Columns

When I was a girl, I learned to get the work done first, and rest later. 

A change in vantage point can really alters one’s perspective of an event.

In my last column I wrote about a negative word – “stigma.” Since then, I have thought plenty about this negative word. You see, since I have been diagnosed as having dementia in 2013, I have resolved not to use negative words and hope that the people of my neighbourhood treat me equally and follow

The loss of the sub Titan, and the five people aboard, during a voyage to the wreck of the Titanic, has raised a lot of questions about the commercialization of what many regard as the grave of the more than 1,500 people who lost their lives when the ship sank in 1912.

Merger. For a six-letter word, it is a heavy one. It’s a word that, more often than not, leads to more harm than good for the two entities that are combining.

Those of us who are followers of Jesus are to love our neighbour as ourselves. So, why would Jesus affirm the Old Testament teaching to love one’s neighbour as the second most important command after loving God with all your heart, soul mind and strength (Mark 12:28-34)? What is the reason that Jesu

One of my colleagues, on more than one occasion, has expressed their amazement to me that I can write an opinion piece every week.

Some things cannot be outright explained, they can only be felt.

Anyone remember the publicity stunt a few years back where Loblaws said, “Hey everybody, we are engaged in a massive price fixing ring between Canada’s two biggest bakeries and the Canadian grocery oligopoly, here is a $25 gift card, please take it and give up your future right to take part in a cla

There is more to this great country than canoes and maple syrup.

Because we focus so much on Jesus as the Son of God, we often forget to consider that Jesus was also human.

First, a definition: a stigma is a set of negative and often unfair beliefs that a society or group of people have about something. For example: the stigma associated with mental illness equals the stigma of mental illness.

I’ve likely heard the phrase above a million times thus far in my life, and now that I think about it, more frequently since I have become a mother. 

In early June 2023, smoke from wildfires in Quebec blanketed Ontario and turned New York City skies orange. Bruce County escaped the worst of the big smoke, but it hasn’t always been so lucky.