Commentary, Opinion

You don’t agree?

September 4, 2025   ·   0 Comments

By Brian Lockhart As a columnist, I don’t expect everyone to agree with my opinion. It would be a very boring world if we all ...

Monthly Message: Using modern technology to reverse the climate crisis — there’s hope!

The scientific consensus is clear: human activity, particularly the burning of fossil fuels, is accelerating global warming and triggering climate disruptions. In 2024, the concentration ...

Tottenham Municipal Speed Camera

Two weeks ago, on a Sunday morning before 5 am, I drove through Tottenham returning from the airport.As with many school zones, speed limits for ...

Monthly Message: How to help My Sister’s Place support women and children

As a not-for-profit organization fundraising is a major part of our yearly finances, the Ministry of Children, Community & Social Services provide about 80 per ...

Cultural appropriation

By Brian Lockhart If you’re a man and have attended a wedding or funeral recently and worn a suit of some kind, most likely you wore ...

Africa: The cartographic and demographic truth 

By Gwynne Dyer Two Africa-based advocacy groups, ‘Africa No Filter’ and ‘Speak Up Africa’, launched a “Change the Map” campaign in April. “When whole generations, ...

Work ethic

By Brian Lockhart An interesting quote arrived through one of my news feeds the other day. “When there is no consequence for poor work ethic ...

Monthly Message: Food rescue turns surplus into support at the Alliston Food Bank

Every year in Canada, millions of pounds of perfectly good food are thrown away — not because it’s unsafe to eat, but because it’s nearing ...

Medical services

As you are no doubt aware, walk-in medical clinics have become almost nonexistent and access to timely care has deteriorated sharply. Increasingly, we’re being forced ...

The guy next door

By Brian Lockhart “The lady doth protest too much.” That was quite a valid observation written by William Shakespeare in his play, “Hamlet.” Whenever trouble ...

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