Canada has shirked its duty and passed the buck to future generations when it...
Letter to the Editor:
DGR shutdown is our loss
It is a very sad day for our community, our province and our country. Once again, fear...
New Perspectives: A Senior Moment – “SYSTEMIC RACISM?”
I have delayed commenting publicly on the ongoing, loud and impassioned debate about race relations here and in the USA. My silence did not...
Despite scientific recommendations DGR project has been quashed
Despite more than 15 years of scientific studies and months of public hearings, the proposed deep geologic repository (DGR), which apparently uninformed people refer...
New Perspectives: A Senior Moment – “VERA LYNN: 1917-2020”
For a beleaguered British population, 1940 ushered in the darkest days of World War II. France had quickly surrendered to the relentless German blitzkrieg...
We need to own our own waste and deal with it says reader
To the Editor:
Like many persons I too am deeply concerned about the long term management of nuclear waste.
In Ontario we have been making...
New Perspectives – Guest: Welcome to my Garden – ‘Wrensong’
Welcome to my Garden
by Jean MacGregor
The birch is old and showing its age as it continues to preside over the garden, overseeing its evolution...
We have an obligation to support the DGR says reader
Dear Editor,
I know a couple in Brockton, Charlie and Tessa (not their real names), who have chosen to permanently disconnect from the electricity grid. For...
New Perspectives: A Senior Moment – “American Dirt”
By fully extending her arm through the unguarded border wire, a desperate teenaged Honduran girl symbolically clutches a handful of soil from the US...
Community Matters: There’s strength in numbers
There’s strength in numbers. That has never been more evident than during this COVID-19 as we’ve experienced in our communities the heartwarming and impactful...
Music of all kinds is hard-hit by Covid-19
Choirs, musicians and artists in general are also having a difficult time during this Covid-19 pandemic.
There are church choirs, children's choirs, community choirs and...
