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This past year, I had the opportunity for an amazing experience. I joined the Paris-Brant Kiwanis Club. I knew it would be a short term commitment, as I had a… Continue reading "The Usual Suspects (Marc Laferriere, @MarcLaferriere)"
With so much emphasis this year being placed on the bicentennial of the War of 1812, it would be easy to overlook a 200th anniversary of a very different nature;… Continue reading "Happy Birthday “Mr. Brantford!” (Robert Adlam)"
Every day I come into my office and one piece of ten dollar décor inspires me ~ a poster with a quote from Walt Whitman. I was sitting here pondering… Continue reading "Everyday (Carrie Sinkowski, @CSinkowski)"
For decades, downtown Brantford had been a draw and ‘bustling’ heart of the community. At one time it was the family businesses and unique services, the market and entertainment, but… Continue reading "Destination Downtown (John Bradford, @downtownbrantfd)"
Sometimes people ask me why I stayed in Brantford. Well… I stayed here because I wanted to see what COULD happen in a city if it holistically committed itself to… Continue reading "By Good Into Good (Dave Carrol, @DaveCarrol)"
To the parents who are dropping off their kids to college or university this fall, much of this will be familiar to you. But it is to those parents whose… Continue reading "A Downsizing Parent (Tina Draycott, @tmd1313)"
I’m a bit embarrassed to say that this is my first Advocate article, not that I’m embarrassed to appear here, far from it actually. I’m embarrassed because my mug has… Continue reading "Living in a City that Needs to Laugh (Jamie Stephens, @BrantfordComedy)"
The following piece was the first content to appear on our BrantAdvocate.com website. While viewed by thousands in that form, it has never appeared in our print edition. With this… Continue reading "Layton’s Core: A Love of People (Marc Laferriere, @MarcLaferriere)"
As a woman, I have always known that I am vulnerable to experiences of sexual violence. Fairy tales, warnings from my parents, story lines in movies and news stories have… Continue reading "Coping with Sexual Violence (Carrie Sinkowski, @CSinkowski)"
“I died when I was six.” It was 1951 and Freddy was taking one of his first car rides out of his community of Curve Lake near Peterborough. The government… Continue reading "Freddy: Painting, Healing & Surviving By L.M. VanEvery"