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COMMON DECENCY | Parliamentary prayer more show than substance

I begin and end every day with formal prayer. Glutton that I am, I also pray throughout the day, both in an organized manner in church, and while I’m simply walking and being. It rather comes with the job, in that I’m an Anglican priest.
PEOPLE AND POLITICS | The Ontario election campaign: An overview

PEOPLE AND POLITICS | The Ontario election campaign: An overview

V oting is very important, but making the decision about who to vote for can be difficult. There is a great deal of information floating around out there and you seldom find a party or candidate whose views are exactly in line with your own.

Letters & Op-Ed, May 25 2022

Thank you from Friends of Maple Acre Library On behalf of the Friends of Maple Acre we would like to thank the Voice for the coverage of our cleanup, tree carving, and garden project. Your coverage was most appreciated.

COMMON DECENCY | Food, family, and faith

L et us say grace, as it were. The 60s are beguiling. I don’t mean the 1960s. I was born in 1959 and couldn’t say “permissive society” back then, let alone live it.

Letters & Op-Ed, May 18 2022

Wants freedom defined Mr. Poilievre continues to mimic Mr. Trump and France’s Ms LePen in his bid to lead Canada with a call to “freedom.” Our government is not despotic, we are not banning books, and women’s rights are protected.

COMMON DECENCY | The unholy battle over abortion

T here is nothing Christian about allowing women to die in illegal backstreet abortions. Nothing Christian about removing the basic right of a woman to control her own body. Nothing Christian about wanting to criminalize female equality.

SIDEBAR | Band-Aid fixes aren't enough: The concept of “White Privilege”

Following the worldwide outcry at the murder of George Floyd by Minneapolis police officers two years ago this month, in June of 2020 Johnson & Johnson announced that for the first time in 99 years of manufacture, Band-Aids would be produced in a

Letters & Op-Ed, May 11 2022

Congratulations for journalism awards I wish to congratulate the Voice and staff on your awards “haul.” You do a fantastic job and I look forward to receipt of my copy every week.

Letters & Op-Ed, May 4 2022

In remembering Lafleur, we see our own mortality This past weekend had me thinking about why the death of hockey great Guy Lafleur struck a chord deep within. Never really a Habs fan, nor did I follow Lafleur’s career that much.

COMMON DECENCY | Charlie and the Anti-Semite Factory

N etflix has bought the rights to Roald Dahl’s children’s books from the late author’s family.