Category Archive: Original Writing

May 27 2025

Borscht Belt Historical Marker Project dedicates historical markers in Ellenville and Greenfield Park

May 2025 Two more markers dedicated! Not a bad weekend in the Catskills area of eastern New York State. Colloquially known as the Borscht Belt, the area was once populated with resorts and bungalow colonies that served as a summer refuge for Jewish clients from New York City, in an era when Jewish people still …

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May 23 2025

Canada Post needs to acknowledge they are no longer essential in the electronic age

May 2025 Canada Post workers are threatening to strike for the second time in a year. Well, it’s time for a reality check. Canada Post needs to acknowledge they are no longer an essential service in the electronic age. Yes, Canada Post is still needed and still has a place in Canadian society, but they …

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May 18 2025

Keep tolls on Highway 407

May 2025 Ontario Premier Doug Ford recently announced that his government would remove tolls from the provincially owned section of Highway 407, from Brock Road to Highway 35/115, effective 1 June 2025. I hate to admit this, but I’m in favour of keeping tolls on Highway 407, for its entire length. I know, that’s a …

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May 13 2025

Honda is the latest car manufacturer to push pause on electric vehicles

May 2025 So, Honda has announced that their planned $15-billion re-tooling of their Aliston plant to produce electric vehicles and batteries will be put on hold for at least two years. They are just the latest in a growing list of auto manufacturers who are re-thinking their commitment to E/V production. Volvo, General Motors, Mercedes-Benz, …

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May 13 2025

If these walls could talk – The Danforth Music Hall has entertained Torontonians for over a century

May 2025 The southern Ontario city of Toronto, has a long history with live music. Whether it’s a world-famous band, or a local bar band; whether the venue is a stadium or an intimate club setting, music fans will find a wide variety of musical choices and venue selections. The Danforth Music Hall is a …

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May 12 2025

Ontario police officers killed in the line of duty remembered in annual memorial service

May 2025 Thousands of police officers from Canada, America and abroad, marched through the street around Queen’s Park in Toronto in commemoration of police officers who have died in the line of duty in Ontario. On Sunday, 4 May, the 25th Anniversary of the Ontario Police Memorial Foundation Ceremony of Remembrance was held. This is …

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May 12 2025

The former Williamsford Mill finds a new life as a bookstore and cafe

May 2025 In small historic villages and towns like Williamsford, Ontario, gristmills were an essential element in the community. Since the early days of British North America, many towns and villages sprung up around rivers, where water-powered mills were built so that local farmers could easily transport their grain there to be milled. These communities …

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May 08 2025

Toronto Jews and their allies determined to hold their ground against pro-Hamas agitators weekly at Bathurst and Sheppard

4 May 2025 It’s another Sunday and members of Toronto’s Jewish community gathered at the intersection of Bathurst Street and Sheppard Avenue, just as they have for the past 79 weeks, in the wake of the horrific terrorist attack and slaughter of peaceful Israeli citizens attending the Nova Music Festival near Kibbutz Re’im in Israel. …

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Apr 30 2025

Use of the notwithstanding clause is lawful, whether you like it or not

April 2025 Re: “Erosion of rights doesn’t stop at first violation,” (Christopher Holcroft, Hamilton Spectator, 25 April): Could you please explain to me how it’s a violation of the Charter, when the notwithstanding clause is actually a part of the Constitution Act, Section 33, in fact. By definition, the notwithstanding clause allows for the temporary …

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Apr 29 2025

Hey America: We love you, but mind your own business next time!

April 2025 To my American neighbours:  I am a Canadian and a registered member of the Conservative Party of Canada, the party that up to last December, was expected to form the next government in a massive landslide win, after almost 10 years under Justin “The Fake Male Feminist” Trudeau and his gang of Marxist …

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