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Today hasn’t been a good day at all. I’ve been needing to have a day for myself so I could take the vehicle to the shop, as it sometimes has… Continue reading "Diary Of A PSW: One Stressed PSW (Brenda Bondy-Caldicott)"
When I was ten, I lived beside a park, and a rather ordinary one at that. It had one old, creaky see-saw, a row of six swings, and two metal… Continue reading "Cigarettes and Philosophy (Leisha Senko, @LeishaSenko)"
Whether for retirement, education that new house or collectible widget, saving helps us achieve our financial goals. The question of “Where” we save is topic we will be addressing over… Continue reading "Saving is an Everyday part of Life (Mike Alford, Alford & Associates)"
In my last column we talked about beginnings, and how sometimes beginnings are connected to events in our past in nearly imperceptible ways. For example, I was in the midst… Continue reading "You Just Never Know – Part 2 (Marc Laferriere, @MarcLaferriere)"
It’s the beginning of the year and all I can think about are beginnings. It’s amazing how they happen. Sometimes, you can’t even tell that something is a beginning until… Continue reading "You Just Never Know – Part 1 (Marc Laferriere, @MarcLaferriere)"
I’ve spent almost all of my life as a church person. I had a couple of years where God gave me a mulligan while tasting the fru-its of the dev-il…but… Continue reading "The Church Is Weird, But So Are You (Dave Carrol, @DaveCarrol)"
Hello tea. Nice to drink you! Did you know that tea is the second most consumed beverage in the world, second only to water? Maybe you’ll also be surprised… Continue reading "How About A Cuppa? (Marianne Schuts, @MarianneSchuts)"
Like many of you, I recently received an email asking me to complete a survey from the Brantford Identity Project, which has been mandated to develop an updated corporate brand… Continue reading "The Identity Project? (Michael St.Amant, @MichaelStAmant)"
I will preface this piece by confessing that I am a sap: sentimental to the core. I get teary-eyed at strangers’ weddings, have inevitably bawled through Rilla of Ingleside more… Continue reading "I Will Be Here Now (Layne Becker Grime)"
It’s about doing what’s right. It’s been 16 months since we published our first edition of the Brant Advocate; a locally-owned and community-driven newsprint publication that highlights the people of… Continue reading "We Believe in Partnerships (Andrew Macklin, @AMacklin & Lucas Duguid, @OctopusRed)"