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November 18, 2024

Community contributor James Cullingham comes to bear on Canadians despairing the re-election of one Donald J. Trump, arguing that the popular response is revelatory of one of our worst tendencies as a nation.

Sporting Sketches of a Pickleball Town

James Cullingham

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October 29, 2024

Humorist Stephen Leacock would find no shortage of fodder in the City of Peterborough's devotion to Pickleball, writes community member James Cullingham.

DEBATE: It's Bigger than Benches

Natasha Hildebrand

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December 13, 2017

DEBATE: A Free Speech Lens on Pro-Life Benches

Heather Brown

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December 10, 2017

A National Pharmaceutical Plan: Save Money, Save Lives

Sean Russell

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March 26, 2016

TCSA's Disregard for BDS Measures Against Israel Ignites Student Backlash

Chukwugoziem Nwadugbo

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November 22, 2023

A few weeks back, the TCSA was handing out free breakfast sandwiches and bagels from McDonalds, an action students were repulsed by given many people are actively boycotting is McDonalds due to its support of the Israeli occupation of Gaza.

Women's History Month and the Overlooked Intersections of Race and Femininity in Canada

Chukwugoziem Nwadugbo

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November 8, 2023

October Is considered women history month and this year’s theme favors an intersectional outlook. However, without a lot of the populace aware of this celebration, its effectiveness at spreading awareness is called into question. Evidently, the government did not do enough to celebrate women, address their unique challenges, and highlight their achievements.

To All Those Who Are Neutral In Today’s Holocaust

Afaf Ghazi

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October 30, 2023

If you have ever wondered how the world allowed the Holocaust to happen, pay close attention to the silence today. The State of Israel is committing a genocide in Gaza, having killed about 5,791 Palestinians, displacing a further 1.4 million Palestinians, and bombing hospitals, bakeries and places of worship.

My Rental Breakdown: A Reflection on Navigating Peterborough’s Housing Crisis as a Clueless Tenant

Isla Gole

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June 23, 2023

Summer Journalist Isla Gole hits the ground running in her first op-ed recounting five years' worth of rental anecdotes in a Peterborough folktale with the moral: tenants beware!

How to Write Better, Faster, and More

Evan Robins

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June 7, 2023

Coordinating Editor Evan Robins offers a witty and winding cornucopia's worth of writing advice for those seeking professional advice on the improvement of their craft. Read on for all sorts of insights the more respectable journalists won't tell you!

Closure of Minden ER Signals More Sinister Acts Ahead for Ford Government

Sebastian Johnston-Lindsay

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June 2, 2023

The closure, which was announced in April, left just six weeks for residents of Minden and the surrounding municipalities to adjust to the fact that they would be losing access to a key part of their healthcare system.

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Why Today's Music Sucks: The Decline of Good Music

Alyssa Triano

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March 22, 2023

Today's music is created with the intent to sell, not influence. The songs today’s music industry classifies as latest hits are songs that lack quality, density, and abandon what it means to produce authentic and genuine music. Due to the unlimited access we now have to music as well as production through media, releasing music today requires a significantly lower degree of talent than ever before. This has a drastic effect on the music industry and what is considered popular today, and significantly influences how artists now approach releasing new music.

The Role of Audience

Chanel Bowen

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March 22, 2023

I’ve been challenging myself to audience more. No, that’s not a typo. Lately I’ve been thinking about audience as a verb, the simultaneous role of watching, the active sense of the passive tense being entertained.

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