“Stupid is as stupid does.” – Forrest Gump Actually, I have no idea if we will have a federal [...]
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“We take the world as it is and not as we wish it to be.” – Prime Minister Mark [...]
Listen Up! Is Canada’s sovereignty at risk? | Commentary
“You can talk all you want about international niceties and everything else. But we live in a [...]
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In September of this year, Doppler celebrated ten years as a local news source serving Muskoka [...]
Listen Up! Is Democracy dying? | Commentary
A couple of weeks ago, I wrote about a decision of Huntsville Council to erect a statue of [...]
Listen Up! When is enough, enough? | Commentary
There were at least three significant events in the United States this past week that could [...]
Listen Up! Will Pierre Poilievre survive? | Commentary
It was another interesting and back-biting week in Canadian politics, with plenty of signs that [...]
Listen Up! Why Trump’s brokered ceasefire in the Middle East is an important step forward | Commentary
Anyone who reads Listen Up, even sporadically, will know that I am not a fan of United States [...]
Listen Up! The importance of free speech | Commentary
I am writing again this week about the Trump regime in the United States, especially related to [...]
Listen Up! Political violence must stop | Commentary
The assassination in the United States of far-right conservative Charlie Kirk last week has [...]


Smell smoke in Ontario? Get used to it. Doug Ford cut emergency firefighting funding by 67%. Just before massive wildfires…
Bridge in service! How nice was that.
What happened to cause the shutdown? When did this shutdown start? This article is incomplete reporting.
These issues have rarely been a conundrum for Canada, and they certainly aren't today. Economics will almost always dictate our…
Do You know where your children are ? Apparently not .!.....Clue...Ravenscliffe Road !