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FROM THE EDITOR: Back to the Past
Having been born in the late 1950s, I was keenly aware in my youth of the Second World War. It had been over for more than 15 years by the...
FROM THE EDITOR: Back to the Past
Having been born in the late 1950s, I was keenly aware in my youth of the Second World War. It had been over for more than 15 years by the...
FROM THE EDITOR: Coping in the K...
There was a time when five of us lived in our little suburban cottage (it’s an unremarkable two-storey house roughly the shape of a cube, but technically it’s a cottage...
FROM THE EDITOR: Coping in the K...
There was a time when five of us lived in our little suburban cottage (it’s an unremarkable two-storey house roughly the shape of a cube, but technically it’s a cottage...
From the Editor: Merry Christmas!
Contemplating the Christmas ahead of us, I recently commented to my daughter-in-law, “Christmas should be the same every year. It shouldn’t change.” I sounded like a grumpy five-year-old. “Really?” she...
From the Editor: Merry Christmas!
Contemplating the Christmas ahead of us, I recently commented to my daughter-in-law, “Christmas should be the same every year. It shouldn’t change.” I sounded like a grumpy five-year-old. “Really?” she...
From the Editor: You Asked for It
For more than 25 years, two crossword puzzles appeared in every issue of Good Times, a standard puzzle and a cryptic, both created by Chris Johnson—until the September issue, when...
From the Editor: You Asked for It
For more than 25 years, two crossword puzzles appeared in every issue of Good Times, a standard puzzle and a cryptic, both created by Chris Johnson—until the September issue, when...
Roads Less Travelled
When a friend asked me recently to drive her to the hospital where she was about to begin a stint as a nursing student, I hesitated. My initial reluctance wasn’t...
Roads Less Travelled
When a friend asked me recently to drive her to the hospital where she was about to begin a stint as a nursing student, I hesitated. My initial reluctance wasn’t...
FROM THE EDITOR: Because We Care
Readers’ responses to the most recent editor’s letter, which objected to the very human but dangerous tendency to create pleasant-sounding phrases, or more often acronyms, to refer to things that...
FROM THE EDITOR: Because We Care
Readers’ responses to the most recent editor’s letter, which objected to the very human but dangerous tendency to create pleasant-sounding phrases, or more often acronyms, to refer to things that...
FROM THE EDITOR: A Rose Is a Rose
In the last issue, I wrote in this space that we’d like to hear your views on medical assistance in dying, and it’s clearly a subject about which Good...
FROM THE EDITOR: A Rose Is a Rose
In the last issue, I wrote in this space that we’d like to hear your views on medical assistance in dying, and it’s clearly a subject about which Good...
EDITORIAL: How Far Do We Go?
FROM THE EDITOR How Far Do We Go? Our mailbag recently included a letter suggesting that we tackle the subject of Bill C-14, the federal legislation to allow “medical...
EDITORIAL: How Far Do We Go?
FROM THE EDITOR How Far Do We Go? Our mailbag recently included a letter suggesting that we tackle the subject of Bill C-14, the federal legislation to allow “medical...
Editorial: Any Suggestions?
According to a recent news item, a well-known Canadian has sold his Toronto house for $5 million less than its estimated value. It’s hard to grasp at first the significance...
Editorial: Any Suggestions?
According to a recent news item, a well-known Canadian has sold his Toronto house for $5 million less than its estimated value. It’s hard to grasp at first the significance...
Editorial: Happy Spring!
Editorial: Happy Spring! You’ll notice—when you have the April issue in your hands—that the magazine doesn’t look quite the way it did last month. Welcome to your newly redesigned Good...
Editorial: Happy Spring!
Editorial: Happy Spring! You’ll notice—when you have the April issue in your hands—that the magazine doesn’t look quite the way it did last month. Welcome to your newly redesigned Good...
Editorial: The Patients’ Purgatory
When it comes to places you do not want to find yourself during the Christmas holidays, a hospital emergency room is probably high on the list.
Editorial: The Patients’ Purgatory
When it comes to places you do not want to find yourself during the Christmas holidays, a hospital emergency room is probably high on the list.
Editorial: The Joy of Discovery
What would happen if I were to tell you that I’m an adventurous risk-taker? Well, to begin with, everyone who has ever met me would fall over laughing—and I’d be...
Editorial: The Joy of Discovery
What would happen if I were to tell you that I’m an adventurous risk-taker? Well, to begin with, everyone who has ever met me would fall over laughing—and I’d be...