"Without hard boundaries including progressive taxation and dissolution of monopolies, oligarchy will continue to deconstruct society until elections, law, and truth become historical artifacts," writes Keith McNenly.
"The economy has flatlined. Trump’s war went badly. Inflation is back, so interest rates won’t be falling ... But people still want houses. And, of course, everyone wants to live here," writes Garth Turner.
"Any correctly thinking council — one that represents the good of the town and its residents as opposed to commercial real estate investors — would support proper controls and a cap on the short-term rental market," writes Brian Marshall.
"The relatively sudden demise of a once-accepted part of our lives, almost instantly replaced by handheld devices that mostly pass the time in our pockets," writes Ross Robinson.
"I love my parents for many reasons, including the fact that the differences between gentile and Catholic and Jewish were never discussed," writes Ross Robinson. "To my mom and dad, people were people."
"This is not a fair war, if it's a war at all. The Israeli military has met limited opposition, but appears intent to annihilate every facet of Palestinian living," writes Ken O'Malley.
"Let’s hope the mayor and council at least reconsider their recent planning decisions, and that when the time comes to decide on the future of the former hospital site, they don’t opt to — as the Joni Mitchell song goes — pave paradise and put up a parking lot," writes Terry Davis.
"There are some 1,500 workers around here. Most stay eight months. They do tasks Canadians reject. Our growers depend on them. To my eye, they also respect and help them," writes Garth Turner.
"Wind, rain and drought. It’s not going away unless, of course, you don’t believe in any of it. But it’s hard to ignore, isn’t it?" writes Jackie Bonic.
"My heart goes out to the Gatta family. Your grief is unimaginable but hopefully you can take solace in the legacy Kekoo has left behind. He will be missed," writes Stewart Hall.
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"I’ve enjoyed learning and writing about those and other topics for much the same reasons I would imagine my readers do: we are curious and we want to understand as much as we can about who we are," writes Dr. Brown.
"In this triangle of love, originally described by Bernard Shaw as 'a mystery,' Candida must choose which of the two men will be her future," writes Penny-Lynn Cookson.
"With all the political to and fro of late, a federal election could soon be in the offing. And there have been hints of one coming soon in Ontario," writes Keith McNenly.
"If there’s one thing Canada got right in the last four years, it was allowing the central bank do its job. Letting career politicians mess with monetary policy is a sketchy idea," writes Garth Turner in this week's edition of The Turner Report.
Columnist Brian Marshall takes readers on a road trip around Niagara-on-the-Lake to visit a few of the town’s stone houses, constructed and designed in a variety of methods over the years.
"That young boy will never forget the kindness shown to him by John Kinney that day. That is what Niagara-on-the-Lake is all about: People helping people," writes Margie Enns.
"The hospital site is surrounded by commercial properties such as two major hotels, restaurants and the main Shaw Festival theatre," writes Wayne Murray.
Entrepreneur and 2022 mayoral candidate Vaughn Goettler, writes Garth Turner, is "pragmatic, driven, a tad rumpled, safely retired but far from finished. He has fine real estate, toys and ambition."
"The 5Cs (conservative, competitive, capitalistic, commerce at all costs) would prevail and more local newspapers and radio stations would fail against massively funded U.S. and other media," writes Elizabeth Oliver-Malone.
"On good days, Jan knows precisely who I am and responds to cuddling and holding hands and most of my bad jokes," writes Dr. Brown. "So, in some of the most important ways, I haven’t lost Jan."
"I believe in the sanctity of life and in defending myself as well as those who are not able to defend themselves. So, Israel should not defend itself?" writes George Heidebrecht.
"'One Man, Two Guvnors' is a ribald, rollicking, raucous, roaring hit. To dismiss it with disdain, as some have, is beyond chacun à sans goût — it is to miss the point," writes Penny-Lynn Cookson.
"This pivotal historic property at Queen and Simcoe represents a rubicon — a line in the sand — which, if crossed, may very well be the tipping point that spells the end of a decades-long tradition of respecting and preserving the heritage of Niagara-on-the-Lake," writes Brian Marshall.
