New Perspectives: A Senior Moment – “OUTSIDE THE BOX”
Writers try to avoid using clichés. These figures of speech generally become trite and stale with overuse. The phrase “thinking outside the box” easily...
An open letter to the Province
Dear Premier Ford, Minister Elliott and Minister Fullerton:
It is becoming more and more distressing to residents of Long Term Care Homes to be kept...
New Perspectives: A Senior Moment – “GOOD TO SEE YOU—??”
Our esteemed premier is considering inaugurating Stage Three as the Province continues its systematic recovery from COVID-19. Most citizens will welcome greater social freedoms...
A magnifying glass has been turned on social fabric cracks says Labour Council
To the Editor:
The path to a prosperous and inclusive post COVID-19 world will not be found or navigated without the full engagement of the...
New Perspectives: A Senior Moment – “SYSTEMIC RACISM?”
I have delayed commenting publicly on the ongoing, loud and impassioned debate about race relations here and in the USA. My silence did not...
New Perspectives: A Senior Moment – “VERA LYNN: 1917-2020”
For a beleaguered British population, 1940 ushered in the darkest days of World War II. France had quickly surrendered to the relentless German blitzkrieg...
We need to own our own waste and deal with it says reader
To the Editor:
Like many persons I too am deeply concerned about the long term management of nuclear waste.
In Ontario we have been making...
New Perspectives – Guest: Welcome to my Garden -‘Wrensong’
Welcome to my Garden
by Jean MacGregor
The birch is old and showing its age as it continues to preside over the garden, overseeing its evolution...
We have an obligation to support the DGR says reader
Dear Editor,
I know a couple in Brockton, Charlie and Tessa (not their real names), who have chosen to permanently disconnect from the electricity grid. For...
New Perspectives: A Senior Moment – “American Dirt”
By fully extending her arm through the unguarded border wire, a desperate teenaged Honduran girl symbolically clutches a handful of soil from the US...
