Repurposing golf courses

Harry Shannon Hamilton, Ontario has three public golf courses owned by the city. One of the city’s councillors would like to convert at least one of the courses into more widely used green space – regular parkland, sports fields, etc. The local paper, the Hamilton Spectator, ran a story about it last Friday (September 27). I sent them th…

What if food banks closed?

Harry Shannon About 10 days ago, workers with a courier company held a food drive. They dropped off good-size bags at people's homes. Everyone was asked to put non-perishable foods in the bags, which the workers collected. (The company is called Purolator. I don't think it's a smart idea to include 'lator' in your name if you are competing to d…