Editorials

Election signs have sprouted up, gracing lawns and public spaces like so many bright, autumn flowers.

The entire country reeled as news about the tragedy in Saskatchewan emerged – 10 dead, to become 12 with the deaths of both suspects, and 18 injured, in a series of stabbings.

A number of years ago, a youth choir was about to perform at an event in the area, and one of the songs was “God Save the Queen.”

The province has a plan to open up more beds in our hospitals – force the “bed blockers” out and into nursing homes, against their will when necessary.

Kids are heading back to school for what will hopefully be the first somewhat normal school year since COVID-19 hit.

How to fix health care was the big news from the province in the wake of this year’s Association of Municipalities of Ontario conference.

Where are the candidates?

Ontario’s premier made a statement recently that had a lot of people scratching their heads – very carefully, to avoid injury that might necessitate a trip to the emergency room.

After six days of apologies by the leader of the Roman Catholic Church for the horrendous abuses perpetrated on Indigenous children and families through the residential school system in Canada, come the questions.

There is no more effective way to throw fear into the hearts of the general public than to mention the word “epidemic.”

Apart from making people with variable rate mortgages break out in hives, most of us are not too sure what the Bank of Canada’s decision to hike up the interest rate means.

So much for the vaunted cashless society.

Most of us are familiar with Monopoly. Roll the dice, move your playing piece and buy property. Collect rent from anyone who lands on something you own.

It promises to be a long, hot summer in more ways than one, as divisiveness grows on both sides of the border. Many of those divisions have the potential to explode into violence.

For the first time in a couple of years, we are gearing up to celebrate Canada Day – with real fireworks instead of virtual ones, neighbourhood festivities featuring live entertainment and games for the kids (and adults who cannot resist the opportunity to have fun), instead of Zoom.