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When a child dies of measles, it is a tragedy. When it happens in a country with readily available, free, effective vaccine, it is even more tragic.

Don’t come for me  – I have a healthy respect for football. If a game is happening, it’s on in our house. There’s a reason sports have been a part of cultures throughout human history: they have the power to bring people together, and that’s important in times of division.

Please allow me space to reply to Brockton Councillor Carl Kuhnke’s article published in your paper on April 24: “Airport would be better under private ownership.”

Raise your hand if you’re having a harder time finding a stiff drink than a family doctor or an open emergency room in your community? How about an affordable home?

I recently found myself chatting with a stranger at a party. As we traded pleasantries, the topic of occupation came up and he explained he was a farmer, while I confessed to being a journalist (an admission that can induce some diverse reactions these days).

At first glance, the Ontario government’s move to suspend the drivers’ licences of convicted car thieves seems like a “get tough on crime” move that is badly needed.

A new survey last week showed young Canadians were among the least happy group of people in the country based on age and also one of the most discontented in the developed world.

Some of you may already know or recognize my name, but for those who do not, I’m Nicole…

Emergency Preparedness Week was May 5-11. The timing of the event is impeccable; those April showers bring more than the lovely array of May flowers we are now enjoying.

Ontarians will no doubt be thrilled to learn there is no shortage of physicians in the province.

What a week this has been! I go from a “Feeling Good” to an accident victim (of my own stupidity).

A certain Einstein once said “information is not knowledge; the only source of knowledge is experience,” but after spending eight months in college, it seems real knowledge comes from a combination of both. 

Everyone knows you don’t kick someone when they’re down.

There was a time when “spin,” used as a verb, involved turning fibre into yarn.

Official Opposition leader Pierre Poilievre created quite a stir in the past couple of weeks with his pledge to use the notwithstanding clause to override any laws that don’t suit his worldview in a bizarre op-ed piece in which he trashed every form of business association going.