Category: Midwestern Ontario
Pearson: Here’s to the quiet life
We have become strangely suspicious of quiet lives. We celebrate the person who has built something enormous, who rises quickly, speaks boldly, accumulates accomplishments and leaves behind evidence they were here. We measure lives by scale. We ask what someone achieved, what they earned, and what they became. And yet, there is an older possibility, […]
LFP Letters to the Editor: August 29, 2026
Hit the road, Jack Prime Minister Mark Carney asked premiers to remove the U.S. booze ban. I was a Jack Daniels whiskey fan, enjoying a sip now and again. Then, U.S. alcohol was removed from the LCBO shelves. I found Barnburner, a distilled whiskey made in Ontario. It’s better value and I think it tastes […]
Growing Concerns: Cut back sad, spent plants
Lots of plants in my garden are starting to look tough. The first thing I normally would do is fertilize but it is too late to be using the fertilizer now. I do not want fertilizer to encourage new growth because there is not enough time left in the season for the new growth to […]
Dyer: Elections in Ukraine, not prudent or realistic
“Democracy cannot be held hostage by Russia,” said Mihaylo Fedorov, until recently Ukraine’s defence minister. “We must find a legal, safe and realistic mechanism which will allow Ukraine to renew its full democratic process even in the conditions of a long war.” Seven years after the last election, some Ukrainians are demanding a new one. […]
PHOTOS: London’s new mosque and community centre
The $14.3-million facility brings worship, education and recreation under one roof.