While crafting this Christmas message, the realization set in that the big day is just five sleeps away.
Editorials
Naughty, nice or inexplicable?
Santa Claus has had a pretty busy season so far.
Take time to mingle
Just about everywhere you turn the refrain is about the same – “I’m so busy.”
Betcha
It is easy to hit the mute button, but it raises the question: why should fans be forced to do…
The keyway
It usually happens at the most inopportune time. Often, snow is falling or daylight is fading.…
Quite a rabbit’s warren
A trip promised to my twin daughters in 2020 finally came to pass. After graduating their nursing program, they were to tag along for a business trip and see some countryside in the Netherlands and Germany.
Do what you can, wear a mask
Have we learned nothing over the past two and a half years?
Take time to remember
Veterans of the Second World War are now in their nineties. Chances to express appreciation and honour their sacrifice in person grow fewer each year.
A plug nickel, literally
It’s pretty tough to talk about moral authority in news, when the bean counters sell out for pennies and nickels.
Not the desired outcome
Alternative voting held great promise. It was pitched as the answer to dwindling voter counts by granting convenience and access to all voters.
Generalists needed
Much gets said in campaign season, but promises and commiseration are ultimately followed by reality.
Municipal elections matter to everyone
No matter the level of government, during each term of office decisions will be made that eligible voters will agree or disagree with, often strongly.
Time for a re-think
The relationship between employer and employee can be a tough one, often defined by the culture within the workplace.
Six pumpkins
“What about the big one?” my boy queried. It was an innocent enough question when mention was…
To continue, to go on
On a trip to Markham last week, emergency vehicles with flashing lights lined each overpass on Highway 407. Surely there couldn’t be an incident one after the other we thought.