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More than a meal: Community partnerships help FTP feed hope every day
August 27, 2026 · 0 Comments
Behind every meal served at Family Transition Place (FTP) is a story of compassion, community, and care. For individuals and families arriving at the shelter, ...
Trying to see the fox through the hurly-burly
By JAMES MATTHEWS Once in a while, you find something shiny and bright through the murk. The Bancroft Times and Bancroft This Week, sister papers ...
Africa: Getting history wrong
By Gwynne Dyer “I think that there’s a strategy to divide and conquer and to create a very contrived confusion,” said Samuel Okuzeto Ablakwan, Ghana’s ...
Take the day off
By Constance Scrafield One evening, quite some time ago, Patricia had a boyfriend named Rick. That year, they had recently brought a puppy into their ...
The Orangeville Public Library can help you get creative with its Makerspace
Libraries have always been places where ideas begin. At the Orangeville Public Library’s Makerspace, those ideas can also become something you can hold, wear, gift, ...
Headwaters Rising: The power of proximity, belonging and the spaces between us
That nosy neighbour or gossiping granny might just be your friendly neighbourhood superhero. It’s easy to get annoyed with people who comment on every misstep ...
The people that you meet in your neighbourhood
By JAMES MATTHEWS Perspective is relative. How one person sees a situation, emotionally digests circumstances, and responds might be a thousand ways different from how ...
Saying goodbye to an old friend
By Keith Schell Just recently, I experienced a very sad day in my life. I had to say goodbye to an old friend. I had ...
Of mala, baseballs and a messy metaphor
By JAMES MATTHEWS Baseball and meditation are closely aligned, I think. This may be the cheesiest thing I’ll write for this space. But bear with ...
AI and bio-weapons
By Gwynne Dyer ‘Artificial intelligence’ based on Large Language Models is shaping up to be the most efficient destroyer of value since the South Sea ...
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