Education Minister praises Indigenous students’ presentation on Residential Schools then axes new curriculum
On Sunday last (July 8th), my partner and I were attending a Truth and Reconciliation Dinner at a church in Southampton. We found ourselves...
“You don’t know what you’ve got till it’s gone”
Dear Editor:
What a shame! In the name of progress, we are losing a bit more of our green space and natural ecological habitat! This...
A Senior Moment: ‘Us and Them’
“---we have a national identity, we are proud of it, you come into this country you have to integrate, you have to learn our...
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: ‘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....
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...
Principal Dan Russell leaves a legacy
With only four years until retirement, Russell is moving on to Alexandra Community School in Owen Sound, which is near his home.
It will however,...
A rare timepiece maintained by a rare watchmaker
For approximately 40 years, one man has kept time ticking on the clock ... Master Swiss trained watchmaker, Walter Mackowski of Vincent Jewelers in...
Crossing Hwy. 21 at Rail Trail is a danger
To the Editor:
Unless you've experienced crossing H'way 21 at the Rail Trail in heavy traffic, you cannot appreciate the danger. The trail is used...
