China: floggings to continue

March 16, 2023 · 0 Comments

By Gwynne Dyer Xi Jinping was confirmed in a third term as president of China at the National People’s Congress last week, and not one ...

Not-so-random acts of kindness

By Brock Weir Do you remember the first time you were really conscious of experiencing kindness? It probably wasn’t anything too big or flashy, at ...

Continuing to stand together

By Brock Weir As the grandchild and great-grandchild of women and men who served King and Country in the First and Second World Wars, and ...

It’s All About the Ask

By Dr. Ted Vandevis Many years ago, Central United Church in Barrie appointed me as the volunteer treasurer of the church. It was a great experience because, ...

Banning books

By Brian Lockhart I was never a big reader when I was a kid, but I did manage to get through a few books over ...

Brock’s Banter: Standing for something… anything

By Brock Weir In these days of extremely polarized views, we’re all too often in my view bombarded with cases of people being lionized, or ...

You can’t ban everything

By Brian Lockhart The Liberal government has now backtracked and stopped its efforts to ban hundreds of hunting rifles and shotguns, effectively making them illegal ...