Commentary

Make mine (live) music

May 19, 2016

By Tony Pearson “MUSIC GIVES SOUL to the universe, wings to the mind, flight to the imagination, and charm and enjoyment to life.” So said ...

Some different meanings of love

By Tony Pearson SUDDENLY WE’RE IN MAY. Soon it will be June – wedding season. That gets me thinking about a gospel passage often quoted ...

Kicking at the Darkness

A timeless message really. Universal wisdom applicable anywhere politics and corruption hold hands.

After midnight

Could this be the real life Dawn of the Dead that would bring on the zombie apocalypse? I remembered the mantra from nearly every film on the undead I had ever seen “remove the head or destroy the brain.

Mental illness: its effect on children

AS MENTAL HEALTH Awareness Week campaigns get underway, I talked with adult children raised by parents who experienced mental illness. The focus of these interviews has been to understand conditions from the eyes of children who grew up in situations where mental health affected the overall experiences within the household.

Outside the big box

Why wouldn’t someone earning minimum wage buy three polyester T-shirts from a sweat shop in Bangladesh for the price of one made of organically grown hemp fabric grown and manufactured here in Canada? One thing for certain is that poverty and low, low prices go hand in hand.

Live long and prosper

What we do with this daily tsunami of information will decide where we go next as a species.

Tell your stories

By Jim Eadie Living on and operating an old small farm in North Hastings means a daily experience of passing over and thinking of the ...

Artful ambassadors

When I moved to L’Amable back in 2006 I remember being surprised by how many artists resided in the Bancroft area.

Sax, drums and rock ‘n’ roll

By Nate Smelle For the third year in a row the Bancroft Business Improvement Area (BBIA) took the party to the streets with the Wheels, ...

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