Good News: Our Parks, Trails and Protected Lands
There is More Good in the World than Bad There are only 200 steps left to the top. I gasped, “We can do it!!!,” to my wife Pat as we climbed higher on the trail. The top was actually the…
Good News: National Reconciliation Day
There is More Good in the World Than Bad Rupert slowly lowered the paper to his lap. The headline of the article he had just read screamed, “215 CHILDREN’S GRAVES DISCOVERED AT KAMLOOPS RESIDENTIAL SCHOOL.” The article outlined how Indigenous…
Humanitarians Do Good Things
Are You a Closet Humanitarian? THERE IS MORE GOOD IN THE WORLD THAN BAD The word humanitarian is typically used to describe a person or an organization who assists people suffering from the effects of a calamity, be it a…
The Legacy of Good Stories From Tokyo
There is More Good in the World than Bad My last blog ended with the story of the homeless man asking me if I was going to watch the Olympics. He was going to, and I did. In fact, Pat…
There is More Good in the World Than Bad
Sports and Athletes Inspire Us and Bring Us All Together Gagnon’s hands were thrashing through the air in all directions. His beloved Montreal Canadians were only one game away from making it into the Stanley Cup Finals. “If Montreal makes…
Guardians
There is More Good in the World than Bad Indigenous and Non-Indigenous Peoples Working Together on the Environment It seems as if these days we hear mainly bad news stories about things that have happened to Indigenous Peoples, some many…
Out of Bad Events Comes Good – A Swan’s Song
There is More Good in the World Than Bad A big attraction of late for walkers in the Port Credit harbour area of Mississauga is watching a Mother swan building a nest and laying and warming her eggs. They now…
Volunteering: Good News for All
There is More Good in the World Than Bad On October 13, 2020, 69-year-old Marion (Marnie) was retired, living alone and 7 months into coping with COVID. While she had given Thanksgiving thanks online with her family the day before,…
People and Animals
There is more good in the world than bad. As part of our COVID TV watching, Pat and I have started to watch a number of animal and nature related programs. These include All Creatures Great and Small. Arctic Vet…
Climate Change
Good Things Are Happening There is More Good in the World than Bad A Feb 13th article in the Globe and Mail told the story of Lisedi, an 18-month-old South African girl who came in very sick with pneumonia to…