By Sue Tiffin Every once in awhile, my life is interrupted with a scam of some form in the shape of a phone call, an email or a text – or a series of them,…
This is fine
By Sue Tiffin A rather ubiquitous internet meme shows a few panels of a 2013 webcomic from KC Green called “On Fire.” The first panel shows a dog sitting at a table with a cup of…
Celebrate research
By Sue Tiffin It’d be easy to pass by the little U-Links Centre for Community Based Research building at 93 Bobcaygeon Road in Minden without taking much notice of it. You’ve likely walked or driven…
Helping hands
By Sue Tiffin Throughout the pandemic, the Minden Community Food Centre has seen a greater need for the services it offers, while the team that keeps it going has tried to safely maneuver through provincial…
Virtual on demand
I’ve written before in this space of the value of virtual council sessions, which have enabled reporters to attend more meetings free of travel restrictions or scheduling conflicts. Though not without some technological mishaps, a…
Sharing is not always caring
By Sue Tiffin Last week, someone who works in media elsewhere in the province told me that as the truck convoy filled the streets, so too did angry, misinformed emails in their inbox. The emails…
Freedom
By Sue Tiffin This week marks the anniversary of the time Canada’s first confirmed COVID-19 case was reported in Toronto in 2020, and this upcoming Sunday will mark two years since Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus…
Snow day
By Sue Tiffin It’s been a long, hard winter but not for the usual weather-related reasons. For some days leading up to Christmas, I wondered if it would be a touch on the green side…
Being a friend
By Sue Tiffin Generally this space is dedicated to thoughts on more local topics and so it might be odd for you to find yourself, now, reading about American actress and comedian Betty White, but…
What we’ve learned
By Sue Tiffin Reviewing the papers of 2021 to compile the annual Year in Review section for this week’s edition was at times a heavy task as the COVID-19 pandemic carried on throughout a second…
Christmas memories
By Sue Tiffin Recently, my mom was asked by her youngest grandchild to share a story from her life as part of a school assignment connecting children with their family history. My mom has had…
Small, smart, safe
By Sue Tiffin We are all so tired. While there is still excitement and hope in our lives – for the upcoming holidays, for a booster shot, for a new year in which maybe this…
Courage
By Sue Tiffin Quietly last month, a purple flag was raised at the Minden Hills township office to support women and raise awareness of gender-based violence. That violence often occurs without many of us knowing,…
Being there
By Sue Tiffin Audiobooks have long been criticized as not being “real” reading, or in some way a lesser version of a print book. Many people prefer to read the audio version of a book,…
For the parents
By Sue Tiffin Thank goodness it was Friday, but last week millions of parents across the country were celebrating not just the end of the week, but the much-anticipated announcement of Health Canada's approval of…
Spirit of giving
By Sue Tiffin I suppose someone, somewhere – perhaps it was you – put their Christmas decorations up, signalling that it was time for the snow to fall and stick. And so, here we are, a…
Returning to a brighter future
By Darren LumReporter If the pandemic has taught me anything, it’s to be thankful for what we have because we know from living during this time that what we know can be taken away with…
Do good things
By Sue Tiffin Throughout this edition of your paper, you’ll see a multitude of stories that are intrinsically about people doing good things to help others. Those who sit on the Haliburton Highlands Art Centre…
Love your library
By Sue Tiffin I am grateful for everything that has been available to me during the pandemic that has helped make a difficult time even slightly more comfortable where possible – technology, curbside service, kind…
The show must go on
By Sue Tiffin Attending a performance, going out for a special event, dressing up to the nines – these are some of the special moments in our life we have learned to cherish more over…
Hello, readers
By Sue TiffinEditor It's maybe not everyone's idea of a good time, but digging through the archives at a newspaper office can be such an enticing way to spend minutes-turned-into-hours. Seeing photos of community members…