Letters & Op-Ed, August 10 2022
Sad and avoidable end
It was disgusting that the lone female Arctic wolf that got loose last week in Port Colborne was shot. Especially after...
Letters & Op-Ed, August 3 2022
Calls for a new paradigm
Google says about 4,000 exo-planets have been discovered so far by astronomers. What’s the big picture these discoveries reveal?
Firstly, are...
COMMON DECENCY | Pope’s apology tour, grudgingly agreed, is but a start
The Papal visit to Canada was, of course, a very good thing. The presence of Pope Francis in this country and his acknowledgment of...
Letters & Op-Ed, July 27 2022
The poor pay taxes too
There is nothing wrong with sharing the wealth and it is very laudable for David Fowler to want to share...
COMMON DECENCY | 43 Group fought fire with fire to avoid greater conflagration
For a column that is essentially about my late father, it might seem slightly odd to begin with a blunt political statement. But here...
Letters & Op-Ed, July 20 2022
Kudos to Welland Hospital ER
Saturday, after going to a Pelham walk-in clinic (online hours differed from note on the door), then a Seaway Mall...
COMMON DECENCY | Compassion, not ideology, for assisted dying
A recent survey revealed that the majority of people believe in a controlled, supervised, and extremely limited form of assisted dying for those who...
Letters & Op-Ed, July 13 2022
There’s nothing wrong with sharing the wealth
I found it difficult to understand why Andrew Watts would get bent out of shape with the...
Letters & Op-Ed, July 6 2022
New Arches present a rainbow of opportunities
There are now so many towns that have Rainbow crosswalks. In the Town of Pelham we have four...
Letters & Op-Ed, June 29 2022
Kore, Haun owe Mayor an apology
I could not believe what I witnessed while watching last week’s Town Council meeting this weekend on YouTube. Councillor...