The Guelph Back-Grounder

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Cult Smashers: Part Thirty Three

“This product is designed to spoof the algorithm’s that the social media companies use to push some influencers to the forefront and drag others

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With a municipal election on the horizon, I thought I'd put some effort into trying to bring out some of the complexities involved with being a

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The next stop for Sally and Nate was the tailor’s shop where there was a final test fitting. After that, they went to the technology “boiler

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Angus O’Flaherty was having a bad day. The Republican-controlled state electoral commission had set up the voting districts in his state so that

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Nate came back to the car about one hour later.Nate started to talk, but Sally put up a finger to show he should remember the awareness exercise

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Recently the Conservative government decided to help ease Ontario's problem with inflation by temporarily cutting the gasoline tax by 5.7 cents per

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Sally told Nate that she had a day-long field trip planned for them with several stops. Once they got on the highway and could safely talk, she

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I've always been a bit "out of step" with both my friends and most of my generation when it comes to travel. It's almost an article of

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Chapter SixStella Dyck wasn’t someone who usually spent a lot of time on line. But she’d recently developed a medical condition that kept her

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On the drive back Nate asked Sally the obvious question. “I get most of what was going on, but how did Randi know specific details? For example,

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Back in 1989 (wow, 33 years ago) I was asked to go to Stratford Ontario to give a public lecture about the Green Party. I don't really remember much

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When they came up from stairs on either side, two people came out of the wings and directed them to stand in the spotlights lined up next to the

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Sally choose a seat right behind the woman they’d seen at the entrance. Before long the room filled, the lights went down to a spotlight on the

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A couple weeks ago I published an article about the Pope's "apology" to the First Nations, Metis, and, Inuit of Canada. In the process of

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Eric had been a member of the Dancin Folz for several years before someone he’d never met before asked him what he was doing to make a living. He