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Monthly Message: When worry and perfectionism get in the way of growth

August 14, 2025   ·   0 Comments

Helping kids navigate pressure, expectations, and performance anxiety Today’s kids face a great deal of pressure, not just to do well in school, but to ...

The guy next door

By Brian Lockhart “The lady doth protest too much.” That was quite a valid observation written by William Shakespeare in his play, “Hamlet.” Whenever trouble ...

Frown, you’re on camera!

By John Robson It’s been 25 years since my younger and more careless self got a speeding ticket. Or at least it had been until ...

In the blink of an eye

By Anthony Carnovale Look into my eye. Not ‘my’ eye (please DO NOT look at my profile picture), but the word eye. Stare at it ...

Gaza: Not quite the final solution

By Gwynne Dyer “Anyone who wants to thwart the establishment of a Palestinian state has to support bolstering Hamas and transferring money to Hamas [from ...

Monthly Message: A new chapter for Orangeville Food Bank’s Dufferin Food Share in Grand Valley

There’s a quiet kind of magic that happens when people come together with a shared purpose. At Dufferin Food Share, that magic has been building ...

Play that music

By Brian Lockhart Almost every weekend during the summer, I attend a concert in a local park. Some of the bands and performers are local, ...

Of apes, men and war

By Gwynne Dyer Now would be a good time to watch a Netflix documentary series called ‘Chimp Empire’. It’s about one year of an ongoing ...

No excuses

By Constance Scrafield The photographs from Gaza filling our newsfeeds of people and their children dying right before our eyes by the direct order of ...

CBC’s critics may have a point

By Doug Firby Canada’s national broadcaster is one of the few remaining news organizations with the reach and capacity to cover what truly matters. CBC/Radio-Canada ...

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