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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)"
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)"
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)"
I’ve been called a bra burner. A man hater. A femi-nazi. A bitch. But what nobody realizes is that those words don’t hurt. What hurts is that people label me… Continue reading "The Independence Thing – by Sarah Renwick"
The sun was shining Easter morning of 1987. As a 10 year old, I faked my way through being surprised by where that darn Easter Bunny had hidden the same… Continue reading "My baseball glove (Dave Carrol, @DaveCarrol)"
What is human evolution? What we see and hear most commonly refers to physical anthropology; the way in which humans have evolved over millions of years to be what we… Continue reading "Learning My Place – by Laura Duguid"
To the little baby boy growing in my wife’s belly: Hello. I’m Adam, and I’m going to be your father. Every day I think about what it will be like… Continue reading "An open letter: Adam to his son – by Adam Hislop"
It’s February, and just about everywhere we go we are reminded that Love is in the air. There are red and pink hearts, pretty boxes of chocolates and dozens upon… Continue reading "Kissing in the Radishes – by Stacey Farrant"
Single on Valentine’s Day? Have a Queen of Hearts Party! Ahh, the after-Christmas blahs. Everyone is tired, deflated, sluggish, shopped-out, and the weather outside is frightful. Then along comes February,… Continue reading "Single by choice? You might be a Queen of Hearts. – by Sylvia Collins"