By Pauline Kerr To read some of recent reports from integrity commissioners in this province, one gets an impression of a fire-spewing dragon who can produce horrifying roars and blasts … Continue reading The dragon needs some teeth →

By Pauline Kerr It is difficult to imagine what this community would be like without volunteers. Without volunteer coaches and helpers, most minor sports programs would disappear. The few children … Continue reading Celebrate this community’s volunteers →

By Pauline Kerr We have been getting a lot of mixed messages about COVID lately. Prior to Easter, we were being advised on measures we should take to avoid contracting … Continue reading Common sense overrules mixed messages →

By Pauline Kerr “Why can’t the English learn to speak?” Uttered by My Fair Lady’s Professor Henry Higgins, in his upper-class English accent, as he instructs Eliza Doolittle on how … Continue reading When words become weapons →

By Pauline Kerr The province has come out with some welcome news for prospective home buyers. The plan will see more houses built, with less red tape. The plan also … Continue reading Provincial housing plan misses the mark →

By Pauline Kerr “Those who fail to learn from history are doomed to repeat it.” This statement is often attributed to philosopher George Santayana, who actually said, in 1905, “Those … Continue reading Aiding the war against misinformation →

By Doug Kennedy   Canadian soccer has never been in a better place that it is now. When John Herdman was hired to lead the women’s national team, it was … Continue reading Sports shorts →

By Pauline Kerr   As masking requirements are lifted across the country, a lot of people are feeling … well, nervous. Two years ago, they were the folks who announced … Continue reading To mask or not to mask – that is the question →

By Pauline Kerr War is hell. When Gen. William Tecumseh Sherman spoke those words to the graduating class of the Michigan Military Academy on June 19, 1879, the war to … Continue reading Canada is involved in war in Ukraine →

by Pauline Kerr There are people in this community who have seen lifelong friendships destroyed and families torn apart in the past year. The culprit is not COVID-19, nor even … Continue reading Shake hands and order pizza →