African proverb “On lesson learned – Don’t look where you fall, but where you slipped.” I think we can all agree that 2021 was a tough year with many...
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Columnists - Preston Pouteaux
Rediscovering Neighbourhood Banter
The in-between life of our neighbourhoods is often made up of ordinary stuff. Errands, texts, coffee, meal prep, trips to the mailbox, school-work, and...
Columnists - Steve King
Positivity
As we begin a new year, let me throw down a challenge to all of us. Rather than being quick to criticize and slow to praise, let’s work hard to flip that...
Columnists - Nick Jeffrey
Fugg-ettaboutit
This month marks the 150th anniversary of the Fuggle hop varietal, perhaps the most quintessential strain of hops in British ales. Much like grape...
Columnists - Karen McKee
Life should be a journey, not a race!
There are times in our life when we must race. To get to work on time, to finish a project for the big presentation, to get your 6-year-old to their T-Ball...
A little history about the Olympics: Legend has it that Heracles, son of Zeus and the mortal woman Alcmene, founded the Games. The Ancient Olympic Games...
Columnists - Preston Pouteaux
The ‘In-Between’
Most of our neighbourhoods are made up of ‘in-between’ spaces. Alleys, boulevards, ditches, power-lines, and service ways are unused and not easily appreciated...
Columnists - Nick Jeffrey
Yay for Meunier
This is the month that December babies dread, with their birthdays overshadowed by the Xmas holiday, resulting in halfhearted combination birthday-Christmas...
Columnists - Steve King
New Year’s dog resolutions
Yes, it’s that time of year when we give some thought to those areas of our life that maybe need some improvement or we have not tried so far. But how about...
On February 11, 2020, the International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses adopted the official name of SARS-CoV-2, meaning “severe acute respiratory...



