A Senior Moment: ‘The Other’

Along with several grade two classmates, I would eagerly escape our public elementary school promptly at 3:30. Once off the property on one particular afternoon,...

A Senior Moment: ‘The Other Kennedy’

June 5th will mark the 50th anniversary of the violent death of Bobby Kennedy, a presidential candidate felled by Sirhan Sirhan’s bullet at the...

A Senior Moment: ‘Who Am I?’

Earlier this month I found myself back in high school. It was just after Mental Health Week in Ontario and I had been invited...

A Senior Moment: ‘A Perfect Gift’

It’s not that I never appreciated having breakfast in bed on Father’s Day. Other years, I happily accepted those carefully chosen ties or socks....

Many initiatives are supported through the annual Legion Poppy Fund

For the two weeks leading up to Remembrance Day on November 11th, the Royal Canadian Legion's Poppy Campaign begins today, October 27th. Becoming a member...

New Perspectives: A Sr. Moment – “Mothers – here and there”

Mothers have been much in the news this past week, a fitting build-up to today, when we pause to honour those other less-famous moms,...

Winter beauty over Lake Huron

Although Rev. Bob Johnston is on leave from his column, he continues to send uplifting messages as he sees them ... these are in...

Lent is a time to take pause

Our 20 year old cat has gone blind.  She has thinned down to a shell of what she used to be and her once...

Celebrating Black History month at the Bruce County Museum & Cultural Centre

Today, February 1st, marks the beginning of Black History month and, in recognition on February 3rd from 1:00 PM to 3:00 PM, the Bruce...

Before we rush back …

Last week I went for a walk along the shoreline and was shocked by what I found!  Where, just a week prior, a tall...

Ten year scholarship program for Saugeen First Nation students

CRG Energy has announced a 10-year $30,000 Saugeen First Nation Indigenous Nuclear Scholarship. The CRG Energy Indigenous Nuclear Scholarship will run from 2021-2031. The scholarship will...

The Fluttering of Wings

There are angels among us; I know this to be true because I have seen them. It wasn’t easy to make out their faces as...

New Perspectives: Why do Birds Sing at Dawn? – by Rev. Heather McCarrel

Some scientists have concluded that it is male birds who sing in the morning as a way of marking their territory and to announce...

New Perspectives: Take 5 with Dar – Being Honest

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