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At a high school in Ohio on February 27th, five people are shot; 3 dead, 2 injured. At a university in California on April 2nd, ten people are shot; 7… Continue reading "Taking a Stand (Steph Paige, @Steph__Paige)"
When I ran as the Progressive Conservative candidate for Brant during the past provincial election, the most common question I was asked was “Are you related to Lloyd St. Amand,… Continue reading "What’s in a Name: St. Amant versus St. Amand (Michael St. Amant, @MichaelStAmant)"
One of my favourite film moments is from the last Rocky Balboa movie. Near the end of the movie a weathered, nearly beaten, punch drunk Rocky gets knocked down during… Continue reading "Losing & Learning: A Year in the Life of a “Failed” Candidate (Marc Laferriere, @MarcLaferriere)"
In 1992, when you drove along Shellard Lane and crested the hill, you came upon a miraculous sight: a sprawling new school surrounded by cornfields, forests, grazing deer, and a… Continue reading "If you build it, they will come: Assumption College Celebrates 20 years – by David Page"
Pride is in the air. What pride, you ask? The gay kind. Yes, gay pride. And I’m guilty of having it. If you’ve been to a pride parade, you’d know… Continue reading "It’s Okay to be Gay – by Markus McDaniel"
On the evening of March 28th, a screening of the film “We Were Here” took place in Brantford at the Laurier Research & Academic Centre. With a central focus on… Continue reading "A Growing LGBTQ Movement in Brantford (Michael Hemsworth, @wlu_rainbow)"
Generation X is a generation that can sneakily trump Boomer narcissism and Millennial entitlement.” Jeff Gordinier I’ve always joked that there isn’t anything Generation X hates more… than everything.… Continue reading "How Gen X Might Save the World (Dave Carrol, @DaveCarrol)"
Dear Arsonist, You must forgive me from referring to you using this term, I don’t care for it either, but as no one knows your name, you will have… Continue reading "Letter to an Arsonist (Robert Adlam, @CIHC_Brantford)"
Paris has gone through a massive transformation over the past however many years and it has become a town that rivals Port Hope, Ontario in my opinion; which was ranked… Continue reading "Paris. Quaint. Quiet. Peaceful. Beautiful. Home (Sarah Renwick, @RenwickS)"