"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.
"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.
"I grew up in Burford, a small village in southwestern Ontario, and the weekly Burford Advance was an integral part of our community. Sadly gone now, so there is no source of local news," writes Stewart Jeans from Ottawa.
"There is no bomb that can create peace. There is no act of genocide that can lead to freedom. We are all connected and an injury to one is an injury to all. We all deserve to live," writes Kit Andres, Mennonite Action organizer.
"What can be more relaxing on a warm summer day then chilling out on your favourite lounge chair or hammock and watching the grasses sway and rustle in the breeze? " asks Joanne Young.
"How refreshing to read a media analysis of Pierre Poilievre's public statements that finally does an accurate and careful assessment of what he actually says," writes Sue Lott from Ottawa.
Ross Robinson shares his thoughts on the 2024 Olympics, as someone who worked at both the 1972 and 1976 Summer Games in Munich and Montreal, respectively — plus, how the Canadian teams can get a leg up on the competition in the future.
"Have we priced ourselves out of the economic reality in which most Canadians live? Of course," writes Garth Turner in this week's edition of The Turner Report.
