Not dark yet
Over the past weeks, there have been a lot of rumours going around about the proposed prison to be built on the outskirts of...
Handle with care
It’s amazing how quickly the world “out there” is changing. Not just the technology, or the climate, or the politics; although all of that...
I Can See Clearly Now
One of the great buzz words in recent elections at the municipal level has been “transparency”. Every candidate seems to promise that, should they...
Thank you for the music
I love music, or, perhaps more accurately, I love songs. While instrumental music can move me, it is the combination of words and melody...
The sounds of silence
Newspapers, social media, tv and radio, all ways of informing people, broadcasting news and information, are essential to any healthy society, and are at...
Strength of the herd
Debates in the Letters to the Editor section are one of my favourite things about the Times. It is almost reminiscent of pen pals...
Another year over…
Well, that was an interesting year, wasn’t it? No matter where you focus, national, international, provincial or municipal, there was always something interesting happening....
Let’s give them something to talk about
This is a Public Service Announcement on behalf of voters, directed to the candidates at this year’s municipal election. There are a number of...
Another year over….
Happy New year to all! And just one week into 2020, I want to make a definite resolution: no variation of “2020 vision”, or...
Taxman
One of the more obvious outcomes of the current pandemic (yes, it’s still here) has been the fear that the world’s economies are going...