Commentary

Nor did humans and dinosaurs coexist on Earth When I read the heading of Pastor Weatherby’s column last week, “Avoiding the e-words,” I said to myself, “Here it comes, the tired old trope that Evolution is not a fact, but a theory.” [Faith Lift, Aug.

T here have been easier times to be Pope. I don’t mean now, with the relatively gentle divisions between conservative and reformer, but during the Second World War, when the irrational became the norm and genocidal madness dominated Europe.

Picnic success a credit to all I would like to thank all the volunteers that stepped up to help the North Pelham community picnic be the success that it was! From the kitchen staff, who did an outstanding job in their preparation, the burger flippers

I ’m an orphan. Not literally, as my late parents embraced the daunting task of raising their natural offspring rather well. I’m a political and emotional orphan, a saddened figure wandering in no-man’s land and lamenting the lack of belonging.

Council again fails Ridgeville This is to express my disappointment in Pelham Town Council for not approving the creation of parking at the Shoppes of Ridgeville.

I ’ve been an ordained Anglican cleric for three years and conducted numerous ceremonies but never before have I presided over a baptism in the morning, and a funeral in the afternoon.

Sad and avoidable end It was disgusting that the lone female Arctic wolf that got loose last week in Port Colborne was shot. Especially after the humane society and a wolf group announced humane trapping methods were in place.

Calls for a new paradigm Google says about 4,000 exo-planets have been discovered so far by astronomers. What’s the big picture these discoveries reveal? Firstly, are we on planet Earth all that special? Actually I believe we are. And here’s why.

T he Papal visit to Canada was, of course, a very good thing.

The poor pay taxes too There is nothing wrong with sharing the wealth and it is very laudable for David Fowler to want to share his wealth with whoever he pleases [“There’s nothing wrong with sharing the wealth,” Letters, July 13, p.4].