Support your Teachers says reader

To the Editor: Support your teachers! Educators in Ontario are understandably upset. Premier Ford is on a fund-cutting mission and he has targeted teachers. His approach...

New Perspectives: A Senior Moment – “A Father’s Soul”

A Senior Moment                                            ...

The complex meaning behind the Crest

The United Church Crest was recently used in the article we published, 'United Church holds Inaugural Meeting for Change' .  We thought it would...

A Senior Moment: “Surfin’ the Obits”

Have you heard the tale about a cranky old man who began each day by scanning the obituaries in his morning newspaper before he...

New Perspectives: A Senior Moment – “Stringing Words Together”

Earlier this week, I was given the honour of critiquing a fellow writer’s work. In itself, this was not a new experience; over the...

Be tolerant of those who express their ideas says reader

To the Editor:   The silent majority is a strange concept, as if there is a large group of us tied up and gagged. Of course,...

New Perspectives: A Senior Moment – “Goin’ to the Dogs”

Now that sufficient homage has been paid to Valentine’s Day, it is time to celebrate another steadfast bond, that deep relationship between man and...

Flag Day – Carrying on the tradition

Doug Johnson was not only a lifetime member of the Propeller Club in Southampton, he was also known as a flag expert with a...

Carbon monoxide alarm vital for safety

Letter to the Editor: We had a scare yesterday with a cracked heat exchanger on our Carrier Furnace that is 15 years old.  We were actually out...

New Perspectives: A Senior Moment – “The Day the Music Died”

My grade 13 French composition class had just finished and I was at my locker putting on a heavy woolen jacket. It was time...