If you wonder why progress on Indigenous reconciliation seems slow, Olthuis’ new book provides an explanation. If you think reconciliation has to mean more than land acknowledgements, it adds substance. If you wonder what you can do to advance reconciliation, it offers an ambitious yet achievable action plan. And, if you enjoy reading behind-the-scenes accounts…
There is nothing I like better than being in the wilderness. But here I am, stuck in a city where the wild beauty of the earth is tamped down by the busyness of living, amongst brick, steel and wood buildings, connected by miles of asphalt roads. Between too sporadic excursions, my imagination must survive on…
Many residents of Hamilton drive the Lincoln Alexander Parkway daily. While billboards are not as ubiquitous along Canadian highways as they are along their American counterparts, there is a single digital one adjacent the “Linc,” allowing multiple advertisers to communicate their respective messages in quick succession to the public without unduly cluttering up the surrounding…
When I moved to B.C., I was amazed at the number of people who travelled from the Prairies, Central and Atlantic Canada to fish. I presumed that I would become a chinook, coho and steelhead fisherman. It didn’t happen. I did continue fishing in streams for the first year or two. Then I was introduced…
“Mom, Aunt Mel – Look!” Everyone came pouring into the living room. Two teens proudly held out a small package. I could see something dun-coloured under the plastic, but it was unrecognizable. “Guess what?” they said happily. “We shrink wrapped a hot-dog bun!” “Stop putting random things through that,” Jeff groused, without any real anger…
“I think it’s just people being stupid,” one man says. “They’re drinking or whatever. Horse-playing. They end up falling in.” “I think there is a possibility that it was foul play,” a woman says. “I also think it could be just, you know, a result of being drunk by the riverbank.” Those quotes are from…
Cost of living issues are dominating Ontario’s provincial election campaign. That is understandable because of recent price increases in food, gas and housing. It is also unfortunate because public debate focuses on short-term fixes when we need wise direction for the long-term challenges facing Ontario. Short-termism is already baked into our electoral system. But changing…
Last January we found a creek down by the lake that had frozen smooth, just over three kilometres of it, perfect for skating. For a few wonderful weeks, the temperature stayed cold and skies were clear so we skated almost every day for hours. We were on the ice again by January 11 this year….
Independent schools in Ontario are hurting from the lack of public funding for COVID 19 relief. To keep their students safe, individual schools are footing the bill – where they are able. That’s why Woodland Christian High School in Breslau, Ontario, is part of a group of three independent schools taking the Ontario government to…
There is a truism credited to a number of wise folks (Elie Wiesel among them), that the opposite of love is not hate, but indifference.Late last Spring, as political machinations pointed to an election, the stark truths of recovered unmarked graves at Residential School sites were high in the public mind. Given what Elders and…
Based on the life of Clarence Brazier, born August 28, 1906, in a log farmhouse near Magnetawan, Ontario, this compassionate, informative children’s picture book relates how “for nearly one hundred years, Clarence had a big secret.” The third of seven children, Clarence and his family worked hard to survive. Big for his age, Clarence readily…
A strange sound greeted me as I stepped out the back door the other day. I paused for a second to determine its source. Birds! Hundreds of birds sat in our big maple trees, singing joyfully. No robins yet, but I hadn’t heard such giddy celebration in months. Under sunny skies a southern breeze ushered…
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