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Letter to the Editor: “And The People Stayed Home”
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...
Colleen Green
Feb 18, 20211 min read


Editorial: Valen-time at this time in our lives.
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...
Colleen Green
Feb 11, 20213 min read


Letter to the Editor – Jan 21st, 2020
Dear Editor The holiday season has come and gone happily once again for the clients of Operation Scugog. The challenges of this difficult...
Colleen Green
Jan 21, 20211 min read


A Rock and a Hard Reality
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...
Colleen Green
Jan 7, 20215 min read


It’s Wise to Be Free
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...
Colleen Green
Dec 17, 20205 min read


Letter To the Editor: Holiday cheer cards for Veterans
From the Honourable Lawrence MacAulay, Minister of Veterans Affairs and Associate Minister of National Defence The holidays will be...
Colleen Green
Dec 17, 20201 min read


It’s Wise to Be Free
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...
Colleen Green
Dec 17, 20205 min read


Editorial: Filling Christ’s Stocking
This is the time, when concerns over that gift, the one to bring that perfect smile to someones face can become such a heavy burden. We...
Colleen Green
Dec 10, 20205 min read


Letter to the editor: Conservation Authority
To the Editor I am gravely concerned about the proposed emasculating of the powers of Ontario’s Conservation Authorities buried in the...
Colleen Green
Dec 10, 20201 min read


Letter to the editor: Township Pay Raises
Dear Editor A pay raise … seriously, in this pandemic? I find it difficult to believe the Town Council would vote for a pay raise! Over...
Colleen Green
Dec 10, 20201 min read


Letter to the Editor: Help Our Neighbours!
Dear Editor, This is a community initiative to fill the shelves of the Operation Scugog Foodbank. There will be a food drive on Saturday,...
Colleen Green
Dec 3, 20201 min read


Taking Care of Life
The central Christian celebration of Christmas is approaching fast. Its true historical meaning is found only in the Bible, and if you...
Colleen Green
Dec 3, 20205 min read


Help us meet the need
We have been in touch with our local schools and there is a great need for gift cards from; Grocery Stores, Local Businesses that offer...
Colleen Green
Nov 19, 20201 min read


Season of Thanksgiving
Hi everybody. Huh, think of that phrase Every-body. It’s meaning is clear, but do we reflect on it, every and all able-bodied...
Colleen Green
Nov 19, 20206 min read


Letter to the Editor: Remembrance Day
This season of remembrance is different from what we’re used to. In normal times, we’d have made our plans to be together, coats adorned...
Colleen Green
Nov 12, 20203 min read


Editorial: Remembrance day
Traditionally, on Thanksgiving, we communicate our gratefulness for our lives, for our country, its relative freedoms in our communities,...
Colleen Green
Nov 5, 20203 min read


Editorial – Coming in out of the cold.
Editorial – Coming in out of the cold. by The Standard | October 29th, 2020 Podcast https://thestandardnewspaper.ca/wp-content/uploads/20...
Colleen Green
Oct 29, 20206 min read


Letter to the Editor
Dear Editor I hope this finds you well. Goodwood Lions Bottle Drive for The Loaves and Fishes happening will be on Saturday November 7th...
Colleen Green
Oct 29, 20201 min read
Letter to the Editor:
Royal Canadian Legion 2020 Remembrance Poster and Literary Contests Dear editor, The Royal Canadian Legion Branch 419 Port Perry through...
Colleen Green
Oct 15, 20202 min read
Letter to the Editor:
Everyone Is Welcome At A Powwow, Connections and conversations with First Nations people who welcomed me Dear Editor, As the COVID virus...
Colleen Green
Oct 15, 20205 min read
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