Dear Omenica Lakes Mental Health & Addictions Advisory Committee members, family, friends and everyone concerned about mental health issues.   Our Committee has rented the Beacon Theater in Burns Lake on Thursday October 10th from 1 – 2:30 pm to screen a very important film featuring people around the world with mental health issues. The…

  − Ever since my son was diagnosed back in 1986, I’ve been concerned about  the possible connection between pot smoking and schizophrenia. That perception has recently been backed up by scientific studies. Apparently one in five of us has a gene that renders us  unable to process  the chemicals in marijuana effectively. This can lead…

The Fourth Dimension As the years go by and I’ve gotten older, I’ve come to realise that there is indeed a fourth dimension and that it is the passing of time. It seems such a short while ago that racial segregation was rampant in the U.S and it was accepted by almost everyone. White was…

I am so glad I hung onto my cross-country skis when we moved into town! Last Sunday was a perfect ‘old fashioned Christmas card’ kind of day with sunlight sparkling off the snow blanketed trees and underbrush. The Village had plowed the trail that parallels the highway and I found myself scooting right along.  (Well…

The main thing society needs to do now in the wake of this terrible tragedy is concentrate on finding a cure for brain disorders such as schizophrenia. There is not nearly enough money allocated for research on schizophrenia, which has been described as “the most devastating of all diseases.” And we also need to find…

Well, I survived today’s interview with Tiffany Rae Reid, hostess of Mixed Race Radio in Columbus, New Jersey. It may have been the thousands of kilometers betwixt our telephone numbers that had the butterflies dancing a frenzied tango in my stomach –or perhaps it was the status of some of the well-known celebrities she’d interviewed…

My perspective on the life of the individual is pretty basic. I don’t know any of the questions so cannot comprehend any of the answers. My knowledge of God is similar to that of an ant attempting to describe an elephant. There is no way I can do so – but I cannot argue the…

I’m wondering whether the Peer Counselling program is still available in the schools? What a great concept that was! I believe it’s time the program was renewed, with peer counselors trained in how to handle the effects of bullying, as well as understand the symptoms and needs associated with mental disorders and chemical addiction. No…

I was just thinking that what the world needs now is more ‘respect’ for the other guys and gals. I remember years ago a big argument that went on for weeks in the local paper about whether hunters should shoot ducks on the lake. It was legal to do so at the time but the…

Glistening white frosting swirls unevenly across the lumpy chocolate landscape. Moon-like texture with dips and crevices on its crusty surface. Chocolate layers show through here and there on marshmallow-coated hillsides. Thin patches of trees resemble sprinkles and shavings of dark chocolate. Caramel-coloured rivers sludge soddenly through deep winding chasms. In the north billowing clouds now roll in,…