Columns

South Bruce is, by all appearances, a community that is divided.

In the early evening hours of Nov. 18, 1978, around 900 people made their way to the main pavilion. It was a Saturday in northwestern Guyana, and Jonestown seemed fairly reserved despite the emotional and violent events that had transpired earlier.

In my last column, I suggested that we all avoid food which may have been contaminated by pesticides, herbicides fungicides and antibiotics. It’s very hard to do!

It is a real blessing to be able to attend Remembrance Day in person at the cenotaph here in Listowel.

In August 2021, I wrote a piece for the Listowel Banner about the rise in scams and frauds across Ontario during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic.

My husband and I drove to B.C. in July to greet our newest granddaughter, due on July 27. We drove because what we saw on the news about air travel after the pandemic was pretty scary: lost luggage, cancelled flights, long line-ups, etc.

I keep waiting for things to start feeling “normal” again. Absolutely, I am back to a lot of activities that I enjoy and I spend much less energy navigating public health restrictions in my work and my personal life. Yet, still I feel unsettled much of the time.

On Friday, Nov. 4, CUPE had a walkout strike that led to Catholic school closures and a brief period of online learning. While the government and CUPE had their negotiations and actions for or against Bill 28, students and families experienced a time of uncertainty. For those not directly involved b

“Stop being ashamed of how many times you’ve fallen and start being proud of how many times you’ve gotten back up.”

Twitter is now in the Elon Musk era. As of this writing, it’s been 10 days since Musk, best known for founding Tesla and Starlink, has taken over control of the social media platform, at a cost of $44 billion.

It is hard to believe that this is the 133rd column that I have written for the Wingham Advance Times. It has become an account of my health issues since November 2017 to the present.

This past summer most people have tried to return their lives to normal; we are still aware of COVID, but learning to live again. And in so doing I want to ask you a question, “Have you returned to church life, have you gathered with God’s people for public or corporate worship?”

Of all the civilizations that ruled the various regions of our planet over the last six millennia, give or take, few continue to hold the same mystique and intrigue that Ancient Egypt does.