More ‘productive’ parliamentary days, please

Let’s talk about how we earn our salaries. Most of us have to do work to get paid, and for a lot of us that also means having to go to a workplace, even out of town. What about our elected officials? Tasha Kheiriddin wrote an opinion column about our Parliament’s sitting days and why we should care. She wrote …

‘We did whatever we could for them’

On the 20th anniversary of 9/11, it’s a time to reflect on how all of our lives changed, to honour those who were lost, and to try to focus on the moments of beauty during a crisis.  Who better to talk to then than someone who was part of the historic events, in reality and in pop fiction? While in Newfoundland in …

Seeing new sights in Newfoundland

I’ve just returned from a vacation to Newfoundland. I usually travel internationally, but this, of all years, seemed like the time to stay in Canada for vacation, and I was not disappointed, because it had a foreign feel. COVID-19 wounded those of us who are afflicted with wanderlust. This trip allowed me to recharge my batteries with a lot of ‘new’ …

Wanted: that one useful app to make ‘life easier’

For the last few months, I’ve been focused on nothing more than getting my vaccinations, so that I could do my part in keeping the community safe and bringing back a degree of normalcy to our lives. Now that I’ve received both doses, and once my symptoms subsided, my attention turned quickly to next steps. Vaccine passports are definitely on …

Misinformation, hypocrisy make COVID weigh more heavily

I may not be sick, but I’m tired. I’m tired of COVID. I’m tired of misinformation from all levels. I’m tired of feeling like not enough of us are taking this seriously. I’m tired that the weight for so much of this is on the shoulders of us to personally figure out what to do since we aren’t getting enough …