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Free speech is a wonderful thing. Without free speech The Brant Advocate wouldn’t exist. I am grateful for it every single day. I love it. I love the conversations afforded… Continue reading "Free Speech is Awesome by Marc Laferriere (@MarcLaferriere)"
Harm Reduction: How it Saved my Life (Part 2) Before I start, let me clear up a misconception. Addiction and physical dependence are two different issues. For example, anyone who takes opioids… Continue reading "Harm Reduction: How it Saved my Life (Part 2) by Randy Roberts HSWR (@RandySRoberts)"
Do you remember how excited you were when you got your first box of Crayola crayons? It was a rainbow of colours with each crayon lovingly wrapped in paper, perfectly… Continue reading "A Picture is Worth a Thousand Crayons by Angee Turnbull"
Self-doubt. It’s something that affects how many of us function on a day-to-day basis, yet I find few people who are actually willing to talk about it. It’s something that… Continue reading "Casting off the Shackles of Self-doubt by Kelly Gilmour"
The small crimson flower pinned to our left lapels signal Remembrance Day is approaching. The seemingly unanimous meaning behind the symbol is the remembrance of fallen soldiers, but the significance… Continue reading "Remember The Poppy (Karly Rath)"
Why do our people go to war? I try very hard to wrap my head around why people enlist, knowing they will very likely serve in some war somewhere. I… Continue reading "Who Will Go To War – by Tina Draycott"
To me, Remembrance Day is one of the most important days of the year. It is a day that, in case we haven’t been doing it all year long, we… Continue reading "Remember The People – by Andrew Macklin"
I do a fair number of speaking engagements each year for schools, teachers and/or students, as well as all kinds of organizations all over Ontario. Every single time that… Continue reading "Give Peace A Chance (Zig Misiak, @ZigMisiak)"
Illustration courtesy of Steve Boyd If you grew up going to Sunday School, you know the story of David and Bathsheba. It was one of the kinda dirty Bible felt-board… Continue reading "When Kings Go To War (Dave Carrol, @DaveCarrol)"
In 2005, shortly after graduating with a degree in History from Wilfrid Laurier University, I became an ESL teacher in Korea. In fact, it was less than 2 weeks after… Continue reading "A Walk Through History – by Neil Macdonald"