**WARNING: This commentary contains language that some people may find offensive** In a way, we can take the online backlash against women’s voices as a sign of progress. At least women are permitted in the public sphere now, having battled our way into personhood, into politics, into heretofore forbidden […]
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Innovation and creativity alive and well in PSM during COVID-19: MP Scott Aitchison
By Parry-Sound Muskoka MP Scott Aitchison It is hard to believe it has already been a month since I’ve last written my monthly column. As things start to open again across the globe, and more specifically across Parry Sound-Muskoka, we seem to be molding into a new kind of […]
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Listen Up! No to a snap election. I have another idea. | Commentary
Fewer than nine months have passed since the last federal election and yet every bone in my political body says we may well be having another one in the very near future. There is really no need for it, but every sign points to it. Certainly, Justin Trudeau and […]
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Listen Up! Don’t make the cure worse than the disease | Commentary
In many ways, the last four months have been traumatizing. Our lives have been disrupted and many aspects of it will never be the same. The COVID-19 pandemic, of course, is a large part of it. However, it has also acted as a catalyst that has unleashed pent-up anger […]
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As summer begins, protect all we’ve accomplished in the fight against COVID-19 ~ Mayor Karin Terziano
Hello Huntsville. Once again, its my pleasure to catch up with you. I really want to thank our community for all of the local efforts that have been put forth in the last few months: innovative PPE, homemade masks, rocks of encouragement, meal provisions, signs of appreciation and many […]
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Suggestions for a long-term care system in crisis | Commentary
Submitted by Mary Spring The news over the past few weeks with regard to long-term care in Ontario and Quebec has had us all shaking our heads. How could we have come to this? For many, this is no surprise, as we have been aware of the problems for […]
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Listen Up! Proud to be Canadian | Commentary
How important is the United Nations? Is it still relevant and effective? Does it need significant reform? And how important was it for Canada to spend millions of dollars in an attempt to gain a non-voting, temporary seat on the U.N.’s Security Council? What does it mean when they […]
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She Speaks: Tear it down | Commentary
Main image: A statue of Robert Dundas, son of slave-owner and anti-abolitionist Henry Dundas, in Edinburgh, Scotland, was recently defaced with graffiti. There have been calls in Toronto to rename Dundas St. given its namesake. (Photo: thenational.scot) I do not think that history is sacred. To proclaim that it […]
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