Horses to the slaughter : the frontless war
A tragic lesson was learned when the mounted soldiers and their horses rode into the war-torn front, with the barbed-wire trenches and the clouds of poisonous gas that The Great …
Month: November 2015
Solidarity is the only way forward after Masjid Al-Salaam attack
The days following the deliberate arson attack on Peterborough’s only mosque, Masjid Al-Salaam, were chaotic ones. The Muslim community and Kawartha Muslim Religious Association President Kenzu Abdella were overwhelmed with …
Paris: what the rest of the world is saying
As all of you know, November 13, 2015 is now home to a scar in French history. In light of the massacre that occurred in Paris Bataclan Concert Hall by …
A response to Hodder’s review of My Student Loan
Today I ran into an old Trent professor of mine, John Wadland. John has moved on to grand title of Emeritus now, retiring here in Peterborough and still engaged with …
Author response: the Crux of Israel and Palestine
I am glad that Mr. Brak read my article, “The Crux of Israel and Palestine”, ‘with interest’. I feel it would be prudent of me to allay any concerns he …
Safe spaces and special snowflakes
We are now entering a time in Canadian society when young adults who have never been exposed to reality are deciding they are not ready to do so. This is …
SA executive team donate $5,000 to Masjid Al-Salaam
Peterborough residents are rebuilding hope and solidarity after an alleged hate crime set the local mosque in flames. Support has surged through the community via donations since last weekend— sending …
“I really thought it was going to burn down to ashes”
Late in the evening on Saturday November 14, the Peterborough Masjid Al-Salaam was set on fire. The ongoing police investigation claimed that the fire was set deliberately and the timing …
Editorial: a history of hate crimes in Peterborough
On Saturday, November 14th, Masjid Al- Salaam was set ablaze in an act of terrorism. The day before, an attack on Paris shook the world and solidified our pre- conditioned …
The Door You Came In (And Won’t Want to Leave)
Who wants to listen to two old men tell stories and sing songs about family and WWI? Alice Munro once called David Macfarlane’s The Danger Tree “about the best prose …