Of fathers and sons

June 24, 2026 · 0 Comments

By JAMES MATTHEWS My son once found a colourful marble in the loose sand of an Iqaluit school playground. Pretty sure it was one of ...

Family Transition Place offers education and works towards prevention

Education is one of the most powerful tools we have to prevent gender-based violence — and at FTP, it’s a commitment that runs deep. From ...

Remembering E. Pauline Johnson, Mohawk poet

By Constance Scrafield To commemorate the month of June, National Indigenous History Month and June 21, which is the National Indigenous Peoples Day, let us ...

Stuff my dad said

My late father was a common-sense country person who grew up on a farm. No one ever had to tell him “where the bear sits,” ...

Of chasing orange peels

By JAMES MATTHEWS Pretty certain it isn’t supposed to be like this. Then again, I’ve often seen how certainty comes out soft. A sure thing ...

Headwaters Rising: Stories from a thriving, connected community

If you stop to look, at any given moment, anywhere across the Headwaters region, you can see our communities quietly coming alive. In Caledon, a ...

The Irish question

By Gwynne Dyer Last week’s violence in Northern Ireland, not really a ‘protest’ but an organized pogrom, is being seized on by the British and ...

More than a business: DBOT highlights the power of social enterprise

Have you heard the term social enterprise? Ever wondered what it means? A social enterprise is a business that uses commercial activities to achieve a ...