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Feast Day of Pope St. John Paul II
I grew up Catholic, was an altar boy and even considered a vocation. In my teen years, stretching through my 20’s, I struggled with questions about the mysteries of the Faith, for which I could never get satisfactory answers. I grew apart from the Church as I sought the answers anywhere else: what was truth,…
Residential Schools in Canada
As the residential school crisis emerged back into the broader public consciousness this past summer, with the announcement of unmarked graves found at more than one of the former schools, I was taken aback. Unmarked graves for students? The idea was monstrous. Even assuming there had a been a terrible, overwhelming outbreaks at the remote…
On a more serious note…
I started this blog to talk about the Toronto Maple Leafs and was looking forward to a season – and hopefully playoffs – to enjoy and to complain about. With the arrival of the COVID-19 pandemic, however, the season has been suspended along with all other professional sports, events and daily commutes. I’ve been silent…
A coaching change won’t be all…
When the Toronto Maple Leafs fired Mike Babcock on November 20, 23 games into his fifth season as head coach, my first reaction was despondency. As a Leafs fan for 36 years, the firing of the coach has only meant that the team was not good enough, the coach was paying the price and a…