Our Flag’s In Trouble I was talking to a fellow veteran the other day and asked him what he thought of the way some demonstrators in the freedom convoy in Ottawa were abusing the Canadian flag, including carrying it upside down. His answer jarred me. “Makes me wonder if the flag is becoming an endangered …
At A Time When A Weary, Disheartened World Is Looking for Leadership A Look Back At He Who Saved Democracy It’s personal, this tribute to Winston S. Churchill, one of the 20th century’s most captivating characters. I was born in 1938, on the eve of the Second World War, one cold December morning in a …
A Churchill Tribute Dedicated to Young People Everywhere Read More »
Whenever we hear that today is a landmark anniversary of some public crisis or other, it’s logical to ask oneself, “Where was I that day?” So, where was I when the ice-storm catastrophe hit 24 years ago? As it turns out, I was working with Emergency Measures Ontario, (EMO) in its Emergency Operations Centre on …
London, Ontario, 26 December 2021– At a time when owners and players are at full voice during the baseball strike, leaving the fans, the sport’s other essential partners seemingly forgotten, a sparkling new baseball novel, SWITCH PITCHER, is giving fans a new lease on life. It’s the entertaining tale of how a totally ambidextrous pitcher, …
NEW BASEBALL NOVEL GIVES FANS A WELCOME LIFT DURING STRIKE Read More »
London, Ontario – 20 December, 2021 London author, R. Bruce Stock, has come up with an unorthodox marketing innovation for his self-published novels, PROMISE KEPT and SWITCH PITCHER. He’s made baseball caps of each title to increase public awareness of their availability. Asked what motivated him to introduce such an unusual approach, Stock replied, “A …
LONDON AUTHOR STEALS PAGE FROM PRO SPORTS TO PROMOTE NEW BOOKS Read More »
There’s a lot going on in the world these days, most of it unsettling. And there’s so much that it tends to be distracting. As a result, when the anniversary of our flag rolls around on 15 February 2021, the chances are we won’t be giving it the awareness it’s due, because of all the …
At a time when the role of women in Canada’s military is undergoing almost daily scrutiny and public discussion, it is rather compelling that we are on the cusp of the 100th anniversary of one of the world’s most recognized symbols of peace, the Poppy. And that distinguished symbol survives today because of? You guessed …
