Editorials

It appears jobs – to be more precise, people to fill them – topped the wish list of many businesses large and small, for Ontario Budget 2023.

TikTok, TikTok… time is running out for the popular app, at least in Canada.

Another Pink Shirt Day, with efforts to end bullying and create a kinder society where every child feels safe, has come and gone.

How many ways can you say “UFO?”

A little boy lying on a hospital bed in Laval, Quebec, was quoted as asking, “Why did he do it?”

In British Columbia, it is no longer an offence for a person over age 18 to possess a very small amount (2.5 grams) of illegal drugs including heroin, fentanyl, crack and powder cocaine, meth and ecstasy.

Budget time. This is when the people we elected to municipal council in the fall prove we made the right choice – or not.

Premier Doug Ford, and his counterparts across Canada, are calling on the federal government to make changes in our bail system – the system that allowed a man charged with firearms offences and assaulting a peace officer to be out on bail when he was accused of murdering OPP Const. Greg Pierzchala.

When it comes to crimes committed by groups of people too young to have their names published, intelligence seems inversely related to the number of people involved.

Another year, another Freedom Convoy – it appears one of the top stories from 2022 is making a Groundhog Day-style reappearance. Maybe.

If you have decided to delete “Let It Snow” and “Dreaming of a White Christmas” from your list of favourite holiday tunes, you probably spent Christmas at home, trying not to think about the plans for the first family gathering since COVID – or rather, the celebration that should have been, had Moth

The start of a new year is traditionally a time for sweeping out the old and welcoming in the new, when we resolve to do better and be better, and make positive changes.

A space alien visiting Earth this time of year would probably be wondering what happened to the celebration pictured on those Currier and Ives greeting cards.

As the holiday season swings into high gear, it seems odd to be thinking about such issues as domestic violence, mental illness and substance abuse.

The numbers speak volumes – there are a lot more people looking for housing than there are homes.