FOR THE WATER
Edward George and the Nibi Onji Canoe Journey “What more must we do?” “What is the water asking of us?” ” What must we come to understand in […]
Lynn Gehl Continues 30-year Fight for First Nations Status
By Melodie McCullough So far Canada’s federal government has spent $762,827.48 and 30 years trying to make Lynn Gehl disappear. It hasn’t worked. Gehl wants First Nation Indian status, and, although she lost a […]
From Rejection to Acceptance – a Trans Person’s Story of How CMHA’S GENDER JOURNEYS Throws a Life-Line to Trans’ Communities
By Melodie McCullough This article was updated August, 2017 “I’m sorry, but you’re just not a good fit.” Stacey Love-Jolicoeur does not like those words. In fact, she hates them. […]
Poverty In Our Schools
The school principal finds the tiny Grade 2 boy hunched over in the hallway, sent out from his classroom because he’s been disruptive and rude to his teacher. His face […]
Rosemary Ganley: Grateful Every Day
By Melodie McCullough There’s a small wooden box on a shelf in Rosemary Ganley’s Peterborough apartment. Each day, she opens it and adds to it — scraps of paper on which […]
HIV+? For Shame? Lillian’s Remarkably POSITIVE Story
By Melodie McCullough One day after being bailed out of jail by her boyfriend in Montreal, Lillian, age 20, landed in Peterborough on a 2 a.m. Sunday Greyhound bus. Dressed […]
Puppet Power!
Ivity, Dot and Shoo-Ella are three Peterborough gals who like to spend their days helping out around the Peterpatch — maybe talking about sex with teens, or popping into a […]
