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The cowbell. Traditionally, this bell is worn around the neck of free-roaming livestock so herders can keep track of any animal via the sound of the bell.

Mister Rogers’ Neighbourhood was a program I looked forward to every day in my childhood.  It was a short moment of time when I wasn’t nervous or worried about anything.  I felt as though Mister Rogers was talking to me, his friend.  My heart would fill with excitement to see neighbours drop by for

Earlier this year, one of the co-founders of Home Depot – the world’s largest home improvement retailer – publicly stated that if he were to start his company all over again in today’s stifling business environment, he doubts whether it could have ever grown any bigger than around 15 stores versus t

A couple years ago I read a profile of a Palestinian farmer published by Reuters. The farmer had just lost his harvest after members of the Israel Defense Force refused him access to his cropland. I have found myself thinking about that farmer a lot over the past couple weeks… were he or his childre

A post-Halloween bomb threat was sent to a number of Ontario schools, most of them in northern parts of the province around Timmins but some in Toronto, Cornwall and Ottawa, and one in Burlington.

In 2015, I moved from the suburbs into the peace and quiet of the rurals in a primarily senior community (called The Bridges of Seaforth). The community features 73 (so far) homes besides the town of Seaforth in southwestern Ontario. Seaforth is a typical small Ontario town of 3,000-plus people.

I have a favourite story that I often use as a sermon illustration.

It’s understandable why many people often refer to small businesses as the backbone of our economy.

When Nikolay II Alexandrovich Romanov came into power on Nov. 1, 1894, he was nowhere near ready for the massive responsibilities involved with running the world’s largest empire.

Do Canadian workers have the right to get a share of the profits they help generate?

If anyone knows the answer to the question posed in the headline of this column, please let myself (and municipal leaders across the region) know.

A couple of years ago, some creative genius of a parent came up with a kid’s Halloween costume that looked like a COVID virus – garbage bag with foam spikey things protruding from it.

As you have read in the past three columns, I am dealing with a number of health concerns. The only one that is considered terminal is the ‘dementia.’ It can turn into Alzheimer’s, which inevitably requires 24/7 care and ends up as terminal Alzheimer’s. There is, at present, no drug solution for Alz