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 →

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 →

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 →

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 →

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 →

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 →

  By Pauline Kerr Sometimes you just want to shake someone and shout, “Wake up!” Take, for example, the people who grumble about every COVID-19 aid package announced by the … Continue reading We need to support our local businesses →

By Pauline Kerr   There are usually several ways to look at anything. The recent massive lineups at area assessment centres is an excellent example. While this area escaped the … Continue reading So much with COVID-19 depends on your point of view →

By Pauline Kerr United States President Donald Trump has joined a select club of people – world leaders who have come down with COVID-19. He joins Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro, … Continue reading We are still in this together →

By Pauline Kerr   As the second wave of COVID-19 gathers momentum, there is likely an anti-mask demonstration happening somewhere right now, and even more likely, a gathering of 20-somethings … Continue reading Magical thinking will cost lives →