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June 19, 2016

Listen Up! To our detriment, isolationism is creeping into many parts of our society

Slam the Door and Lock and Latch It! The week past saw yet another horrendous murder that made international headlines, this time in England. Jo Cox, a rising star in British politics and a Member of Parliament, was shot down in front of her Constituency office, apparently by some far […]

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June 12, 2016

Listen Up! We ignore at our peril the consequences of allowing terrorists to continue to gnaw on the fabric of society

ENOUGH!! I scrapped my column for today. It was partly written when I decided to take a break and turn on the television. What I saw took a moment to sink in. After that, there was no way I could write about anything else. Yet another horrendous tragedy, this time […]

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June 9, 2016

Opinion: So much has changed since 1913; why not the national anthem?

By Dale Peacock Hearing the opening bars of our National Anthem always makes me tear up just a little. And if I’m out of the country I am liable to burst into full blown sobs. I was in middle of nowhere Mexico one time during the Olympics. The Canadian National […]

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May 29, 2016

Listen Up! What will be this council’s legacy? Let’s hope it’s green space – Opinion

Legacies matter Although Huntsville Council is just a year and a half into its current term, it is not too early to think about what their legacy will be at the end of their mandate. We got a peek into that this week during the Great Ice Cream debate at […]

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May 26, 2016

Opinion: Is it time for a royal flush?

By Dale Peacock Another Victoria Day come and gone and we are still celebrating the birthday of a dead queen who had been on the throne for 30 years by the time the British colonies of Canada, Nova Scotia and New Brunswick were federally united into the Dominion of Canada, […]

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May 22, 2016

Listen Up! Time to bring back ‘sunny ways’: Opinion

Time to Bring Back ‘Sunny Ways’ This past week was a tough one for the Trudeau Government but it may have been a good one for Canadians. While the seat-clearing fiasco in the House of Commons is a serious matter, far more serious are the issues that brought it about. […]

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May 15, 2016

Listen Up! Electoral reform is an issue worthy of a fight: Opinion

Flurries on the Hill Some things are worth fighting for, but others are not. That, of course, applies to life in general but it also applies to politics and the media. There was a flurry of activity on Parliament Hill this past week that to me, at least, clearly makes […]

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May 12, 2016

They just want to pee: Opinion

By Dale Peacock When I first heard about the great bathroom debate following NDP MP Randall Garrison’s private member’s bill, C-279 way back in 2013, I thought it would be a slam dunk. After all the Bill seeks to fight hate crimes against transgender individuals by adding gender identity provisions […]

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