Commentary

Communication breakdown

June 18, 2014

The same type of communication breakdown that took the wind out of the sails of the Conservatives also prohibited the NDP from making any progress on June 12.

Losses

By Tony Pearson “Don’t it always seem to go/ That you don’t know what you’ve got till it’s gone?” So sang Joni Mitchell in “Big ...

Volunteering: don’t wait to give back

We hear it every day that there are cutbacks here and cutbacks there. The reality of today is that agencies are relying more and more on the goodwill of volunteers. With our busy lives, it can be hard to find time to volunteer. However, the benefits of volunteering are enormous to you, your family and our North Hastings community. According to Statistics Canada, 47 per cent of the Canadian population volunteered in 2010. Each volunteer contributed an average of 156 hours!

With rhyme and reason

by Susan Ramsay Eighteen- month-old Liam squirmed in his dad’s lap at the library’s storytime. Liam had been straining to use his feet to reach ...

May the 4th be with you

ELECTION TIME! Here we go again, time to exercise our democratic right to elect our new leader.

Taking your foot off the gas

By Tony Pearson This weekend my wife and I visited The Old Hastings Mercantile and Gallery in Ormsby, which as most of you know is ...

Manufacturing solutions

Canary in a coalmine, turtle smashed by the roadside, a lake without fish, polar ice caps melting, all the same type of warning signs.

The curious caribou

Without fresh air to breathe, clean water to drink and good fertile soil to stand on and grow in, we would not have the opportunity to praise the harvest, the God or gods one might worship.

Hooray for Hügelkultur!

Homesteading is laborious and rewarding work; the list of things to do is long and may sometimes include activities like clear brush, rake leaves, turn ...

Up close and personal

By Tony Pearson (WARNING: For those not into sports, this column is about hockey. But even if you’re not a fan, you may get something ...

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