by potential | Nov 18, 2010 | 1000 Community Stories
David Lloyd Johntson seems like a good guy. Three names, Cambridge grad, a mediator. Not a bad guy for the job. Oh, what job you ask? He’s the appointed member of Canadian government has the power to prorogue, is the chief of chiefs, the regal legal head of our...
by potential | Nov 12, 2010 | 1000 Community Stories
One of the guidelines issued to new Gumbooters when we are coerced happily volunteer to write for this publication is to always play nice: while we don’t typically down a valium-vodka cocktail and proclaim that everything is sunshine, lollipops, and rainbows (we save...
by potential | Nov 11, 2010 | 1000 Community Stories
This year Grandview Park, home to our community cenotaph, is under construction as the city works to rejuvenate this space. Our Remembrance Day ceremony was moved to the much smaller courtyard outside the Britannia Community Centre. The master of ceremonies explained...
by potential | Nov 9, 2010 | 1000 Community Stories
Coronation Street is turning 50. That makes it the longest running TV soap opera currently in production. For those of you who only know me through the Gumboot (and maybe even some of you that know me beyond the Gumboot), it might surprise you to know that I’m a fan...
by potential | Nov 4, 2010 | 1000 Community Stories
Groucho Marx said that. What a big word: home. Is it where you hang your hat, always changing? Where the heart is, always there beating? Or is it just a place you receive mail? I say that home is the place where you’re not obligated to wear pants. Sitting in a pub...
