Category Archive: Original Writing

Mar 01 2023

Today’s conspiracy theory is tomorrow’s government press release

March 2023 Remember back three years ago when we were told that closing the border due to Covid-19 was racist and ineffective; that vaccines would prevent us from getting Covid-19; that masks were unnecessary, until they were; that Covid-19 originated from infected bats at a Wuhan wet market? Oh, and don’t forget the declaration that …

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Feb 28 2023

Port Credit’s Iconic Lighthouse – Part tourist attraction, part functional lighthouse

February 2023 The former Village of Port Credit, now part of Mississauga, Ontario, is a historic port community along the north shore of Lake Ontario. Dating back to 1834, when Port Credit was created from land bought from the Mississauga Ojibwe band, at the mouth of the Credit River, the harbour was a busy port …

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Feb 24 2023

Frozen in Time – Marianne Schuett’s memory kept alive in Kilbride

February 2023 The unincorporated Village of Kilbride, is now a tranquil residential community, found in the rural north end of Burlington, Ontario. Founded in 1854, it was named after a town in County Wicklow Ireland. Like most small towns, where everyone felt safe and knew everyone else, little of any consequence happened in Kilbride. All …

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Feb 18 2023

Did he actually say that?! – CNN’s Don Lemon proves he is a colossal idiot!

February 2023 Don Lemon comments about “Women in their Prime.” Wow!! Just when you thought you’d heard all the offensive comments that a man could possibly make about women, Don Lemon gives us his own “Hold my Beer” moment. During a discussion on the 16 February edition of “CNN This Morning,” Lemon made comments regarding …

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Feb 17 2023

Emergencies Act Inquiry report released and it’s not a resoundingly positive endorsement for Trudeau

February 2023 On 17 February, Justice Paul Rouleau released his Public Order Emergency Commission report, related to the invocation of the Emergencies Act in February 2022, and it’s a mixed bag. While I disagree with Justice Rouleau’s finding that invoking the Emergencies Act was justified, I’m pleased to hear that, amongst other points, that he …

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Feb 16 2023

A question of morals

Published in the Toronto Sun/Postmedia, 15 February 2023 The sudden resignation of Toronto Mayor John Tory, in the wake of his admission of an affair with a staffer, is a sign that there are still one in public office who have a sense of decency.  One could certainly argue that, as it currently appears, Tory’s …

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Feb 01 2023

Doing politics differently? – Liberals court Green Party Leader Mike Schreiner

February 2023 Claiming he wants to do politics differently, Ontario Green Party Leader Mike Schreiner is apparently prepared to engage in the age-old game of political opportunism, as he “consults” his colleagues, friends and constituents as to whether he should abandon the Green Party and run for the leadership of the Ontario Liberal party. Regardless …

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Jan 28 2023

Toronto needs the Guardian Angels

January 2023 Re: “Spread their wings again”(Joe Warmington, Toronto Sun, 28 January): Seeing as the current solutions to violence in the city, not just on the TTC, aren’t adequate, what do we have to lose by bringing in the Guardian Angels. Their past success in New York and other cities demonstrate that they are not …

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Jan 27 2023

Historic Fort Willow – Just one of Simcoe County’s connections to the War of 1812

January 2023 A little-known British Army Fort dating back to the War of 1812 can be found a little west of Barrie, Ontario, in Springwater Township. Situated along a historic trading route, the Nine Mile Portage, which was used for centuries by Indigenous Peoples, fur traders, explorers and missionaries, and located halfway between Kempenfelt Bay …

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Jan 26 2023

Supplying tanks to Ukraine is the right thing to do, but can Canada afford to do better than four?

January 2023 It’s good news that Canada is donating some Leopard 2 Battle Tanks to Ukraine. However, it’s quite disturbing that we are only donating four. Is that all we can spare? When Defence Minister Anita Anand was asked by Vassy Kapelos on CTV’s Power Play how many fully operational tanks the Canadian Army has, …

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