"Although this level of government has the greatest impact on citizens’ daily lives, it is weak, ineffectual, rudderless and dominated by special interests," writes Garth Turner.
Over the last five centuries, says Frank Lloyd Wright, what humanity has called architecture has been "phony": "It was not innate, it wasn’t organic and it didn’t have the character of nature.”
More than 40 years after the debut of this British farce on the Shaw Festival stage, "One for the Pot" returns with excellent performances that contain the elements needed to make this for-the-masses comedy a laugh riot, writes Penny-Lynn Cookson.
"As a pretentious British boss of mine said many years ago ... 'I have found that around the world, one can get on with two languages: English, and loud English,'" writes Ross Robinson.
"I provided you with an opportunity to do the right thing, which you have obviously declined to do. Please be advised that I intend to pursue this in the appropriate forum(s)," writes Derek Collins.
"Like the flu, COVID is now embedded in the population. That means we can expect continuing mutant versions to emerge, including more lethal versions," writes Dr. William Brown.
"When I have looked on such platforms in anticipation of a potential trip, the options that come up are often quite far from the location I input. One has to sift through the information and carefully look at actual locations as part of the process," writes Tara Abrams.
"Yes, Donald Trump and I both want to get rid of the annually challenging concept of daylight savings time. If you’ll pardon the pun, it’s time," writes Ross Robinson, going on to share, however, some of his less-than-complimentary views of the president-elect.
"The magic of the Christmas season brought together our community to brighten up Christmas for the residents at Pleasant Manor and Niagara Long Term Care," writes Joan King.
"I must admit, as one who grew up on a farm, I love the many “observations” that have been passed down through the generations," writes Joanne Young. "Most of them can be confirmed, scientifically speaking, but at first glance can seem questionable."
"I’d like to begin 2025 by extending my heartfelt gratitude to those who have taken the time out of their busy days to engage with this writer," writes Brian Marshall, sharing some of the feedback he received on his last column of 2024, with some food for thought on climate change action and green infrastructure for the new year.
"If you had your plants outside for the summer months and have brought them back into house this fall, you will see those plants going through a bit of a struggle at this time," writes Joanne Young. She shares how to keep them happy and healthy before spring returns.
"The protection and expansion of our natural heritage system supported by green infrastructure has become the proven order of the day and necessary to our future," writes Brian Marshall.
Sometimes a small idea blossoms into something big and beautiful. Something that has a ripple affect across the community.
A couple of weeks ago, while...
Last week’s editorial about public access to public documents got a conversation going.
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From the future of the historic Crysler-Burroughs property at 187 Queen St., to the promising effects of investing in green infrastructure over grey infrastructure, Brian Marshall looks forward at how communities can make choices that make people, life, history and heritage a priority.
"Heisenberg was right in his day — there were no methods for 'seeing' atoms, never mind, electrons. But these days the first fussy pictures of atoms have been seen and electrons tracked," writes Dr. William Brown, covering two scientific objects of recent fascination for him: A giant red star and a photon of light.
"It’s not up to politicians to police people’s thoughts or actions. It’s people’s right to view these documents, whether they are planning experts or not. Public documents are public documents and should be easily and readily available," writes editor-in-chief Richard Harley.
"I am not a betting man, but my numerous trips to France, and my year living in Strasbourg in 1979, made me confident that the rebuilding of Notre Dame would take decades," writes Ross Robinson, commenting on the official reopening of the historic cathedral in Paris this past weekend, after its five-year closure.
"The changes to increase affordability are costly, cash-flow punishing, increase indebtedness and trick the financially illiterate (like the finance minister, apparently) into a false conclusion," writes Garth Turner.
"While it wouldn’t make the pain of increased property taxes any less, a process dedicated to 'transparency, fiscal responsibility and effective communication with our residents' would certainly go some distance to increasing the confidence of NOTL’s voters," writes Brian Marshall.
"Forcing people already dealing with an out-of-control affordability crisis to pay out of pocket for needed medical supplies is outrageous," writes MPP Wayne Gates.
"I’m not sure that council provided appropriate guidance before the budget process began. I don’t think we would be looking at a 14.4 per cent increase had they done so," writes Jonathan Household.
"We’d also like to thank all the NOTL homeowners who granted us permission to cut boughs and greens from your properties for the planters. Your kindness added to the success of the fundraiser," writes Carolyn Greenfield.
