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The Conflict Obstacle Course – by Tina Draycott

Problems are something I deal with every single day. In my job, I treat all problems like obstacle courses. When faced with a problem I go into warrior mode and try to suss out a positive resolution as quickly as …

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A Grander Vision of Conservatism – by Dave Carrol

Politically, I’m a Conservative. That word evokes all sorts of different emotions in people. In some ways, it philosophically resonates quite deeply in me, and in others ways,

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Finding success as an entrepreneur – by Michael St. Amant

I recently dropped by Tik-Tok Media to discuss a project with Trevor Cherewka who owns the business along with his partner Kevin Wynne. As I sat across from

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The Other Side of Greenwich-Mohawk – by Stephen Morris

Photo courtesy of Tia Robinson Photography As we walk around Brantford, let us open ourselves to the ways of nature around us. Many living things make a stand, and

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Sugar & Spice & Puppy Dog Tails – by Lisa Wood

It’s Diversity Week at Laurier Brantford, and I’m sitting in a lecture hall with faculty, staff, students, and community members, listening to Karleen Pendleton Jiménez talk about gender

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Re-thinking The Electoral Divide – by Steph Paige

Brantford City Hall photo by Steph Paige. Growing up as the daughter of a former City  Councillor, I was determined to stay as far away from municipal politics as

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Gray Power: The Brant Dilemma – by Michael St. Amant

Recently I had the privilege of being invited to join the Board of Directors of the Brantford Seniors Resource Centre, a not-for-profit organization that offers services to senior

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Brantford: time to talk about the creative economy – by Marc Laferriere

Photo courtesy of Ida Adamowicz I was a working artist once. Wait, let me explain. For about 5 years I worked in the media. I was the Executive Producer of

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Lessons from Copper & Todd – by Carrie Sinkowski

As a community worker at a Sexual Assault Centre, one of the most commonly asked questions I get is, why do you work at the Centre? People are

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An Unknown Mentor – by Steph Paige

If I had to pick one particular item which has made me the person I am today among everything that has happened in my life – significant milestones,

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