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For those who can’t, a visit to PICKERING WATERFRONT in late spring
For those who cannot visit PICKERING’S WATERFRONT these days, let us take you there via the beautiful photos by Garry Winsor.
Did your household receive their IODIDE TABLETS from OPG?
Claude responded: Potassium iodide (KI) tablets are an emergency medicine meant only for nuclear accidents or attacks—not for everyday use as an iodine supplement. Potassium iodide (KI) tablets are an emergency medicine meant only for nuclear accidents or attacks—not for … Continue reading
What kind of stupidity thrives here in Canada? How can it be so ?
What a “screwed-up-thinking” country we live in here in Canada! Maybe once one of the safest and most stable countries in the world and we have people who want to tear it apart. What kind of thinking is this? There … Continue reading
Hockey night in Canada on CBC signs off after nearly 75 years
 Many visitors to my website will be able to relate to this: remembering Saturday nights as being TV – Hockey night across Canada. My Polish immigrant dad loved watching Hockey Night in Canada every Saturday night. I was his … Continue reading
is AI a valuable tool for writers or a threat to their viability ?
One of the Toronto Star’s strongest contributors, Katharine Lake Berz wrote an interview between a novelist and a book critic about the value or downsides of AI as a writing tool. The debaters: Stephen Marche: novelist, recently publishing “Death of … Continue reading
Top 20 favourite books for 2026
Most popular books of 2026 Days of Love and Rage — Anand Gopal Fancy Gap — Zak Jones Good Guys — Sharon Bala Ironwood — Michael Connelly John of John: Oprah’s Book Club — Douglas Stuart Land — Maggie O’Farrell … Continue reading
RICHARD’S DESK: A comment about my website
Hello, I have tried to keep my website as succinct and straightfoward as possible but with more than 8,000 posts this is very challenging. Simplicity is out of the question. Navigation assistance Three paths to help you navgate the site: … Continue reading
TorStar columnist Vinay Menon beats a dead horse, with eloquence.
Read Venay Menon column of 6.18.26:Â Â MENON ________ Editorial comment Menon writes a very eloquent column praising Obama while castigating Trump again. But folks, enough already. Any more criticisms of Trump, as valid and justified they may be, is just … Continue reading
Former student’s KUDOS and KOMPLIMENTS
[ I taught secondary school, Brebeuf College in North York years ago. Recently, a former student sent me an email which I feel should be posted, not for my benefit, but for the teachers who sometimes feel their work is … Continue reading
Are City PLANNERS listening to resident concerns?
Hello Pickering. Â Redevelopment Plan at Glenanna and Liverpool Tonight I attended the Pickering public meeting about the proposed redevelopment at Glenanna Road and Liverpool Road, and I wanted to share my understanding of what was discussed and why so … Continue reading
Two Mayoralty candidates who think they are Mayor material??
Here’s an election oddity…two candidates, Doug CORNELL and Shaun RICKARD, are running for Mayor but do not provide contact information, email addresses, or phone numbers for voters who want to get more information. But these boys are ambitious enough to … Continue reading
CANADIAN TAXATION SYSTEM IN CRITICAL STATE, John M.
Canadians are in a tax emergency. Canada introduced federal income tax in 1917 through the Income War Tax Act. It was brought in during the First World War and presented as a temporary wartime measure. It was never intended to … Continue reading