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Spencer Ford running for Durham’s New Blue Party
My name is Spencer Ford and I am 54 years old. I am honoured to be running as the MPP candidate for The New Blue Party, for the riding of...
Colleen Green
May 20, 20222 min read


Thank you Uxbridge and Friends from the Pylypenko Family
Thank you so much to everyone who helped us support this family from Ukraine. After changing their flight twice, they arrived safely on...
Colleen Green
Apr 22, 20221 min read


What can be said?
Times come, and then they go. The shifting of sands amidst the rolling of the tides. What has been deposited upon your shore this Easter...
Colleen Green
Apr 15, 20225 min read


Letter to the Editor
Trudeau’s proposal to end boil water advisories on all First Nations Lands, by 2025 and before the new Liberal/NDP pact comes to an end,...
Colleen Green
Apr 8, 20221 min read


Letters to the Editor
To the Editor: Scugog Standard Newspaper: What is a Barn Quilt Trail – March 24th edition. It was great to see an article about Barn...
Colleen Green
Mar 31, 20221 min read


The Substance of Resilience
I’m sure everybody is aware of the war in Ukraine and how stubborn President Putin is being, regarding what he is attempting. His claim...
Colleen Green
Mar 10, 20224 min read


There are those…
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Colleen Green
Feb 10, 20223 min read


Staying Open
I’m sure most of us would prefer the economy and our society stay open. No more yo-yo effect from closing of public spaces, or the...
Colleen Green
Jan 27, 20224 min read


Celebrating stories of Ontarians: Sovereign’s Medal for Volunteers Recipient – Major (Retired)
From his early years in rural Kenya in the 1940s and ‘50s, living in villages without plumbing or electricity, Kanwal Sethi came to know...
Colleen Green
Jan 13, 20223 min read


12 Ways to take with us
There is a fun song, sung around Christmas time, which, early on, was used as a mnemonic device for various subjects. This song is ‘The...
Colleen Green
Jan 6, 20223 min read


With Blessings on our Face
Verse 1 There is a place that’s open, to everyone who will, a table covered waiting there, for every wound or ill. It’s filled with...
Colleen Green
Dec 22, 20212 min read


What is a present?
What is a present? by The Standard | December 9th, 2021 Podcast https://thestandardnewspaper.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/Editorial-Pres...
Colleen Green
Dec 9, 20212 min read


Life taking care of life
The central Christian celebration of Christmas is approaching fast. In our family, it starts on December 7th, for the Hungarian time of...
Colleen Green
Nov 25, 20215 min read


Remembrance and Thanksgiving
The faculty we have to recall the past, to reflect on its meanings to us, to enter into the feelings this invokes, and then bathe, partly...
Colleen Green
Nov 11, 20214 min read


2021 Christmas Campaign
Letter to the Editor, Due to the ongoing pandemic, and to ensure everyone’s safety, Operation Scugog has decided to give out gift cards...
Colleen Green
Oct 28, 20211 min read


Thankfulness
Thankfulness. To be full of thanks, what a thing. If any one of us takes the time to reflect, we really can find things to be glad for in...
Colleen Green
Oct 21, 20214 min read


SEason of thanksgiving – what goes around comes around remember
So many good things have transpired as of late, by way of recognition, and remembrance I could hardly keep up, and I am thankful for...
Colleen Green
Oct 7, 20214 min read


Letter to the Editor: Refugee Reunification Support Group
To the Editor: I am writing to express my admiration for the Port Perry Refugee Reunification Support Group and the generous people of...
Colleen Green
Sep 23, 20211 min read


LEtter to the editor:
Metrolinx’s new Environmental Assessment(EA) process is not properly serving the citizens of Ontario, in my experienced opinion....
Colleen Green
Sep 16, 20211 min read


The Mud Between Our Toes
Do you remember the sheer joy of jumping in a nice puddle of muddy water when you were little? I do, with relish of thought and warmth....
Colleen Green
Sep 2, 20214 min read
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