As I sit writing this column, rain is teeming down. The fields need it and I know some farmers who have spent the past few... ...read more

For the past four years, I have been advocating alongside Haldimand Mayor Shelley Ann Bentley for a major energy project at the Nanticoke Industrial Park.... ...read more

Mental Health Awareness Month. I expected a few comments and perhaps a few smiles. What I didn’t expect was one of the most powerful conversations... ...read more

This year marks the 60th anniversary of the Seasonal Agricultural Worker Program (SAWP), a program that has quietly become one of the most important partnerships... ...read more

As I write this column, unfortunately, 4,000 community and social services workers continue political action and have been on strike since May 25, 2026. The... ...read more

By the time this column is published – barring any new developments – approximately 4,000 community and social services workers will have been on strike... ...read more

By the time this column is published, we will have celebrated our wonderful country’s 159th birthday at various parties and parades across Haldimand-Norfolk. I was... ...read more

Last week I began this column noting that history is a record of what happened. It is more than a collection of dates and events,... ...read more

History doesn’t lie but rather records the consequences of the choices we make. With a little research, examples from across North America abound as to... ...read more

March 23 to June 2 served as the bookends to a brief but busy legislative session at Queen’s Park. As your independent voice at the... ...read more