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I must be like a broken record. But, I am learning the hard way. I am not following my own guidelines for both nutrition and exercise. I keep asking myself why, but the answer comes back to procrastination. I am so full of good intentions that I am wondering how she (my wife) puts up with me.

On Monday, the provincial Conservative government passed Bill 23.

As one of the Original People here on Turtle Island (in so-called Canada), I take great offense to some recent comments made by two supposed “leaders” of the Perth County community.

Friends, A few months back, a community member came into It Takes A Village for support with food security. Many community members do, but this particular person left a mark on the soul of the volunteer who served him that day and exemplified the importance of organizations continuously evolving an

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.