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Monthly Message: Greys for Green shares how to eat less plastic

Our kitchen is full of microplastics that we eat, breathe, and drink every day. They are in our vegetables, meat, and tap water. Here’s ...

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Mother Nature

By Brian Lockhart I was watching a YouTube video a few years ago filmed by a bunch of college ‘frat boys’ in the US. They ...

Monthly Message: Greys for Green shares how to eat less plastic

Our kitchen is full of microplastics that we eat, breathe, and drink every day. They are in our vegetables, meat, and tap water. Here’s ...

Schoolyard views

By Brock Weir A free ride when you’ve already paid. Rain on your wedding day. A traffic jam when you’re already late. Alanis Morrissette had ...

What are you afraid of?

By Brian Lockhart Phobia – the extreme or irrational fear of, or aversion to something. I don’t like spiders. Insects in general don’t bother me ...

Gaza: Ceasefire in doubt

By Gwynne Dyer It didn’t take long. Just ten days after the Gaza ceasefire was grudgingly accepted by Israel and the Hamas organisation that has ...

Monthly Message: Providing a safe haven for women and children in need

At My Sister’s Place, the staff are trained to offer caring support to women and children who have experienced intimate partner violence. The women’s program ...

Thanks and gratitude

I’ve always felt Thanksgiving to be a particularly special time of year. Sure, Christmas and Easter are often seen as the big headliners as far ...

Chimps, us and war

By Gwynne Dyer Jane Goodall died last week, still on the road at the age of 91 and still advocating for biodiversity in general and ...

Monthly Message: Alliston Food Bank busts myths about food expiration

Every week, Canadians throw away thousands of tonnes of food that is still perfectly safe to eat. Research by Second Harvest, Canada’s largest food rescue ...