Commentary, Opinion

A safe month ahead

June 1, 2023   ·   0 Comments

By Brock Weir Hearing and observing is one thing, but having that important lived experience is something altogether different. Despite being in my late 30s, ...

Time travel

By Brian Lockhart “How far is it to the next town?” “It’s about 25 minutes.” That is a very Canadian euphemism – expressing distance in ...

Which school do you go to?

By Brian Lockhart By the time I graduated college, I had some debt in student loans to pay off. I stuck to the re-payment plan, ...

Brock’s Banter: Victoria Day Renewal

By Brock Weir It’s always a nice feeling at the end of the day to know it has been a full one. You might not ...

Don’t quote me on that

By Brian Lockhart I have never understood the practice of quoting famous people and reprinting the words as if one person’s phrase is so profound ...

Let’s ban the news

By Brian Lockhart Try getting the news in North Korea. You won’t get much news. You will get a lot of propaganda determined by the ...

Of Coronations, contributions and coffee table books

Do people still buy coffee table books? Do people know what coffee table books even are anymore? I’ll venture a probably way-off-the-mark guess that when ...

Shoot the messenger

By Brian Lockhart Over the course of the past couple of years, my doorbell has rang numerous times, announcing the arrival of unexpected visitors. My ...

Marion Carlton

By Dr. Ted Vandevis Let me introduce you to SMH’s first Director of Nursing. Marion Carlton joined the hospital in 1954 and watched the then ...

Trusting the science – and architects

When I first started writing this column, I thought it would simply be a space to express my views on local, national, international issues – ...

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