Jun 02 2021
June 2021 A memorial has sprung up at the iconic Spirit Catcher in Barrie, Ontario, one of many across Canada, meant to honour the 215 Indigenous children who were recently found buried in unmarked graves at the former Indian Residential School in Kamloops, British Columbia. Some of them were as young as three years old. …
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May 15 2021
May 2021 When that great, noted philosopher, Justin Trudeau, made his infamous proclamation that we need to “…rethink concepts as basic as space and time,” in 2018, who knew how prophetic it would prove to be just three short years later. As we enter day 428 (as of 15 May) of the “two weeks to …
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May 10 2021
May 2021 While Barrie Advance writer Christopher Mansour’s idea of giving Canadians a free university may sound appealing to young students just beginning their post-secondary education, just remember there is nothing free in life. The university still gets paid their money. If the money isn’t coming from the students themselves, then it’s from the taxpayers …
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May 10 2021
May 2021 The Ontario government announced that the stay-at-home order, that was set to expire on 20 May, will be extended to 2 June. Does anyone honestly believe it won’t be extended again, possibly into July? How many times do we have to endure lockdown orders? Does anyone remember the “just two weeks to flatten …
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Apr 27 2021
April 2021 On Saturday, 24 April, around 300 protesters gathered at Meridian Square in downtown Barrie, Ontario, to protest the lock-down measures imposed by all levels of government, in an ineffective attempt fight the pandemic. The two-hour-plus rally was the seventh Saturday rally held in downtown Barrie this year, protesting the provincially mandated lock-down orders, …
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Apr 27 2021
April 2021 Re: Volleyball not allowed during lockdown, but you can shoot a film, (Toronto Sun, Joe Warmington, 26 April): The next time the volleyball players want to play a game, they should follow the example of Evolution Salon & Spa in St. Catharines. Just being a camera with them and tell the bylaw officers that …
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Apr 27 2021
April 2021 Last week, Ontario Premier Doug Ford announced his government will implement a plan to give paid sick-leave to Ontario workers. This week, his government voted against yet another opposition motion to implement their idea of a paid sick-leave plan, causing the usual crown of Ford-haters to bleat on about what a big blue …
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Apr 22 2021
April 2021 In order to run a successful business, there are several things an entrepreneur must learn. One of the most basic things, one that you don’t need a Business Degree in to understand, is that in order for a company to survive and prosper, it has to sell a product or service that people …
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Apr 17 2021
April 2021 Re: “Should speed limits be lowered across Barrie? Councillor pushes for 10 km/h reduction,” Chris Simon, Barrie Advance, 30 March 2021): While this is certainly not the only reason for speeding, one issue that constantly frustrates me as I travel across the city is the lack of synchronization of the traffic lights along …
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Apr 17 2021
April 2021 As Ontario endures yet another emergency stay-at-home order, now with even tighter restrictions than before, let’s all remember where most of the blame should be laid: right at the feet of Justin Trudeau and his admiration for China’s Communist dictatorship. Justin Trudeau’s government recklessly threw our vaccine hopes behind a collaboration with the …
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