By Pauline Kerr The phone rings. After a moment’s delay, the mechanical voice identifies itself as Visa security, and describes a couple of weird charges on a credit card. At … Continue reading Beware the Revenue Canada scams – tax season approaches →

  By Pauline Kerr Watching, discussing and often complaining or joking about weather goes with living in this part of the world. Summer is too hot, winter too cold, rain … Continue reading Preparing to be part of the solution →

By Pauline Kerr   Our view of terrorism has been changing over the past few years. There was a time not so long ago when we all knew what a … Continue reading Canada takes aim at terrorists →

By Pauline Kerr “School days, school days Dear old golden rule days … You wrote on my slate, ‘I love you so’ When we were a couple of kids.” For … Continue reading Kids are going to need a lot of help →

By Pauline Kerr There is a popular saying, that when you are up to your ears (or other portions of your anatomy) in alligators, it is hard to remember your … Continue reading We need to focus on our objective →

By Pauline Kerr   We are being told the end is near – the end of life as we have known it for the better part of the last year, … Continue reading Seeing the light at the end of the tunnel →

By Pauline Kerr The scandal over top-ranking political and health-care officials taking Christmas vacations in the sunny south has had at least one unexpected consequence. It has made us look … Continue reading Pandemic not over yet →

  By Pauline Kerr American politics has provided Canadians with a welcome distraction from COVID-19. A good many of us viewed the presidential election, and its bizarre aftermath, with the … Continue reading Democracy has been challenged →

By Pauline Kerr   It is the dawn of a new year, 2021, and we hope it will be better than the old one, the year a problem too small … Continue reading Thoughts on an unprecedented year of COVID-19 →

By Pauline Kerr Santa Claus certainly has a lot of elves and other helpers – bravo to them all! There are the elves who decided that kids deserved holiday fun. … Continue reading Three cheers for the elves →