VOICES from the HEART
Poems and Stories of Strength/Resiliency from Space/Time RESILIENT SOUL by Gay Josephine Valles MY SILENCE by N. Wali COZY by Sasha Patterson SONG of the FIR TREE by Mary E. McCullough […]
Bio Brief: KAY MA of OPIRG Peterborough
Kay Ma describes the city in which she grew up in the 1990s — Oakville, Ontario — as “a bastion of bedroom community wealth, the Ford Factory and Tim […]
‘We Were Never Weak and Voiceless’: Five Women Who Made Afghan History
“We were never weak and voiceless. We have always found ways to speak up, even under the oppressive Taliban regime. . . May there be more trouble-making, groundbreaking, change-making, world-shaping women […]
Women in Business: Andrea VanDerHerberg at the Silver Bean Cafe in Peterborough
By JOURNEY Staff Andrea VanDerHerberg prefers to stand outside the spotlight. With an unassuming and low-key approach to life, committed to her roles as wife to Michael and mother to […]
Christine Ethier REVIEWS Anne Tyler: A Brief Glance at an Epic Author
Those of you who have read and enjoyed an Anne Tyler novel will need no convincing to read the rest of her lengthy bibliography. Those of you who have […]
Peterborough Women March for Women
By Melodie McCullough The spirit of a mighty sisterhood rose up and soared high Saturday (Jan. 21) as women around the globe gathered and marched against Trumpism and for hope […]
Charmaine Magumbe: 2017 YMCA Peace Medal Recipient
Peterborough’s Community and Race Relations Committee Chairperson Fights the Good Fight for Social Justice — with Her Religious Faith and Love of Family Guiding Her By Melodie McCullough As chairperson […]
A Once-Mysterious GIGANTIC BLOB Has Taken Shape & Is Ready For Its Debut. What IS It?
In the beginning it was a colourful and disembodied mish-mash of fabric, wire, newspaper, hula hoops, plastic bags, foam pipes, toy noodles, bamboo poles, feathers, bells, ribbons, fencing, bubble wrap, […]
The Power of Music: Afghan Children’s Songbook Project Re-Introduces Music to Once-Silent Country
By Melodie McCullough Imagine a world without music; a home where a mother cannot hum to her baby; a house in which children’s toys that make sounds are banished; a […]
“It starts with the Jews, but it doesn’t end with the Jews.”
Holocaust survivor says learn from the past, speak out against current climate of hate By Melodie McCullough Warning: This article contains content that some may find disturbing. “They went through the chimney.” How could someone go through a chimney, wondered an innocent 15-year-old Jew, Max Eisen, when someone replied to his […]
Sheatre – Making Kids Think
If you could step in and change the outcome of a sexual assault, would you? How? What would you do? What would you say? And why? Thousands of Ontario youth recently had the chance to experience this scenario during Sheatre‘s recent tour of the play, “Far From the Heart”, — an interactive, educational […]
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