”