By Sally Barnes It has come to this. My blog is going to the dogs and it has brought me to tears. Unfortunately, I have reached an age at which many of our friends and relatives have either died or have major health issues. Sadly, many of these folks are, […]
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Listen Up! The other shoe has dropped
Muskoka Algonquin Health Care (MACH) has certainly stirred things up this past week with their announcement of plans for future hospital care in Muskoka and East Parry Sound. There can be no question that this proposal is different from that which was promised several years ago, and it is understandable […]
Read MoreListen Up! The Confucious curse: May you live in interesting times.
“Like why don’t we liberate Canada? Why aren’t we sending our armed forces north to liberate Canada from Trudeau?” — Tucker Carlson So, who is this guy Tucker Carlson anyway? He is a prominent American journalist who leans sharply to the extreme right and has been called one of the […]
Read MoreListen Up! Mayor defends Huntsville’s 2024 draft budget: A guest post by Huntsville Mayor Nancy Alcock | Commentary
This is a guest post on Listen Up! by Huntsville Mayor Nancy Alcock. I would like to thank Hugh Mackenzie for providing an opportunity to comment on the Town’s recently approved 2024 Budget. As your mayor, it has been my privilege and honour to advocate for the well-being and continued […]
Read MoreListen Up! Never Trump
It has been quite a while since I have written extensively about Donald Trump, but I have come to the conclusion it is time to do so again. I know there are some people who regularly read Listen Up who like Trump, largely, I am guessing, because to them, along […]
Read MoreThe urgent and worsening problem of household food insecurity
By Dr. Lisa Simon, Associate Medical Officer of Health for the Simcoe Muskoka District Health Unit In Simcoe Muskoka, one in five households is experiencing food insecurity, meaning they don’t have enough money for adequate and secure access to food. Household food insecurity is an urgent and worsening public health […]
Read MoreListen Up! Hate and Anger can be crippling
There has been a lot of sniping on both social and mainstream media this week about Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and his family enjoying a vacation in Jamaica in a luxurious villa owned by a friend. Personally, I couldn’t care less. I do care that the Prime Minister was not […]
Read MoreSome New Year thoughts and observations for 2024 and 2025 | Commentary
By Hugh Holland Hugh Holland is a retired engineering and manufacturing executive now living in Huntsville, Ontario.
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