Democracy has been challenged
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
Thoughts on an unprecedented year of COVID-19
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
Three cheers for the elves
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
Vaccine offers hope for future Christmases
By Pauline Kerr Christmas came early, with approval by Health Canada for the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine. It marked the official start to what will become the largest vaccination campaign … Continue reading Vaccine offers hope for future Christmases
The killing has to stop
By Pauline Kerr On Dec. 6, 1989, an angry, well-armed man entered École Polytechnique in Montreal and methodically hunted down and murdered 14 women over the course of 20 minutes. In … Continue reading The killing has to stop
Sharing good fortune a great way to celebrate Christmas 2020
By Pauline Kerr Despite all the gloom and doom out there, many of us have managed to weather the pandemic fairly well, so far. We have kept our jobs (or … Continue reading Sharing good fortune a great way to celebrate Christmas 2020
We can all win by shopping local
By Pauline Kerr There is an ancient Chinese curse: May you always live in interesting times. That certainly describes life with COVID-19. We seem to have lost the “We are … Continue reading We can all win by shopping local
We hope for coordinated action against COVID-19
By Pauline Kerr A lot of Canadians watched the recent – and apparently ongoing – American presidential election. First, it provided an entertaining alternative to COVID-19, and second, the result … Continue reading We hope for coordinated action against COVID-19
Lest we forget
By Pauline Kerr John McCrae’s poem, In Flanders Fields, was written during a particularly dark part of the First World War. On May 3, 1915, he had just buried a … Continue reading Lest we forget
Halloween is the scariest time of the year
By Pauline Kerr Back in the time when history was spoken, not written, seeing the days grow shorter was surely a frightening experience. The changing of the seasons was a … Continue reading Halloween is the scariest time of the year