I must confess that there have been moments in recent times (not too many fortunately) when I have wished that Kathleen Wynne was still premier of Ontario. Now that I have caught your attention, let me explain why. When it comes to the management of the COVID-19 pandemic, I […]
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Listen Up! We are at a pandemic crossroads | Commentary
Well, here we go again. Another lockdown, this one for at least four weeks. Let the blame game begin. Again. On Friday, I happened to tune in to a talk show on a Toronto radio station. The topic of the day was the decision of the Ontario Government to […]
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Pups, popcorn, and pj’s | Commentary
By Sally Barnes What people really need to know about the pandemic is that it’s okay to lick your plate, wear the same clothes for days on end, and eat the same thing for breakfast or lunch several days in a row. Orville Redenbacher’s popcorn for dinner? Go for […]
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Listen Up! I am now officially a guinea pig | Commentary
But, first, the good news. My wife Anne and I received our first COVID-19 Pfizer vaccine shot yesterday. We were lucky. The whole process for us was easy-peasy. For our age group, we were able to pre-register last Saturday on the Simcoe Muskoka District Health Unit site. Even for […]
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She Speaks: Surprise! There’s no such thing as normal | Commentary
Did you know that ‘survival of the fittest’ is a misnomer? A better way to understand our evolutionary place in nature is ‘survival of what fits best’. The former implies first that ‘fitness’ is a starting point or natural state that gets passed down, and second that fitness is […]
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Listen Up! Who am I? | Commentary
Over the past many years I have co-directed and produced at least a dozen musicals in Muskoka, from Gilbert and Sullivan’s Pirates of Penzance to Fiddler on the Roof. It was a passion of mine. My one regret was my inability to put together a production of Les Misérables, to […]
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She Speaks: Femicide – we do not live in the same world | Commentary
When I was a pre-teen, my dad sent me to a convenience store to buy milk. I went on my bike with a backpack and the single-minded determination of someone with an important job—we had mouths to feed! It was getting dark but the roads were quiet so I […]
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Laugh or cry…pick one | Commentary
By Sally Barnes I promised myself I would steer away from politics but that’s like my Mom trying to swear off sports at the age of 92 because she’d seen it all before and often didn’t like how the game was played and how it turned out. (Need I say […]
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