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NATIONAL PULSE – We still scroll and share, but we don’t necessarily enjoy it

April 13, 2026 // 0 Comments

Half say social media negatively affects them personally, while ¾ say the same its of impact on society By ANGUS REID INSTITUTE April 13, 2026 – Once hailed as the future [Continue]

NATIONAL PULSE – Most would ban children under 16 from social media

March 31, 2026 // 0 Comments

After Australia became first country to ban social media for kids, Canadians appear ready to follow suit By ANGUS REID INSTITUTE March 30, 2026 – Scrutiny of the negative [Continue]

LETTER – Unverified information should not be presented as the news

November 4, 2024 // 13 Comments

Mel I just returned from a month-long trip to Europe, and read your Oct 10 response to my e-mail where you accuse me of bullying you with long responses when I comment on [Continue]

ROTHENBURGER – Bernie and his mittens give us something to smile about

January 25, 2021 // 0 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. BAD NEWS ON THE Bernie Sanders apparel front. The mittens are sold out and so are his ‘Bernie’ sweatshirts. Who’d have thought a photo [Continue]

GINTA – We ought to do screen time right because so much depends on it

September 27, 2020 // 1 Comment

CAN YOU IMAGINE TODAY’S WORLD, your world, without internet and social media? Some may not have a Facebook, Instagram or Twitter account but pretty much everyone now has an [Continue]

PETERS – Social media killed nuance and replaced it with the ‘take’

May 23, 2020 // 0 Comments

I WOULD HATE TO BE RUNNING a high school debate club in 2020. Normally, I’m squarely in the camp of ‘the good old days were mostly bad.’ But one thing that seems to get [Continue]