Opinion

Let’s start off the New Year right by recognizing the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations’ declaration that 2026 is the International Year of the Woman Farmer. Such declarations are a time of celebration. FAO says women have a central role in household food security [...]

Book review: Helm by Sarah Hall “Helm isn’t feeling Helmself.” And it’s thanks to humans – or “up-monkeys,” as Helm calls them. Human waste pollutes the air: “burger wrappers, testicle deodorant, lip plumpers.” It feels “insidious, sneaky, infectious,” like a “toxic waft when you’re asleep.” [...]

It’s not often that a snow storm brings with it a great streak of good luck but that is what the New Year’s storm of 1949 brought me. First, however, I must explain a few things. When we awoke the morning of New Year’s day, 1949, we discovered that a large amount of snow had […]

As the year draws to a close, Clearview Sustainability Network (CSN) wants to share some updates: Please consider nominating Clearview area students, citizens, or organizations/businesses undertaking positive climate actions. You can find out more about the climate action recognition awards at [...]

by Dr. Colin Lee A new report from the Canadian Cancer Statistics Advisory Committee shows that cancer mortality rates are going down and this is great news. However, cervical cancer rates have stopped declining in Canada. More than 99 per cent of all cervical cancers are caused by the human [...]

The following sketch of Avening was written by Mr. George Carruthers of Toronto and a son of one of the early pioneers of Avening. My grandfather, George Carruthers, a native of Dumfrieshire, Scotland, came to America in 1848 by way of New York. He lived for a time in Albany, later in Buffalo, [...]

If you know my wife Angi Gallupe, you may be aware of the culinary prowess she acquired from her mother Heather. Angi grew up in Creemore, in an era where food not only tasted great, but looked perfect too, long before it was prepared and served. I’m glad to report Angi still has a penchant [...]

“As within, so without; as above, so below; as the universe, so the soul.” This quote is a modern paraphrase of words found on the Emerald Tablet, a short mystical text attributed to Hermes Trismegistus. This philosophical perspective promotes the idea that who we are on the inside is mirrored [...]

Editor: I am writing this to inform our community about a situation that is happening in another closely knit community. The Kensington Market in Toronto has historically been an inclusive community which values diversity and change. The Rev. Maggie Helwig and the people of St. Stephens-in-the [...]

by Evangeline Leal On November 11th we shed our tears And talk about it with our peers Videos to watch, books to read Poppies to pin and plant their seeds People fallen, people died It just makes me want to cry We lay flowers at their graves To remember all the lives they saved. We […]