Opinion

Our focus in recent weeks — recent months, really, how crazy is that — has been on essential businesses and the efforts they have gone to in order to operate safely, for their staff, and for us, their customers. This week’s business openings add another layer to the conversation. Retailers who had just become accustomed to curbside pickup, are now permitted to open their … [Read more...] about As reopening begins, let’s continue to protect each other

Hopefully this will reach all the landlords and store owners on Queen Street, the main street of what was once voted The Prettiest Town in Canada. Please take the time to walk up and down this gracious street and look carefully at the poor condition of the paint work on the storefronts on almost all of these beautiful heritage buildings. At least 90 per cent are in dire need … [Read more...] about Letter: Queen Street in need of sprucing up

Recently the scientific and medical community recommended that everyone should wear a face mask when leaving their residence due to the COVID-19 problem. Good idea, but just try and find such an item. All retail stores who have a supply of masks carry the professional type which are properly reserved for hospital staff etc. An employee at Shoppers Drug Mart who was … [Read more...] about Letter: Good Samaritans providing masks, helping homeless