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Month: April 2025

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Wanderings – Why is science the enemy?

April 30, 2025 Phillip Blancher

When did science become the enemy? I think I missed the memo here that said that anything scientific must be bad. It certainly was not the case when I was growing up. Science was (and […]

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Wandering further afield – Pre-Election thoughts

April 27, 2025 Phillip Blancher

It is a day to go until election day and I’d thought I’d share a few thoughts about this 2025 Federal Election. This election has been interesting and not what I expected three months ago. […]

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Wanderings – A unique campaign like any other

April 23, 2025 Phillip Blancher

The 2025 Federal Election is nearly here, and it has been an interesting campaign to watch on a national and local level. A 36-day campaign period is short by most election standards in Canada, but […]

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Wanderings – Work not platitudes needed on Highway 138

April 16, 2025 Phillip Blancher

Highway 138 is a death trap. The road, which connects the City of Cornwall to Highway 417 north of Moose Creek, is a 35 kilometre corridor of carnage. Late last month, another person died driving […]

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Wanderings – Promises, promises

April 9, 2025 Phillip Blancher

Political campaigns are wonderful things. All the party leaders are trying to get you to vote for them. Big campaign rallies bring the party faithful together while glorious leaders wearing various jackets speak about hope […]

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Wanderings – Are campaign signs effective?

April 2, 2025 Phillip Blancher

It is election season – again. This is our second election campaign in less than three months, and while we escaped this particular scourge in February, we’re not so lucky with this campaign. The scourge […]

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