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Highway of Tears, By Jessica McDiarmid
A searing account of the missing, and murdered, Indigenous women of Highway 16, and an indictment of the society that failed them. SynopsisFor decades, Indigenous women have gone missing or been found murdered, along an isolated stretch of highway in … Continue reading
How to Avoid A Climate Disaster: The Solutions We Have and the Breakthroughs We Need, By Bill Gates
In this urgent, authoritative book, Bill Gates sets out a wide-ranging, practical – and accessible – plan for how the world can get to zero greenhouse gas emissions in time to avoid a climate catastrophe. SynopsisBill Gates has spent a … Continue reading
Our House is on Fire: Scenes of a Family and Planet in Crisis, by Greta Thunberg, Malena Ernman, Beata Ernman & Svante Thunberg
“An extraordinary account of how one family rose, with unshakable moral clarity, to the tremendous responsibility of being alive at the moment when our immediate collective decisions will determine the fate of life on Earth. They share their story of … Continue reading
Personal Advocacy: One of my “Ah Ha” Moments
Some of you know that I have been fighting a 22 month long battle with a rare blood cancer and have received a bone marrow transplant in July, 2020. It will take two years to know whether it has all … Continue reading
Durham Ontario Health Team: Moving from Intentions to Action!
There has been much progress in the past few months with some limited but important start-up funding from the Ministry of Health. The Steering Committee, of which I am a member, has approved the following projects to begin our journey … Continue reading
COVID: The pandemic continues amid strong local action
There is really nothing to add to the constant dialogue, changes and cross-over between phase three and vaccination schedules as all of you are either aligning with someone to provide resources or, as patients and caregivers, are trying to find … Continue reading
A Woman of No Importance: The Untold Story of the American Spy Who Helped Win World War II, by Sonia Purnell
The never-before-told story of one woman’s heroism that changed the course of the Second World War SynopsisThis spy was Virginia Hall, a young American woman–rejected from the foreign service because of her gender and her prosthetic leg–who talked her way … Continue reading
Apr 26 – Rotzy’s kind of still feeling the effects of last weeks fuddled up column
Rotzy really got thrown for a loop last week…and the after effects are still lingering when you read his commentary about “Rules at Skyline living” Sorry About Last Week….….as to last week’s column being sent out from here at “F/N”HQ … Continue reading
L. A. DEAD, Stuart Woods
The usual page-turning popcorn read from Stuart Wood…but if that is what you want in your read right now, you can’t go wrong with any book written by this entertaining storyteller. Synopsis Cop-turned-lawyer-and-investigator Stone Barrington ventures out to the west … Continue reading
Apr 29 – A message from Howard
Greetings all, The agenda for this Thursday’s meeting can be accessed at this link:Â Apr 29 Presentation. This month we welcome our member, and guest speaker Eva Henn who will tell us about her experiences in the self-publishing and commercial-publishing … Continue reading
WRITERS: Power Thesaurus
Power Thesaurus is a Google extension that is very useful for writers. Search for synonyms and antonyms easily and quickly in the browser and then type them into your document. The video demonstrates how to download, install and use POWER … Continue reading
Proofreading is a dying art. Maybe COVID is having a broader effect than just health
Did I read that right?? TOILET OUT OF ORDER. PLEASE USE FLOOR BELOW. In a Laundromat:AUTOMATIC WASHING MACHINES: PLEASE REMOVE ALL YOUR CLOTHES WHEN THE LIGHT GOES OUT. In a London department store:BARGAIN BASEMENT UPSTAIRS… In an office:WOULD THE PERSON … Continue reading