Columns

For some, it’s rollercoasters that scare them. For others, it’s a fear of falling from high places. Or it’s a fear of the unknown that keeps them awake at night. For me, it is spiders.

In John 12:1-11, we find Jesus at the home of Lazarus for a meal just before Passover. The meal was…

Friends, I was thinking back recently to when Campbell’s Soup closed in Listowel. When was that, around 2008? I remember at that time feeling as though a ripple of shock and anger flowed through the communities, with generations of family members fearful of what would lie ahead, now that this emplo

By the time you read this, I will have completed my first season as president of a minor sports organization.

Last week’s introductory instalment used Auditor General Bonnie Lysyk’s report along with publicly-available data from the Association of Municipalities of Ontario (AMO) to show the land swaps were unnecessary to hit current housing targets, given there are 88,000 acres already in development plans

With all the heat that we have had, I have been drinking a lot of liquids.

The most challenging aspect of Auditor General Bonnie Lysyk’s report last week that outlined a flawed process undertaken by Premier Doug Ford to facilitate the development of lands formerly protected in Ontario’s Greenbelt is the myriad of pathways that must be explored to fully comprehend just how

My wife seems to have a keen eye for art – paintings in particular. I do not, nor do I have much interest in that particular medium.

Am I surprised by the result of the auditor general’s report about the Greenbelt? Yes and no.

I was thinking recently about some of the groups and school classes we have hosted at The Village over the past year. This is a big part of our advocacy and education program, in that we discuss some of the important language we use here in ITAV (dignity, respect, allyship, hunger, empathy, etc.) an

“I am not a genius, but rather I am not stupid. If I see something that works, I let it work.”

There is a saying that opposites attract. We know this saying is true if you’re working with magnets. However, with people and relationships, it is complicated.

The dreamer is always thinking about what is next. What could be. What if we made that just a little bit better? Temper that with a stoic rationalist who, even with reams of information at their fingertips that indicates better is possible, decides to stick with what is working right now. There are

Well, we knew it was going to happen, and it finally has. Meta, the parent company of Facebook and Instagram, has started blocking Canadian news from its social media platforms.

In my nearly two decades of writing a regular column, I can’t recall ever penning a historical commentary on the Vietnam War.