The Middle East: Where next?

January 23, 2025 · 0 Comments

by GWYNNE DYER In the 80 hours between Wednesday, Jan. 15, when the Gaza ceasefire agreement was announced, and Sunday, Jan. 19, when it went ...

Bring in the new recruit

by BRIAN LOCKHART Every few years I’m required to renew my firearms license. It’s not a big deal. You fill out a form and submit ...

by GWYNNE DYER The name is brilliant: ‘vintage tonnage’. It evokes 17th-century pirate vessels flying the skull-and-crossbones, 18th-century ships-of-the-line bristling with cannons, or even 19th-century ...

Get the needle

by BRIAN LOCKHART As part of my work, I do a lot of research. Some of that research is about local history. As such, I ...

Iran: End of the line?

by GWYNNE DYER Six months ago, at the end of Iran’s presidential election, I finished an article by speculating that the long-lived theocratic dictatorship in ...

New Year’s resolutions

BRIAN LOCKHARTFROM THE SECOND ROW Put that cigarette out, go for a two-mile jog, come home and read a book, call your best friend and ...

Brain Boost: A guide to mental health and cognitive wellness for seniors

by BRANDON JONES As a retired journalist, I’ve always been fascinated by the stories of resilience among seniors in Southern Ontario. Now, as I reflect ...

Grief tips through the holidays

by KAITLIN CANTRELL Everything about being out in the world this time of year screams, “Be Merry, Be Jolly.” Around every corner there are reminders ...

Syria: Another miracle, please

by GWYNNE DYER They’re still celebrating the miraculous fall of the Assad regime in Damascus, and the killing has stopped in Syria except for parts ...

Syria: Jihadis again

Gwynne Dyerour world today One week in, the cease-fire in Lebanon seems to be holding, but everything is connected: only three days later, the civil ...