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The rich get richer and the poor get poorer, goes the old saying. 

The year 2024 has not started out to be as positive as I had expected. Thinking back over the past three years, both my wife and I have been struggling with our health care systems. We are certainly aware of our increasing age but I do not think that ageism is a negative factor with either of us – m

The Canadian Federation of Independent Business (CFIB) called last Friday “a sad day for many Canadian small business owners.” 

If you are like me, you dream of winter evenings cozied up with a warm blanket, hot drink and good book. This winter, head to the library for something different. We have snowshoes, light therapy lamps, puzzles, DVDs, binoculars, board games, Ontario Parks passes, Bruce County Museum passes, loads o

As a youngster growing up in Palmerston, I had multiple dreams that I wanted to chase.

This is the time of year when our elected municipal councils show us that we chose well when we cast our ballots in the previous election. They are up to their ears in budget deliberations.

Time stand still I’m not looking back But I want to look around me now Time stands still See more of the people And the places that surround me now…

Canadians are feeling increasingly pessimistic about their financial well-being – and for good reason.

Football fans across North America were glued to their television sets on the weekend, engorging themselves in the offerings of the National Football League (NFL).

There was a buzz of disgust when Toronto recently banned tobogganing at 45 hills deemed to be unsafe.

Do you have any pet peeves? You know, those things that people do that get under your skin and annoy you. I believe I hear or experience pet peeves every day.

Friends, In his book entitled In Arabian Nights, author Tahir Shah wrote, “Stories are a communal currency of humanity.” In the sharing of stories we learn. Validate. Heal. Grow. And come together.

If you asked most Canadians if this country needs more bureaucrats, they’d probably say no.