麻豆视频

Skip to content

Opinion

A reader's musings following the 149th anniversary of Canada

A reader's musings following the 149th anniversary of Canada

We have just celebrated, commemorated or slept through Canada鈥檚 149 th birthday. I pray that I can live long enough to see and hear the 150 th .
Graduates setting out on life's journey

Graduates setting out on life's journey

Before allowing Timmy to walk to school alone, his mother asked her neighbour, Shirley Goodnest, if she would follow him at a distance. Shirley agreed, since she went walking with her toddler anyway.
Love thy neighbour

Love thy neighbour

By Kaare Askildt
Sunny Side Up - Who says you must leave home to escape?

Sunny Side Up - Who says you must leave home to escape?

Sitting in our cottage 鈥 the six-foot-square red one in the backyard, with the pointy roof and two screened flip-up sides, I am as near to vacation as possible on the weekends for a working girl 鈥 or working woman. (Some days I don鈥檛 know which I am.
Cal's Comic Corner - Empty Zone art draws reader in

Cal's Comic Corner - Empty Zone art draws reader in

Empty Zone Vol #1 (Conversations with the Dead) Writer by Jason Shawn Alexander Art by Jason Shawn Alexander Image Comics I knew nothing of Empty Zone until it showed up among a batch of possible review comics.
My Two Bits - Assisted dying and the realities of life

My Two Bits - Assisted dying and the realities of life

It鈥檚 not the dying that I fear. It鈥檚 inevitable, unavoidable, an immutable reality. The realization of our mortality is something most of us encounter somewhere along the way 鈥 often with the death of someone close to us.
Inside My Head - You are not the number on the scale

Inside My Head - You are not the number on the scale

鈥淪hed 10 lbs. before summer!鈥 鈥淢elt off the pounds fast with this simple trick!鈥 These are titles and commercials we see almost every day.
Stackhouse Soapbox - Orlando not last tradegy

Stackhouse Soapbox - Orlando not last tradegy

Until we are ready to admit what the problems are, we are going to continue to see more and more of what we saw recently in Orlando and I am not optimistic mass shootings will stop anytime soon.
Thinking Critically - Why no vote on electoral reform is correct

Thinking Critically - Why no vote on electoral reform is correct

Some things are too important to be left to voters. That may seem somewhat counterintuitive, but I have written this a hundred times and it bears repeating: democracy is not the same thing as majority rules.
Gardener's Notebook - Pleasure in viewing another鈥檚 garden

Gardener's Notebook - Pleasure in viewing another鈥檚 garden

A wonderful gardening friend recently invited us to come and see his stunning garden.
push icon
Be the first to read breaking stories. Enable push notifications on your device. Disable anytime.
No thanks