Catch the Ace fever is rampant in the Sault, and it’s hard not to get swept up in the excitement. I’m not a lottery player, but there are lessons to potentially draw from the experience. If you’ve been living under a rock in the Sault, the Esquire Club is running a charity raffle called “Catch the Ace.” People buy $5 …
Myth of fairy tale wedding, simple divorce
No one goes into marriage thinking that they’ll get divorced (unless they are a gold-digger) and yet, so many of us end up divorced. Something quite unthinkable 60 years ago is commonplace today. We truly have a disposable society, from the toasters we get as wedding gifts to the weddings themselves.Why do marriages fail? There are countless reasons, including some …
Tale of two lung transplants
It is the tale of two lung transplants…with the best of health outcomes and not the best of health outcomes (I won’t call it the worst). Two Algoma area ladies got the call in December of 2015 that they had been added to the lung transplant list, both relocated to the GTA to be within the required distance of the …
Men in speedos reveal plenty
“How many industries would totally collapse if women stopped feeling ashamed about our bodies?” was the random musing that a friend posed to me in a recent email. She went on to say: “Why can’t we all have the confidence of the middle-aged men shopping for Speedos at my work yesterday?” Considering that she works in downtown Toronto, and there …
Show firefighters loyalty
Recently, the scrapping of the firefighter hiring list was reported, but that may only be the tip of the iceberg. I’m more concerned that retirements aren’t being replaced. Brian Kelly reported that recruit list was nixed by Sault Ste. Marie’s new fire chief, Mike Figliola. This prompted a negative reaction from former fire chief Marcel Provenzano . Columnist Doug Millroy …
Candidates, please read
Dear candidates: There is already so much that I want to thank you for in regards to the upcoming election. Please do call me during dinner. I have nothing better to do than to listen to your prerecorded message. We always have family dinners, so what’s wrong with you interrupting one of them. Your message is important, more important than …
Cooking Shows Nourish Family with Education, Entertainment
While I don’t like to endorse a lot of screen time, there are moments when television can give me the extra 20 minutes I need to complete the task at hand or to make dinner. Most recently, I combined two birds and found something the children and I enjoy watching, and at the same time it gave me an idea …
What’s so bad about austerity?
There’s a lot of talk about Greece lately, and not as a tourist destination. Greece is broke and may be removed from the European Union. Experts are conflicted on what the effect will be on world markets. While I worry somewhat about my global investments, I worry more about the state of us as a people. Alexis Tsipras, now prime …
Tax cramped women’s pocket books
This Canada Day, women across the nation have one more reason to celebrate: GST will no longer be charged on feminine hygiene products. Was the day chosen because it is a holiday that is all about red and white? Or perhaps because it is about celebrating Canada’s independence and now women are freed from a tax that shouldn’t have been …
You have to love convocations
Convocation is one of my favourite celebrations. Seeing graduates in their black robes, adorned by the multi-coloured hoods based on their discipline of study evokes pride, emotion, and tradition. There is something grand about the ceremony, and yet I found myself with gown envy. Sitting as part of the platform party, as several of my former students crossed the stage, …