Voices
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Modern conquistadors
I’ve been closely watching the ongoing protests in Chile.
International Children’s Day
My eight-year-old granddaughter bursts into the room declaring that it’s International Children’s Day, saying that means she is free to do what she wants.
Drowning our values
One must wonder at what is happening with the Cree these days. Everyone talks about the Cree way of life, ensuring that it continues and protecting the land.
Scary celebrations
Halloween, Christmas and Ramadan are my favourite religious holidays because they’re weird, fun and frightening.
Attawapiskat loses a good friend
Attawapiskat suffered a tragic loss October 29 when Father Rodrigue Vézina, Missionary Oblate of Mary Immaculate, passed away in Richelieu, Quebec, aged 87 years.
Winter is coming
The weather forecasts are ever-important to life in Canada. I did not fail to notice the mid-October, 50-centimetre snowsquall in Winnipeg, the geographic centre of North America.
Land back
On Sept 27th, half a million people were taking the streets of Montréal to march for climate alongside Greta Thundberg.
Going viral
I’ve never had a social media post go viral before. However, a photo I took of the Montreal climate march on September 27 went around the world a few times
Overcoming cynicism
“Willful and reckless.”