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A lot can be said about human courage and ambition, especially in the early days of aviation. You really couldn’t have one without the other in this realm.

Inflation. If you are like me, you’re probably sick of hearing this word. However, inflation is a reality we must face.

The last few weeks have been rough on me. My cancer – melanoma – is now resident in my lungs as three distinct spots. I have been assured that a new drug is available and is specifically produced to eliminate this melanoma. It has taken a few weeks to get this drug but I now have it.

Ontario’s provincial election campaign is now in full swing, and across the province, candidates are engaging with voters in hopes of capturing their support at the ballot box. In turn, voters want to know where candidates stand on the issues that matter most to them.

In the early hours of Sunday morning, I laid in bed watching the Edmonton Oilers defeat the Los Angeles Kings in Game 7 of their first round Stanley Cup Playoffs series.

In 1979, when I was 13, already having experienced much trauma in my short life, I was lured away…

Now that the writ has dropped for the provincial election, we in the media have our inboxes flooded…

It’s Stanley Cup Playoffs time once again. And while my Flyers are absent from the top 16 for the second straight year – really they were absent from any sort of contention by November – the eight first-round matchups are going to make for some highly entertaining television.

Since this week’s edition of the Banner is a Mother’s Day special, I have decided to write a little something about my mom. Me and my mom, Kristine, have always been close.

I want to tell you a story about my friend, NIMBY. NIMBY – short for Not In My Back Yard – is known by everyone around town.

I was first admitted into the LHSC – University Hospital in London on Nov. 15, 2021. I went through 15 hours of triage before they decided that they could help me.

We all face suffering, at times, in this life. It is very difficult and challenging. It can feel like God is absent and does not care about what we are going through. We may be experiencing this right now or have in the past. We may ask ‘where is God when I am suffering?’

As farmers, we know that it’s the finite details that make all the difference. This could be closing the latch on a gate, applying the parking brake, or checking your blind spot when making a left-hand turn. Biosecurity includes a collection of those details to maintain safety standards and protect

Amidst all the postponements and outright cancellations involving sporting events across the spectrum these past few months, I was fortunate enough to attend two games over the course of the 2021-22 NHL campaign.

In light of recent events on the local political scene – Kincardine, need I say more? – TVO had a very timely episode of The Agenda with Steve Paikin entitled, “Ontario’s Municipal Politicians Behaving Badly?” which coincidentally aired on April 4.