Speaking Out

The bullet journal is all the rage nowadays, from simple agendas to elaborate scrapbook designs.

As we bask in the Christmas season and the days leading up to 2022, perhaps now is the time to reflect on this past year.

“Bah humbug” This famous aphorism belongs to the infamous Ebenezer Scrooge, who made his first appearance as the archetypal Christmas cynic in Charles Dickens’ beloved 1843 classic A Christmas Carol.

Despite the federal Liberals trying to legislate an end to crisis pregnancy centres, I stood in a crowd of 100 people outside Parliament on Nov. 24 to defend them.

As the weather turns chillier and Halloween decorations give way to garlands and twinkling lights, modern society alerts us that Christmastime has arrived. It employs many techniques to achieve this effect, but they can all be categorized under one broad word: marketing. 

One month ago, Pope Francis and the Vatican announced an upcoming papal visit to Canada to foster reconciliation with the country’s Indigenous populations in the aftermath of children being found in unmarked, residential school graves.

As a Grade 11 student in Vanessa Pinto’s English Contemporary First Nations class at Loretto College Catholic Girls High School in Toronto, I appreciate learning about Indigenous history, traditions and relations with Canada.

Monkey see, monkey do. It is an idiom simply meaning children will learn their behaviour by copying what they see happening around them.

Dec. 8 will be the end of the historic Year of St. Joseph proclaimed by Pope Francis.

What is Halloween? What is the meaning of this mysterious holiday dedicated to goblins, gremlins and ghouls?