Opinion

The annual Walk a Mile in Her Shoes fundraiser for Gillian’s Place returns to the Pen Centre on Saturday, Oct. 15 for the first time since 2019. I’ll be there as an official ambassador for the event, and I am hoping that you can join me in the walk or support my efforts to raise funds for the charitable organization.  I’ll be donning a size 10 pair of four-inch pink … [Read more...] about Reporter Mike Balsom walking a mile in her shoes

Newark Neighbours, a local food bank and thrift store that has been serving Niagara-on-the-Lake residents for 50 years, is asking for our help. The organization has had several homes over the decades, from a boiler room in a factory, to a large estate home on the Niagara Parkway, that was once intended as a museum, and became Riverbend Inn. In the 1990s, the location where … [Read more...] about Newark Neighbours needs our help

As I reflect over the past year, and my career as a nurse, I can see that COVID has dramatically changed my life and relationships. During the first few months of the pandemic, community healthcare shifted its assessment methods to minimizing close contact with patients. Some services may have been impacted throughout homecare as staffing shortages increased, forcing … [Read more...] about Nursing through COVID

This 2022 election campaign is beginning to prove that just about anything is possible, no matter the absurdity.  At a recent stop in Niagara Falls, Premier Doug Ford stood behind that city’s mayor, Jim Diodati, as he raved for over three minutes about Ford’s accomplishments, listing a number of ways his Progressive Conservative government has supported the city and the … [Read more...] about When will this absurdity stop? Maybe after the election

To Lord Mayor Betty Disero and Niagara-on-the-Lake Town Council: OUTniagara, a non-profit organization that unites, supports and celebrates Niagara’s sexual- and gender-diverse communities, is adding its voice to endorse a permanent installation of a Progress Pride rainbow crosswalk at the intersection of Queen and King Streets in the Queen-Picton Heritage Conservation … [Read more...] about OUTniagara calls for crosswalk in heritage district