I am a storyteller -- by nature and by profession. It is what I am and what I do. Truth be told, I have a catalogue of life stories that...

Gerry Charron was a distinguished man, a man of high achievement. When he was still at a very tender age, Gerry took over the family...

For most of my life, I’ve been a pretty determined fellow. That has not always served me well, however. Take the time when I was nine....

Maybe you’ve heard of Stockholm Syndrome. If you haven’t, I’ll do my best to explain it here without going into minute — and thus, boring...

Newspapers have been in financial difficulty for about as long as my recent memory can recall. Not all newspapers, of course. Most of the...

This is the eulogy I wrote for my former father-in-law, who died in November 2010 in Dundas, Ontario: My thanks to the family for giving...

As you grow older, the people you’ve known since childhood grow fewer in number. Certainly you expect to lose those dear souls who first...

Many of us have had our encounters with celebrities doing things you don’t normally think celebrities do. Defining what constitutes a...

A life without burdens is a life without regrets — and we all have regrets, no matter what Frank Sinatra said. No adult is that carefree....