Local Voices

McQUARRIE – Is economic decline the product of slow and steady leadership?

August 8, 2017 // 1 Comment

I SOMETIMES wonder if I’d have anything to write about on our local economy were it not for Ajax. What if 15 or so years ago, the City had set course on a different path? [Continue]

GINTA – A little hope is still hope, so don’t give up

August 7, 2017 // 0 Comments

IT GOES in waves. That’s the best way to describe it. One day the smoke is so thick it drowns every bit of hope and positivity you can muster. The next day, a breeze starts [Continue]

VIEWPOINT – There’s only one accurate generalization: people are different

August 7, 2017 // 2 Comments

WHEN I DECIDED to come to Canada, I heard many types of comments. Most of the comments were based on stereotypes about Canada or the West in general. Now that I’ve lived in [Continue]

KNOX – Federal NDP leadership race is like a witness protection program

August 6, 2017 // 0 Comments

I HAVE EATEN tuna sandwiches that were around longer than Anthony Scaramucci. Two weeks ago, none of us had heard of the guy. Then he got hired by Trump, was ditched by his [Continue]

NEWSTROM – Quantum that doggie in the window

August 6, 2017 // 1 Comment

IT IS ALWAYS heartening to speculate that there are some people out there in media cyber-land who are reading what I submit. Even more so when it’s proven; they respond [Continue]

CHARBONNEAU – How I learned to like the monarchy, and the Commonwealth

August 3, 2017 // 0 Comments

AS A 10-year-old, I was eager to see Princess Elizabeth when she visited Edmonton in 1951; a year before she became Queen. My parents and I lined the street along with [Continue]