Berdcage Editorial

Toronto Anarchists strut their stupidity
If you watched the news at all this last weekend, you saw the destruction of protestors in Toronto over the G20 Summit. It makes no difference where the summits are held, anarchists in Toronto are going to go nuts with protestors wanting attention for their own agendas. Read More...

Sometimes you’ve got to brag
When I started working at The Mountaineer over 14 years ago, I knew absolutely nothing about the work it takes to produce a weekly newspaper. It was and continues to be a learning experience. With ever-changing technology, the newspaper industry has changed considerably since I started. Read More...

You Could Be A Carrier

Not many people know that May is Cystic Fibrosis Awareness month. Unless you or someone close to you is affected by Cystic Fibrosis, you probably wouldn’t give it a second thought. Read More...

Check The Email Source

How many times a month do you receive an email telling you some urgent important news that could save your life? It was probably forwarded to you by an email friend that had the very best of intentions.
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Charter of Rights Caters to Criminals Not Victims...

At a writer’s meeting recently, a lawyer volunteered to speak to us about our Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms. We were told of legal precedence-setting cases that had been tried under our judicial system. Each of the cases we looked at dealt with a perpetrator getting acquitted of charges because of one of the codes in the Charter. Read More...

If They Can Put A Man On The Moon…

There is a group of people in this world who don’t believe Commander Neil Armstrong actually walked on the moon on July 20, 1969. Although I was only 11 years old, I do remember watching the news on television and listening to those memorable words “one small step …” Read More...

Mother Earth’s Renovations
The death toll from Haiti will no doubt increase even more in the days to come and the fact that Haiti is already an impoverished country makes the devastation even more heart-wrenching. Read More...

My Resolution To No Resolutions

Making a New Year’s resolution is an act of optimism and although would consider myself more of an optimist than a pessimist, I don’t make New Year’s resolutions. New Year’s is probably the only time of year that I feel apprehensive and even a bit pessimistic. Read More...

I Was Hooked
When my neighbour and former classmate called me at The Mountaineer a couple of months ago to talk about a new TV program, I was curious to see how CBC was going to pull this one off. Read More...

Yes, I Wear A Poppy.
There are a lot of reasons I wear a poppy every year at this time. I wear the poppy for the foot soldiers that my Oma gave soup to in Tilburg, Holland during WWI. Read More...

It’s the time of year we share scary stories, so here’s my scariest.
A 21-year-old woman decided to drive to her sister’s place for the weekend. Just before midnight, she turned on to the gravel road for the final 11 miles. Her feeling of satisfaction and relief turned to apprehension when she noticed the car that had been following her along highway 16 also turned off at Wildwood and continued following her. She reasoned the vehicle  was probably heading for the oilrig up the road. Read More...

Do Your Employees Value Customers?

As we approach Christmas shopping time once again, I was feeling compelled to write my blurb about shopping locally to keep our community economy going. That was until I started hearing and reading all kinds of complaints about the local business’s lack of service...
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Banking Bedlam

Next month the new cheque writing format is supposed to be observed by every person writing cheques...Read More

Are You Respected?

Think of the person you respect most and ask yourself why you respect them...Read More

Vehicle Vexation

My six cylinder vehicle doesn’t struggle with the cold until the temperature gets down to around -25, so last week I was prepared for the cold snap...Read More