CURRENT EVENTS – NEWSMAGRENFREW

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They had me at the opening prayer.

I first came across it maybe thirty-five years ago, back in North Bay, where an Ojibway reserve was right next to the city, its residents an integrated part of the place. As well, many Indigenous children from northern reserves attended the same high school as I did, so there was a Native presence in my school that exposed the rest of us to aspects of First Nations culture.

It was Chief Dan George who introduced me to the Creator Prayer, not in person mind you, but through a VHS video tape I was viewing while studying English as a Second Language at Nipissing University.

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Having a romantic affair can be nothing short of awesome. I say this only because from the outside looking in, given the numbers of people who seem to carry on with affairs, what other conclusion is available to the rest of us? Surely a past-time with so many merits, so many selling points, would be considered a legitimate way for one to spend their disposable time and money.

Unless you get caught.

Then I think it probably sucks big-time.

Getting caught and getting exposed is probably the worst thing that can happen, obviously, because where before you were moving heaven and earth to spend time with your latest squeeze, now you have a couple of divorce attorney’s driving the essentials of your life. And when it all clears, you’ll probably have a lot less time with your kids if you have any, and more than likely a lot less cash to spend time with as well.

Even the dog stops talking to you.

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