Column Six

Nigerian taxi rides I have known BY SYLVIA CHILD Special to the Voice T raveling long distances by road can be difficult in any country, Canada included, but Nigeria has its own set of unique challenges.

BY PATRICK REID Special to the Voice T he recent Boston Marathon, in which Pelham resident Carly Zanatta placed 55 out of 10,564 female runners, was the 50th anniversary race since women were officially entered and allowed to run in the Boston Marath

Unfinished home-built plane available A s an elementary school kid in the 1960s, I was preoccupied with model airplanes, and an improbable infatuation that someday, I would take to the skies in my own winged craft, soaring towards the heavens as sun

After dad disappears, mom carries on C hicken thief or spirit guide? A ghostly omen, or a sign of good luck? The fox has had a mixed reputation across the myths, legends and folktales of the world.

Beware the guy with cauliflower ears T hink being a cop is easy? Sunshine List paycheques, copious doughnuts, and cushy assignments in crowd control at Blue Jays games? I’ve got breaking news for you.

Mom said thanks but no thanks BY VICTORIA BALFOUR Special to the Voice O ne day in October 1962 when I was eight years old and bored with watching Leave it to Beaver at home in Ancaster, Ontario, I went upstairs to snoop around in my father’s study.

Pelham's Blanchard brothers looking for playoff success BY JARED SLOAN Special to the Voice W ith the Sherbrooke Phoenix on a power play in the third period of a tie game, a failed clearing attempt is gloved down by a defenseman just inside the blue

Dean Allison latest to blame the messenger “What we are seeing today is authoritarian, military style measures carried out against peaceful protesters on the orders of Justin Trudeau,” local MP Dean Allison tweeted near the end of the now-all-but-for

W hile politicians, economists and journalists continue to gauge the fallout from the so-called Freedom Convoy that laid siege to Ottawa for three weeks I think about one victim of the occupation that might take some time to recover. Our flag.

An Ottawa resident's experience living under siege I was asked to write a first-person account about what it’s been like living in Ottawa during the trucker protest.