Articles About People
Natalie O: Two years of Happiness Living on a Boat in Florida
Being In Your Mid-Twenties and Living on a Boat has Its Rewards, But It Takes Work. Spend any time close to a large body of water and you are likely to find a marina somewhere along the shore. Strolling along the walkways and docks, gleaming white hulls bob and...
Surviving A Hemiplegic Migraine: You Have to Keep Going
Reclaiming Life After a Hemiplegic MigraineMany illnesses are “invisible” and, in our society, the natural tendency is to insist that a person just “get on with it, deal with it.” When an illness isn’t visible, patients often put on a false face that hides what they...
Kylee Nevills on Trick Riding: The one where I hang Upside down
Trick Riding is Being a Daredevil on a HorseA crowd has filled the seats ringing an outdoor riding arena. At one end of this arena, in a sort of staging area, stand a number of horses with their riders decked out in red and white uniforms. They are the Canadian...
Chatham-Kent: Local Rapper Pats Dreams Big for 2021
Pats: A Local Rapper with Big Dreams Chatham might be a small, rural city, but it has its share of talent. Chatham-Kent has produced NHL, NFL, and MLB players. The area has sent people to the WNBA and the ranks of Olympic Figure skating. People from our community...
Chatham-Kent: Gray-Dort Lives On in 2020 Thanks to Stan Uher of Classic Coachworks
Originally Built in Chatham, The Gray-Dort Lives on in Blenheim Classic Coachworks is situated a few blocks off Blenheim, Ontario’s downtown main street. A quick look while passing by only reveals that, at least, this is the haunt of an avid automotive collector. ...
Breonna Taylor’s Death Shows Us the Difference Between Law and Justice in 2020
Sadly, There is a Difference Between Law and Justice Breonna Taylor’s death, as tragic as it was, just keeps getting worse. Seven months along from that fateful evening, a Kentucky Grand Jury has essentially said that there was nothing, in a criminal legal sense,...
Based on a True Story
You Should Write a Book: A True Story My partner in shenanigans had tears rolling down her cheeks, she could barely breathe, and I’m almost positive I heard a snort. It was about ten in the morning and the follies and debauchery had just begun. I had recently moved...
Canada’s Shameful Secret: Indigenous Residential Schools
Why Didn’t I Know? In life and in the classroom, history holds one of the keys to our success as a country and a community. What we live through today will soon be taught in our classrooms for future generations to learn and use as a tool to make decisions from the...