Politically Speaking

No points to score playing the Blame Game

July 13, 2023   ·   0 Comments

By Brock Weir After weather threatened to pour lukewarm water all over long-held plans on Sunday afternoon, there was a bit of time to explore ...

Leadership

By Dr. Ted Vandevis One of the most gratifying and inspiring opportunities I ever received was to be appointed as chair of the reconstituted Board ...

Stop, look and listen

By Brock Weir In the grand scheme of things, there are worse places to be “stranded” in. Despite planning a mini-holiday in New York City ...

Why take the risk?

By Brian Lockhart I watched an interesting TV program a few years ago about people who do high-risk sports. The term “Adrenaline Junkie” is quite ...

New Tecumseth council votes against additional funding to finish new admin centre

By Brian Lockhart Not only will the new Town Administration Centre not be completed on time, but there has also been a request for $1.3 ...

Who chopped down the cherry tree?

By Brian Lockhart The house that I grew up in was part of a subdivision built in the mid-1950s. My parents purchased that house as ...

You get what you pay for

By Ted Vandevis There is a childhood song I learned in the Holland Marsh in the 60s that might still have a message in it ...

Not ‘small potatoes’ anymore

By Brock Weir When you have a chance to look back, sometimes the issues that mattered to you in your youth might seem like relatively ...

Black gold, Texas tea

By Brian Lockhart “Come and listen to my story about a man named Jed, A poor mountaineer who barely kept his family fed. And then ...

A safe month ahead

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, ...

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