Opinion

With every Olympic Games there are stories of triumph and disappointment and the 33rd Olympiad currently underway in Paris will be no different. 

A lot of our communities have stormwater and sewer systems that would qualify as antiques, were they cars.

I gave myself more time to write this column than usual. I wanted to sit with the news of Andrea Skinner’s abuse at the hands of her step-father, and the revelations of her mother Alice Munro protecting him and their marriage over her daughter.

I got into journalism in 2019 after many years of reading, watching, and hearing the majority of Canada’s and the United States’ mainstream media repeatedly get it wrong when reporting on Indigenous People.

It took the police over two weeks to release information that most people who had heard or seen the news report had already figured out. The killer of a woman and her two children in Harrow, Ont., was the woman’s husband and the children’s father. The Walsh family died of gunshot wounds, the man’s s

Canada’s housing crisis has been brewing for a long time, although it burst into the headlines during the COVID pandemic.

Why do couples always get to this comfort level with each other where they can well and truly speak their mind - no matter the inappropriateness or vulgarity, and direct it at not only each other but also others outside of the relationship? When this happens no one is safe, not their friends, neighb

If you have ever wondered what couples truthfully speak about behind closed doors, in the security of their home and marriage, you will enjoy Mark Crawford’s latest and greatest play at the Blyth Festival theatre. 

We’ve been critical in recent (and not-so-recent) weeks, of numerous initiatives of Premier Doug Ford’s Conservative Ontario government, so it seems only fair to shine a light on a positive development emanating from that corner.

Do you have a day of rest every week? The commandment about Sabbath rest is the longest of the ten…

Among my favorite movies is The Butterfly Effect. The 2004 film features Ashton Kutcher as a troubled time traveller who discovers, to his chagrin, that attempts to correct mistakes in the past can generate unintended consequences for the future.