Why cancel Canada Day?

Cory Bilyea, Midwestern Newspapers June 30, 2021Editorials

There has been great debate about whether Canada Day celebrations should be something that happen this year, in light of the recent revelations involving the recovery of the bodies of more than 1,000 Indigenous children who have been missing.

Mugged

June 30, 2021Columns, WriteOut of Her Mind

I woke up early on Saturday, though admittedly not as early as the Carpenter. He needs to greet the sun. I need to slowly slip into the day. But I love that he leaves me freshly brewed coffee.

Examining Canada

Rev. Calvin Brown June 30, 2021Columns, Community News, Reflections

Canada Day has become controversial this year. Some want to cancel it altogether because of the sense of shame revealed recently about our disgraceful past actions as a nation while others want to celebrate, as always, the good things this country stands for.

Obviously out of step

June 23, 2021Editorials

A unanimous vote in Centre Wellington is almost cause for a news story itself. How the issue of bike lanes on Highway 6 (St. David Street North) in Fergus became a galvanizing force for a council that couldn’t even pass an agenda weeks earlier is a mystery in itself.

Haircut

June 23, 2021Columns, WriteOut of Her Mind

I always wanted an Old English Sheepdog because Paul McCartney had one named Martha. It doesn’t get any cooler than being Paul McCartney’s dog, I surmised, except to have a dog just like it.