March 2023 Archive

Flirting with nuclear war

By Randolph Mank As a child in the early 1960s, I recall being instructed by my public school teacher on how to assume the “turtle ...

‘General Winter’ missed the bus

By Gwynne Dyer “The cold is coming soon,” gloated former Russian president Dmitry Medvedev last June. He predicted that the citizens of the European Union, ...

Dilemma!

By Doug Skeates A well-known and often-quoted question facing mankind is, “What came first the chicken or the egg?” Of course, there is no satisfactory ...

International Women’s Day 

By Constance Scrafield This was yesterday, Mar. 8, and I certainly hope that every man in town made a point of giving a lady a ...

Speechless

I remember being called a day-dreamer by one of my elementary teachers. It was her admonition for not being verbal enough. Her euphemism – or ...

Three options when starting a business: SBEC

Once an entrepreneur has generated and researched a business idea and is ready to get started, three basic options are available – build the business ...

Free speech, why it matters

By Anthony Carnovale People can say the silliest things, man.  We also say things that nick, cut and bruise.  Every day there’s another story making ...

Museum of Dufferin hosting exhibit led by Indigenous artists

By Paula Brown, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter The Museum of Dufferin (MoD) and the Dufferin County Cultural Resource Circle (DCCRC) have partnered together to present ...

O Canada, my eye

By Brian Lockhart They got little hands and little eyes. And they walk around Tellin’ great big lies. They got little noses. And tiny little ...

MAiD: Legalize first, ask questions later

By Daniel Zekveld In 2021, Parliament set up a special committee of MPs and Senators to study the issue of “medical assistance in dying” (or ...

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