The endangered species list has a new addition. It is truth and I am shaking my head and wondering how such a treasured species ended up there. I am not the only one. “How did…
The Tecumseh connection
During the week of mourning and tributes to U.S. Senator John McCain it was difficult not to make comparisons with the life of another American hero. Correction: North American hero. That other was Tecumseh the…
A matter of spirituality
There is vigorous debate over the effectiveness of the Pope’s recent letter acknowledging the Catholic Church’s failure to prevent priests from sexually abusing children. The debate is worthwhile and warranted however is it missing a…
Worrisome weather ahead
Indeed it has been a hot and dry summer. My records based on Environment Canada data show 20 daytime highs of 30 Celsius or higher and an average daytime high of 26 C. I worry…
Our electricity mess
By Jim Poling Published Aug. 16, 2018 The Hydro One leadership mess remains just that – a mess. The power supplier to 1.3-plus million Ontarians, most rural and suburban, still doesn’t have a…
Insult and injury
Enough is enough. I’m fed up to the teeth with the dishonest war against the news media and the ill-informed fools who goosestep their belief in and support for it. We cannot let the dimwits…
Guns and change
Here we go again. It is likely that the worry over rising gun violence in Toronto will bring new restrictions down on responsible gun owners who keep firearms for hunting and shooting sports. Parliament this…
Friends not objects
By Jim Poling Sr. Published July 19 2018 The finest place to be during the hot humid days of high summer is with your best friends. The place to find them is in the forest…
Pink Tea and Women’s Rights
Submitted by the Minden Hills Museum Published July 19 2018 Historically gatherings known as “pink teas” were occasions for women to organize and strategize in their pursuit of women’s rights. These gatherings were often executed…
The Knee – Part 1 (Anatomy)
By Laurie Sweig Published July 19 2018 Raise your hand if you have suffered from knee pain or a knee injury. Almost every client I have seen over the years has experienced an issue at…
When statues speak
Statues cannot speak audible words but they had much to tell us last week. In New York City on July 4 Therese Okoumou 44 was arrested for climbing the Statue of Liberty to protest the…
My mysterious bush vistiors
Each spring at the start of bug season I receive mysterious visitors to the fringes of a bush lot I have along Highway 35. They arrive in a white van park on the edge of…
Tossing pebbles at a grizzly bear?
By Jim Poling Sr. Published on June 28 2018 It is a dilemma I never expected to confront. Next month there is a youth baseball tournament in Cooperstown New York home of the baseball Hall…
We’re talking about push-ups – again!
By Laurie Sweig Special to the Minden Times Published June 28 2018 If you are regularly doing push-ups you’ll be happy to know that there are many variations that work your body in different ways.…
The positives of creepy crawlers
Finding something good in everything takes work. For instance it requires a colossal imagination stretch to find positives in the forest tent caterpillar onslaught chewing parts of Ontario. There are no reports of wide scale…
Time for body slams
We Canadians are just too polite. There are times when we need to swap our signature friendly sometimes phoney body language with genuine Canadian hockey body slams. We acted far too nice last week when…
Let them eat horses
It’s amazing what you learn when you open a book. I thought I had a solid grasp of North American history until I picked up Wild Horse Country by David Philipps. I got the book…
What if no one voted?
I’m trying to figure out whether it was a wishful dream or a nasty nightmare. Whichever it was I know what prompted it. Before bedtime I had been reading opinion columns on what might happen…
The painful magic of foam rollers
By Laurie Sweig Published May 24 2018 When I hear the word foam I think of something comfortable. Foam mattress foam pillow the foam that forms on the top of a beer sometimes. Foam rollers…
What's killing our grouse?
At first it sounds like the muffled booming of a distant jet. Or perhaps a moose thumping through the open forest over the next hill. It starts slowly a muted thump thump thump then increases…
We are the change
By Jim Poling Published May 17 2018 Most visitors to the San Francisco Bay area take in the usual popular sights: Fisherman’s Wharf Golden Gate Bridge Alcatraz. Not me. I am in Moraga a small…