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OPINION: The best driver ever

September 30, 2021 by Dan Needles

Just reading in this newspaper about teenage drivers heading out on the road without licenses because the province can’t deal with the enormous backlog in testing created by the pandemic. My own … [Read more...]

Road Rage Comes to Town

September 24, 2021 by Dan Needles

Road Rage graphic

Last time I picked up a prescription, the poor pharmacist put his hands to his forehead and wailed, “This used to be a quiet little town!” But progress has come to my little rural community since the … [Read more...]

OPINION: The best ideas come from old guys

August 31, 2021 by Dan Needles

Just celebrated my 70th birthday last month. We attach great importance to decades only because of the calculations of some forgotten Byzantine astrologer, not because there is any cosmic significance … [Read more...]

It’s the End of the World … Again

June 22, 2021 by Dan Needles

It's the end of the World Graphic

Last month, as my kids gathered at the dinner table using FaceTime to celebrate my youngest daughter’s 24th birthday, I heard them all agree there was no point trying to buy a house because the planet … [Read more...]

Who You Gonna Call?

March 31, 2021 by Dan Needles

Who You Gonna Call graphic

I was just reading a piece in the New York Times about how people have been fleeing the city in droves this past year to find freedom from the pandemic. The same thing is happening in our … [Read more...]

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Learning to Visit Again

A few weeks ago, two old friends of mine … [More...]

OPINION: Today, everyone is an expert but I see red flags unless expert talk includes humility that inspires confidence and trust

Last month my cardiologist put me on a … [More...]

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Like Manna From Heaven

About five years ago my eldest son … [More...]

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Dan Needles Guest Speaker

Dan is frequently asked to speak at conferences and banquets across the country, making us laugh about the old rural community and the way it meets the modern world.....read more

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dan@danneedles.ca

Tel 705-445-8790
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Latest Posts

  • Learning to Visit Again March 29, 2022
  • OPINION: Today, everyone is an expert but I see red flags unless expert talk includes humility that inspires confidence and trust December 17, 2021
  • Like Manna From Heaven November 29, 2021
  • OPINION: Got the supply chain blues that only a guy from Georgia with a garbage can bacon smoker can cure November 23, 2021

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