I’m so pleased that people have been sharing their opinion about a recent editorial in The Standard. This is what a newspaper is about:...

by The Standard | Podcast July 22nd, 2021 https://thestandardnewspaper.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Editors-Note.wav The nature of an...

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Are you a cup half full or half empty person? When I was young, I was a cup half-full person. When I got older, I slowly became a cup...

The response to that question is as varied as the types of people out there. Yet, the truth is as singular as the context it’s viewed in....

Dear Editor, Today [Tuesday, May 18th] I took my one-year-old grandson out to play in my front yard. The dandelion seedlings were flying...

Have you ever heard the saying, “A good deed is its own reward.”? It used to be, people knew and lived by the understanding of this...

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Editorial: What Has Happened to our attitude? by The Standard | Podcast April 15 2021 https://thestandardnewspaper.ca/wp-content/uploads/...

Dear Editor, 1st Port Perry Scouts will be holding their annual scrap metal/bottle fundraiser to support the up keep of the Scout Hall,...

Dear Editor, On March 20th, the Royal Canadian Legion Branch 419, held a food, bottle and can drive, in support of Operation Scugog,...

Isn’t it interesting how the more things change, the more people want them to stay the way they were? In a way, I understand...

Remember the pace life was travelling at before Covid hit our lives; how it felt? Always feeling the pressure to be at that next meeting...

It’s interesting how one word can make such a big difference; or how close two things can seem to be, yet be miles apart. We all have the...

As we approach the first anniversary of our lives changing in so many ways, and as we wait for the vaccine to arrive, perhaps it is a...

It’s good to know where hinge pins of a culture come from. It helps to relate and keep the context from being co-opted by commerce and...

Dear Editor The holiday season has come and gone happily once again for the clients of Operation Scugog. The challenges of this difficult...

Isn’t it interesting how a tool used in the right way can be of great benefit? I remember, once when I was a boy around nine, I found an...

This year, like every year, finds its finish in a reminder of the saving of the heart of mankind. I know there are some who have never...

From the Honourable Lawrence MacAulay, Minister of Veterans Affairs and Associate Minister of National Defence The holidays will be...