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A gathering storm, Same old story, The dawn of a new day
Black screen. Silence thick enough to invoice. Then a single piano note, tender and resolute; the kind of note that implies both fiscal discipline and moral authority.
On Sunday, I joined my fellow Canadians in our collective sorrow as Jack Hughes potted the winning goal in the Olympic men's hockey final, delivering the first gold for the American men since 1980.
The death of former presidential candidate and civil rights leader Jesse Jackson last week at age 84 demonstrates the immense changes in history the world had seen in the last 70 years.
At one time, Wingham was known as the "Furniture Town of Canada". The area was a source of good timber and there was a workforce that excelled in furniture manufacturing.
Distancing from a distance, Put that manly hand in mine, Little by little
Late winter is when a community begins to look at itself in reflective surfaces. Not the dramatic kind of reflection that prompts reinvention. The quieter sort.
Lately, as the world of politics has kept dividing us further and further, people have found themselves fed up with it.
It's hard to believe, given the cold winter we've been suffering through, but the European Union's Copernicus Climate Change Service says that last year was the third-warmest in modern history and that the last 11 years have been the 11 hottest ever...
You know those blinding tension headaches you get sometimes? The ones that run from your shoulder up through your neck and straight to your temple?
Friday the 13th has arrived again, like a raccoon that has learned how the latch works. We pretend to be surprised every time, but deep down we knew. We always know.
Ontario Education Minister Paul Calandra has shut down several boards of education and threatened to rid the province of the remaining boards.
What conclusions might come to mind when the unexplainable occurs?
Not to age myself, but I remember as a youth, distinctly, the lengths to which I, usually with the help of my parents, had to go to conduct research for schoolwork. It usually involved dusting off our volumes of Encyclopedia Britannica
Good day. If you are reading this, it is the same day as yesterday and the day before that, but it is also not the same day at all.
Likely to be forgotten in the rush of life, next Tuesday, Feb. 10, is National Food Day.
Just trying to entertain you, Meet the new boss..., It came from... London
Snow! Snow! Snow!, Killing in the name, Man of the Hour
In what can only be described as a community-forward, winter-positive initiative, The Chaff is pleased to announce a snowraising contest designed to meet local snow needs through civic participation...
The media - hey, some of my best friends are reporters - seems hellbent on doing whatever it can to stoke the flames of conflict between the United States - President Donald Trump and his Führer-worshipping goons...
Sadly, like most people I guess, I didn't pay much attention to the provincial government's decision to radically change Conservation Authorities (CA) until Scott Stephenson's article in The Citizen the week before last.
Get your hands dirty, A shifting narrative, A blizzard by another name
In an era when democracy is often defined by hashtags, heated rivalries and urgent declarations, a small campaign has quietly reminded us what true civic engagement looks like.