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Friday, July 22, 2022

Things you should consider when naming a child

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" A person's name is to him or her the sweetest and most important sound in any language." - Dale Carnegie, How to Make Frien...
Tuesday, July 19, 2022

Did Charlie Montoyo derserve to be fired?

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On July 13, 2022, Charlie Montoyo was fired as manager of the Toronto Blue Jays, barely three months after he had been given a one-year exte...
Friday, July 1, 2022

Canada Day 2022: My tribute to the True North

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My grandmother, an immigrant to Canada from Sicily, Italy, used to wave her Canadian citizenship paper and proclaim "This is God's ...

Cree proverb and nature photos

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ONLY WHEN THE LAST TREE HAS BEEN CUT DOWN, THE LAST FISH BEEN CAUGHT, AND THE LAST STREAM POISENED, WILL WE REALIZE WE CANNOT EAT MONEY. - C...
Friday, June 17, 2022

Photos of Toronto Islands and Lake Ontario

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 Here are some photos taken around the Toronto Islands and Lake Ontario on a beautiful June day last week.  I hope you enjoy them.  Above is...
Wednesday, June 1, 2022

Read this before your vote in tomorrow's Ontario election

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The province of Ontario has a population of more than 15 million people, more than many countries.  Ontarians go to the polls tomorrow to de...
Wednesday, May 25, 2022

The Second Amendment

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  A racially-motivated mass shooting at a store in Buffalo.  Another mass shooting at an elementary school in Texas.  This is not what the S...
Monday, May 23, 2022

Good News About the Environment from Australia

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  In the past three weeks, tens of thousands of Australians have had to evacuate their homes after devastating floods struck the eastern par...
Monday, May 2, 2022

Time for Marner and Matthews to really prove themselves

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Mitch Marner   Auston Matthews The Toronto Maple Leafs are about to begin another playoff run.  This year, they play the defending Stanley C...
Wednesday, April 20, 2022

Language Corner: Do we misuse the word "literally?"

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I hear the word "literally" used by many people around me, and even my fellow English majors use "literally" loosely. Yo...
Wednesday, April 13, 2022

Reflections at Easter 2022

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  C hrist is risen. Hallelujah! May the miracle of Easter bring you renewed hope, faith, love, and joy. The year 2022, marks a rare confluen...
Monday, March 21, 2022

Number 16's 2022 Oscars Quiz

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The 94th Academy Awards will be held on Sunday, March 27, 2022.  The live show will start at 8 p.m. on ABC and will take place at the Dolby ...
Thursday, March 17, 2022

Good news about all-year Daylight Saving Time

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  After two years of COVID and a heartbreaking war in Ukraine, I really needed a bit of good news, and I received it two days ago.  It isn...
Sunday, March 6, 2022

My novel on sale

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 To readers of Number 16: As you know, I have written a novel called Children of Dieppe . It's available as an ebook on a site called Sm...
Friday, March 4, 2022

Baseball fans: Check out HotDog.com

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  Regular readers of Number 16 are well aware that I am an avid baseball fan and a supporter of the Toronto Blue Jays.  Today it is my pleas...
Wednesday, February 16, 2022

2022 Quebec City Snow Sculptures by Denis Gravel

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For the past few years, I've been posting photos of snow sculptures by talented Quebec City artist Denis Gravel.  Here are a couple of 2...
Monday, February 14, 2022

The truth about the convoy protesters

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  “Freedom of expression, assembly, and association are cornerstones of democracy; but Nazi symbolism, racist imagery, and desecration of wa...
Saturday, February 5, 2022

This is a Pandemic of the Unvaccinated

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  Here are some words of wisdom from virus expert Dr. Michael T. Osterholm, someone who is very well-versed on the subject of vaccinations. ...
Monday, January 31, 2022

Help end this pandemic nightmare

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Right wing anti-vaxxers have made made vaccination a political matter.  It is not a political matter.  It is a health matter.  The right win...