Commentary

E arlier this month, the Voice invited a selection of community members to contribute their thoughts about the unparalleled year now coming to a close.

O ntario’s auditor general is currently in a dispute with the provincial government over a report on the government’s response to the pandemic.

Vaccine optimism Where to start? There are more signs of progress in the fight against the dreaded coronavirus; however, we can’t let our guard down. Two vaccines that are made by American companies have shown promising results.

Those who wish to learn will find a way Reading the Globe and Mail online last week, one paragraph jumped out at me, practically smacking me in the face and starting a chain reaction.

I t seems like just yesterday that Premier Doug Ford was calling partygoers, “A few fries short of a happy meal.

Buy Niagara, buy fresh—but buyer beware Just over a week ago I purchased apples from the local Sobeys store believing my purchase would be crisp, fresh produce locally grown. How wrong I was.

Names Matter...but not more than our collective health What a difference in two weeks! Now we are in a second wave of Covid 19. Our small Names Matter group was going to gather outside, six feet apart for a meeting.

I n our house, Thanksgiving is something that happens often. It is a practice of the Oneida people to offer thanks frequently in the form of our Thanksgiving address.

E l ections—especially local elections— are the closest equivalent to catnip for journalists. They have definite beginnings, middles, and ends.

I doubt many of the residents of Ward 1 had the privilege of sitting down for half an hour with each of the candidates to pick their brains. In my role as a freelance writer, the Voice entrusted me with this duty.