Dear editor at The Oyen Echo: Affordable Home
Everyone needs a safe, decent, affordable place to call home. But for too long, our housing system has felt like an unfair game rigged against us all.
Pop 89: Slow-breaking News from The Subtle World
Today is one of those “That’s enough, shut ‘er down” days. And by that, I mean enough with the doom-scrolling, the gawking at the latest “fast-breaking,” hard-hitting” news!
Check It Out: One of the most consequential elections in Canadian history
A golfer hits a ball, and it misses the green by inches. His partner says, “That’s called a son-in-law shot. It is not what you expected, but you will take it.”
REMEMBERING WHEN: The dogs and the sugar bush
Our late Father owned a piece of bush property several miles away from where we had our home in the country. It is still in our family today.
Pop 89: The “Real” Apprentices of Washington DC
I was introduced to the so-called “reality” show “The Apprentice” in 2004 in a Chicago train station. It was late at night. I had a fever and wondered if maybe I was hallucinating.
Check It Out: Life is like a roll of toilet paper
The one thing we all have in common is we’re all getting older every day … some of us more so than others. Radio broadcaster Andy Rooney said…
Pop 89: “Just” Listening
Calls for justice are everywhere these days. At least once a week, I hear abolitionist preacher Theodore Parker’s quote, made popular by and often attributed to Martin Luther King Jr…
Check It Out: What’s at stake?
This week, I was not planning on writing about politics, but after listening to a ‘4 My Canada’ broadcast, I was reminded how much is at stake in this election.
We are stronger together
Death, politics and religion - three topics we are told to avoid at parties and the family dinner table. But in this age of polarization and uncivil public discourse…
Growing Through Grief: Staying Centred Within
In this time of unrest and unknowns I cannot help but see the process of grief at work in all of us. At a time when we are shaking our heads…
Pop 89: “Go to Your Room, Mr. President”
Well, that was nice for as long as it lasted. For a minute, we Canadians were all getting along. Mind you, how long does a family stay united when their sole reason is a shared enemy?
Check It Out: How did we get here?
Two kids biking in an unfamiliar neighbourhood said, “We could be lost and not even know it.” Canadians could also be lost and misled and not even know it.