Category - Columnists

Columnists - Nick Jeffrey

Yuletide Cheer

It’s that time of year again. The Thanksgiving and Halloween holidays are long behind us, but Christmas, Hannukah, Kwaanza, and Festivus are just around the...

Columnists - Preston Pouteaux

Words of the Year

Every year dictionaries pick a word of the year. These words are often chosen by how popular a word was in Google searches, or how well a word reflected...

Columnists - Nick Jeffrey

Spirits of Christmas

It has begun. The incessant cacophony of holiday music has been grating on my tender ears for the past few weeks. It seems to begin earlier each year, and I...

Columnists - Marilyn King

Do Dogs Dream?

If you’ve turned on your radio lately, you may have heard numerous singers “Dreaming of a White Christmas”. Now Finn isn’t writing any Christmas cards but you...

Columnists - Preston Pouteaux

What are you waiting for?

I remember the feeling. 1996 felt like an eternity away and I just could not wait for it. It was about 1993 and remember hearing on the news that a new Mars...

Columnists - Marilyn King

Pedigrees, Mutts and Combos

In his characteristic heartwarming style, Patrick McDonnell, cartoonist and author, tells the story of the young Jane Goodall and her special childhood toy...

Columnists - Preston Pouteaux

The Winter Gift of Community

My great grandpa came to Canada on a boat with a heard of Jersey cows. He paid his way by taking care of the cows on the long voyage from the island of...

Columnists - Nick Jeffrey

I’ll Shōchū Mine If…

I was visiting a new sushi restaurant last week, along with my usual group of ne’er-do-well drinking companions, when our server suggested a new libation...