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The View From Here – Sydney Nova Scotia community would best represent veterans by behaving with decorum

Tom Henihan Remembrance Day should be a day not just of symbolically remembering the sacrifices veterans have made but also a time to dwell on the physical and emotional realities of their experience. In a time when it is all…

November 12, 2016 · by Admin2015 ·

Letter – Let rationality prevail over the issue of marijuana use

To the Editor: Bravo to Mac Olsen on his support for prohibition of the Demon Weed! Next stop, the Demon Rum! Granted, alcohol prohibition shifted booze consumption into dangerous black market products of unpredictable purity and stronger potency {moonshine, anyone?},…

November 12, 2016 · by Admin2015 ·

Keyboard Commando – This Remembrance Day, honour those who’ve served & serve

Mac Olsen Remembrance Day is almost here – and it falls upon all of us to attend ceremonies where and when possible. As civilians, it our obligation to honour those who have served and serve in a military or peacekeeping…

November 11, 2016 · by Admin2015 ·

Commentary – In politics, rules and ethics represent opposing concepts

Tom Henihan Last November, with much self-righteous bluster, Prime Minister Trudeau announced his Open and Accountable Government ethics rules saying there should be no special access to federal ministers or any perception of special access in exchange for political donations.…

November 11, 2016 · by Admin2015 ·

Letter – Re: Legalizing pot (Oct. 26 Falher Smoky River Express)

To the Editor: I am not a pot smoker. I have been around people who liked their weed all my life. Marijuana is not a narcotic. Not like the opioids or fentanyl. It is a schedule one drug in part…

November 6, 2016 · by Admin2015 ·

The View From Here – We should not allow vital, structural changes to our language in the name of political correctness

Tom Henihan Because of his refusal to address each student by whatever pronoun he, she, hir, xe or ze insist he use to identified them, Professor Jordan Peterson has stirred controversy, eliciting anger from both the University of Toronto administration…

November 6, 2016 · by Admin2015 ·

Keyboard Commando – Sorry students, but your free education demands are wrong

Mac Olsen Left-wing causes are on the march everywhere, as a recent a Canada News Wire release shows. On Oct. 26, CNW issued one entitled ‘Students’ Call for Free Education Receives Unprecedented Support’. It said that the Canadian Federation of…

November 5, 2016 · by Admin2015 ·

Commentary – Two evils, and that’s that

Jeff Burgar Probably, most senior citizens don’t think of themselves as “Grouchy Grannies,” or “Old Curmudgeons.” Stuck in their ways, with rarely a smile on their face. Especially, I don’t think Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump see themselves that way.…

November 2, 2016 · by Admin2015 ·

The View From Here – We should be less sensitive to innocuous stereotypes and more intolerant of real bigotry

Tom Henihan We live in a multicultural society where hypersensitivity on all matters of ethnicity is fashionable, so the chances of inadvertently offending others regarding racial stereotypes or entrenched cultural assumptions are almost inevitable. No matter how all-embracing, worldly and…

October 27, 2016 · by Admin2015 ·

Keyboard Commando – School bus incident highlights need for everyone’s alertness

Mac Olsen A family in Ontario is very lucky to have their daughter, after she was nearly hit while crossing the street to go home. The CTV News outlet in Toronto showed a video of the incident, which occurred in…

October 26, 2016 · by Admin2015 ·

Commentary – The coming legalization of marijuana doesn’t make it right

Mac Olsen I can still remember watching an episode of ‘Sanford and Son’ in 1976, where one of the characters unwittingly growns marijuana. Another character knows what it is – and the legal ramifications that could follow. Later, two police…

October 26, 2016 · by Admin2015 ·

Shame On You Montreal

Commentary by Katrina Owens Well, it looks like Montreal Mayor Denis Coderre won’t get to see his pitiful ban on pit bull and pit bull-like breeds go through. I like to think I played a minor role in spreading the…

October 24, 2016 · by Admin2015 ·

The Keyboard Commando – It’s Small Business Week, and we should appreciate what we have

Mac Olsen, Smoky River Express Reporter, Small Business Week takes place October 16 to 22, 2016 and the theme this year is, ‘Measure Up! Shape Your Future!’ We have a 28-page Small Business Week supplement as part of this week’s…

October 24, 2016 · by Admin2015 ·

The View From Here – It appears that taxation is now the most effective method of curing all our ills

Tom Henihan, Smoky River Express Reporter In a move to fight obesity, the World Health Organization (WHO) has recommended that governments impose a tax on sugar-sweetened drinks, raising the price by 20 percent. A health organization recommending taxation as a…

October 24, 2016 · by Admin2015 ·

The View From Here – Young Canadians are not less patriotic, they are just more worldly

Tom Henihan A survey conducted by CBC and the Angus Reid Institute shows that Canadians aged 18 to 34 feel less of an affiliated to Canada, less patriotic than older Canadians do. There is something gratuitous about conducting a survey…

October 16, 2016 · by Admin2015 ·