Columns

Thomas N. Gibbs was Oshawa’s first MP, elected as the federal representative for South Ontario in the country’s first elections in 1867. (Photo courtesy of Library and [...]

By Bill Fox/Columnist This is a rather sad story of how I was reminded that I am my own best doctor. I hope my story may benefit my readers. Before I get into details, let me [...]

By Bill Fox/Columnist The number one rule, according to Steve Jobs, is “Be yourself, your time is limited, so don’t waste it living someone else’s life.” Accept who [...]

By Bill Fox/Columnist Dan McTeague, senior petroleum analyst at GasBuddy.com, recently tweeted about a recent six-cent price jump for gasoline. According to McTeague, there [...]

By Joel Wittnebel/The Oshawa Express The power of local community news reporting is something widely overlooked in today’s age of Instagram, Twitter and the [...]

By Bill Fox/Columnist It would appear, according to recent polls, that Kathleen Wynne’s time as Premier is over! The Progressive Conservative leader, Patrick Brown, is also [...]

By Bill Fox/Columnist It started quietly enough as my two youngest boys wanted to join me at a weekend retreat at Manresa for my recent birthday. Now Manresa, if you are not [...]

By Graeme McNaughton/The Oshawa Express Math is not my strong suit. It’s a pretty cliche trait for a writer – an old joke in journalism school was that journalists [...]

By Bill Fox/Columnist I admit to being a news addict. I have to watch the news every day and keep on top of things on my computer. I find sometimes my mood is affected by the [...]

By Bill Fox/Columnist For the last two columns, I have written about Forks Over Knives, both the book and the movie. There is scientific evidence from many sources that this [...]