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Wanderings – Not asked questions left unanswered

December 3, 2025 Phillip Blancher

It’s unfortunate that Premier Ford has such a restrictive policy when it comes to reporters asking questions at press conferences. Had the opportunity to ask more than the only one question and one follow-up at […]

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Wanderings – Playing the consolidation long game

November 26, 2025 Phillip Blancher

There is a growing trend within the Ontario government to concentrate power. It started in 1995, waned for a while in the 2000s, and since 2018 has ramped up efforts to eliminate other authorities. Premier […]

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Wanderings – Looking for a place to happen

November 19, 2025 Phillip Blancher

This is not an issue unique to one rural community; rather, it is common to many rural communities across the country — a place to hang out. Having raised four children successfully to adulthood, this […]

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Wanderings – Floor crossing is not wrong or right

November 12, 2025 Phillip Blancher

Last week’s federal budget should have been the primary focus of Members of Parliament in Ottawa. Instead, the budget was only one of three rings of the circus on Parliament Hill. Two of those rings […]

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Wanderings – Three ways to save Canada Post money

November 5, 2025 Phillip Blancher

Too often, people are quick to point out problems but not offer any solutions. Clearly, there is a big problem with Canada Post. The national mail service is on track to lose another billion dollars […]

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Wanderings – Brilliant moves needed

October 29, 2025 Phillip Blancher

People who are in the wrong, and know they are in the wrong, hate having it pointed out to them. To take that one step further, a bully who knows they are doing wrong hates […]

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Wanderings – Eliminating school board trustees a good start

October 22, 2025 Phillip Blancher

Ontario’s education system has a lot of problems. Most of those problems can be attributed to restrictive funding formulas, chronic underfunding of programs, and having four publicly funded systems that compete against each other on […]

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Wanderings – Saying goodbye to a colleague and a friend

October 15, 2025 Phillip Blancher

I never had the privilege of being taught in school by Wendy Gibb, but I had the honour of working with her for nearly 10 years. When I restarted my original career vocation of print […]

Photography

Trainspotting in Quebec

October 13, 2025 Phillip Blancher

Wandering further afield, I went trainspotting with youngest son on October 12. This time, we went to Coteau, Quebec, and De Beaujeu, Quebec to do some trainspotting. If you wonder why I use the British […]

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Wanderings – Banning photo radar not the easiest solution

October 8, 2025 Phillip Blancher

Ontario Premier Doug Ford is scrapping photo radar. Well, good riddance! I’m glad all the serious problems in our province have been solved, that the premier can now devote his time to trivial issues like […]

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Recent published columns

  • Wanderings – Not asked questions left unanswered
    December 3, 2025
  • Wanderings – Playing the consolidation long game
    November 26, 2025
  • Wanderings – Looking for a place to happen
    November 19, 2025
  • Wanderings – Floor crossing is not wrong or right
    November 12, 2025
  • Wanderings – Three ways to save Canada Post money
    November 5, 2025
  • Wanderings – Brilliant moves needed
    October 29, 2025
  • Wanderings – Eliminating school board trustees a good start
    October 22, 2025
  • Wanderings – Saying goodbye to a colleague and a friend
    October 15, 2025
  • Wanderings – Banning photo radar not the easiest solution
    October 8, 2025
  • Wanderings – Simple things should not be this difficult
    October 1, 2025

Recent photography

  • Trainspotting in Quebec
    October 13, 2025
  • Grass River Falls
    July 14, 2024
  • Canada Day Fireworks
    July 8, 2024
  • What to do with a filter?
    July 8, 2024
  • Hockey photos… the playoffs
    February 18, 2024
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