Joachim Hagopian — America loses all its wars because it seems we’ve always been on the wrong side of history. Morally nor legally should any nation have the right to invade and occupy another sovereign nation, much less believe it ...
Read More »Joey McColm, hockey greats meet and greet in Niagara
Sports fans will have a chance to shake hands with some of the greatest sports legends to play their game, change tires on a racecar and attend a live professional wrestling event, when the second annual Niagara Falls Sports Expo ...
Read More »Climate activists disrupt Toronto Stock Exchange opening
Amanda Lewis — At 9:30 a.m. Feb. 12, dozens of people descended on the opening of the Toronto Stock Exchange to highlight the climate and financial risk of fossil fuel investments. They floated banners reading “Don’t Bank on Tar Sands ...
Read More »A poison to success and the meaning of want vs. went
Robert Evans Wilson, Jr — Mike passed the stack of test papers over his back to me. I lifted one off the top, sniffed the blue mimeograph ink, then passed the rest behind me to Laylah. The teacher instructed us ...
Read More »Ontario NDP attack Grits for trying to sell off schools
Paulette Huebert — Ontario NDP Leader Andrea Horwath sent a Feb. 11 email accusing the Kathleen Wynne Liberals of privatizing school grounds by selling them to developers. Citing the broader community nature of school buildings and grounds, Horwath wrote: Schools ...
Read More »Elite Salads White Fish is recalled by federal inspectors
Elite Salads International is recalling Elite Salads brand White Fish from the marketplace because it may permit the growth of Clostridium botulinum. Consumers should not consume the recalled product described below. The following product has been sold in Ontario. Recalled ...
Read More »Don’t let gunfire Downtown fool you: It’s a movie test
Marty Dejczak — A movie crew moves in, so between 6pm and 11pm Tuesday, Feb. 10, there will be people with (blank-firing) guns and you’ll hear “gunfire” from the blanks. But only a movie test will be shot. York St ...
Read More »Don’t let Canada Post end door-to-door delivery
Susan Dixon — I wonder, has anyone at Canada Post ever tried to push a stroller or a wheelchair or a walker through the snow? I don’t think they realize the impact of ending door-to-door mail delivery when it comes to ...
Read More »Ukrainian general says Russian regulars not fighting there
Eric Zuesse — The Chief of Staff of Ukraine’s Armed Forces, General Viktor Muzhenko, is saying, in that news-report, which is dated on Thursday January 29th, that the only Russian citizens who are fighting in the contested region, are residents ...
Read More »Funds support deaf artists and artists with disabilities
The Ontario Arts Council (OAC) has established resources for deaf artists and artists with disabilities. OAC’s new strategic plan, Vital Arts and Public Value, identifies deaf artists and artists with disabilities as a new priority group. A number of initiatives ...
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