The Lindsay Advocate

Between 1823 and 1825, Peter Robinson, a member of Upper Canada’s executive council, orchestrated two significant immigration schemes to populate… Continue reading “Farm family’s new frontier”

August 14, 2003: My family was just leaving Ontario Place when the park lights went out. We quickly learned we… Continue reading “Power to the people – please”

We find ourselves living in a world where a growing number of people now use their thumbs to do a… Continue reading “A reflection on the lost art of conversation – and how to get it back”

Roderick Benns’ column in the May issue of the Advocate (Benns’ Belief: “Becoming a Better Human”) is surely a worthy… Continue reading “Better humans won’t be found by embracing artificial intelligence”

When my daughter was a tad, I read a brochure from an American pediatric doctors’ group. It suggested that pesticide… Continue reading “Pests, or pesticides?”

In March, my family and I experienced this year’s much anticipated basement flooding. As winter’s record-breaking snowfall was much like… Continue reading “In this together”

I chose to vote on the first day of advance polling on Good Friday last month. My plan was brilliant:… Continue reading “I’m glad that’s (not) over”