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Geoff Johnson: Ontario education minister's back to basics focus is all about politics

Stephen Lecce has never actually held a job anywhere in the public education system, which, according to him, is now need of a 鈥渢ransformational鈥� overhaul

Oct 22, 2023 4:04 AM Read more >

Geoff Johnson: A new twist on book banning 鈥� everything published before 2008 must go

Ontario鈥檚 Peel District School Board last month rolled out a process that caused some schools in the area to remove books published before 2008

Oct 15, 2023 4:30 PM Read more >

Charla Huber: Facebook news ban has drastically limited my time on the site

I wonder if the news ban is going to prove to be a mistake, akin to Blockbuster dismissing Netflix

Oct 15, 2023 5:29 AM Read more >

Writing as therapy: Intensive journaling helps prisoners deal with their traumas

Bill Israel teaches prisoners at William Head and men in recovery from addiction at New Roads Therapeutic Recovery Centre to write about their lives

Oct 15, 2023 5:05 AM Read more >

Monique Keiran: Fall acorn bounty has menu potential, if you're prepared to do the work

Nuts need to be boiled and drained multiple times, until they no longer taste bitter

Oct 15, 2023 4:50 AM Read more >

Trevor Hancock: Joe Brewer, cultural evolution and bioregional regeneration

How do we evolve to a culture that is fit for purpose in the 21st century, faced with the realities of ecological limits and social inequity?

Oct 15, 2023 4:30 AM Read more >

Our Community: Wolf sculpture at Cattle Point, Langford Bikefest, Sarah Beckett scholarship

A sculpture of a wolf that lived for many years on Chatham and Discovery islands has been installed at Cattle Point

Oct 15, 2023 12:28 AM Read more >

Our Community: The Farm at RRU yields bumper crop; art gallery hosts special events

Oct 8, 2023 7:50 AM Read more >

Trevor Hancock: Thinking globally, acting locally 鈥� and bioregionally

We need to learn how to live well together in this place that we share, not just with humans but with many other species, and how to do so within the ecological and biophysical constraints of this region

Oct 8, 2023 7:00 AM Read more >

David Sovka: Why Lego keeps winning toy of the century, despite the choking/walking hazard

Following step-by-step instructions to put together a Lego spaceship today better prepares your child for frustration and bitter failure following step-by-step IKEA instructions tomorrow

Oct 8, 2023 5:50 AM Read more >

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