COLUMN SIX | Media under threat
Dean Allison latest to blame the messenger
“What we are seeing today is authoritarian, military style measures carried out against peaceful protesters on the orders...
COLUMN SIX | Post-siege, the Maple Leaf looks different
While politicians, economists and journalists continue to gauge the fallout from the so-called Freedom Convoy that laid siege to Ottawa for three weeks I...
Letter from Canada’s occupied capital
An Ottawa resident's experience living under siege
I was asked to write a first-person account about what it’s been like living in Ottawa during the...
COLUMN SIX | Words
Words are all I have, to take your heart away
—The Bee Gees
Many people do not realize the power words have over all of us....
COLUMN SIX | A time capsule on tap
Thoughts of past Christmases spring from a forgotten relic
As she drives her car west past Haist Street along Highway 20, she has to strain...
COLUMN SIX | But the sign says
My Karen experience at Food Basics
BY DIANE LAWSON
Special to the Voice
We have all heard of “Karens,” the entitled females who demand that managers be...
COLUMN SIX | Just a bit of rain
When I was about ten years old, my dad came in from the barn chores one summer day and sat down to breakfast.
“Margie, when...
COLUMN SIX | Gregory Pecker, the cock tale
After a couple of years of planning and hunting for just the right place, about a year ago my wife and I finally packed...
COLUMN SIX | A picker’s pitfalls
John,” I said, “this is perfection — brilliant blue skies, the silver whipped-cream clouds I love, the spicy smell of sun on junipers, an...
COLUMN SIX | Hola, Canadians
Mexico is welcoming back Canadian travelers. At the request of the Canadian government, four Canadian airlines suspended flights to Mexico for much of the...