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Notes From The Editor

This is the section of our website where Editor Warren Perley sometimes adds background material to provide context to some of the stories written by our contributors. It may involve an explanation of how or why a story was written or it may be background material about our writers and the people they are writing about.

Occasionally, Warren’s notes have nothing to do with any of the stories we posted; instead, they may encapsulate some of his thoughts or comments about events happening in the lives of our readers and writers – call it “social commentary”, if you will.

The main criteria for appearing in Notes from The Editor is to inform, stimulate, and entertain our readers who are welcome to communicate with us any ideas they might have about an article or with suggestions for future literary contributions.

Readers and writers can send Warren an email here.


September 19, 2024
The chicken or the egg? How the Dingbat story and 2025 calendar came together
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May 17, 2024
Don’t ever forget your Grade 1 buddies: they’re both rare and precious!
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October 28, 2019
Little boy who escapes Nazi death machine grows up to be America’s Renaissance Man
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February 11, 2016
Gee son, why did we put you through college?
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January 4, 2016
Cancer warrior emphasized living, not dying
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November 20, 2015
Chronic pain seen through a doctor’s eyes
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June 8, 2015
More options than ever for Crohn’s patients
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February 16, 2015
Thinking outside the box about Crohn’s
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December 9, 2014
Income disparity as seen from the street
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September 16, 2014
Could Freddie Mercury have thrived in Iran?
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July 30, 2014
Walking the wing of the legendary Avro Arrow
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April 29, 2014
Parsing between Muslim religion and culture
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April 2, 2014
Author hitches her star to champagne glass
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March 17, 2014
Crimean voters had a choice on their ballot
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March 13, 2014
Without context, Ukraine crisis is a puzzle
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February 5, 2014
Legend of a bodybuilding photographer
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February 4, 2014
Courts can level playing field for homeowners
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January 24, 2014
Canadian involvement in Afghanistan is folly
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October 24, 2013
Wallin won’t find due process in the Senate
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July 23, 2013
A writer’s gift: finding humour amid setbacks
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June 25, 2013
This Bellow scholar surpasses all expectations
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May 21, 2013
Rob Ford cocaine allegations stretch libel law
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April 18, 2013
Splashing in the waves on our 1st birthday!
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March 15, 2013
Famous photo tells only part of the Paul Rose story: his ignominy lives on
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January 9, 2013
Looking back, writing talent is rediscovered
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December 14, 2012
The Space Age has inspired us all
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November 21, 2012
A great man’s passing marks the end of an era
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November 14, 2012
Canada’s toughest cop is hospitalized
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October 29, 2012
Beer doctor hones his skills spreading roller derby fever
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September 11, 2012
Is a photo worth 1,000 words? In women’s roller derby, yes!
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July 4, 2012
What every journalist dreams about: Space, time, dogged researchers!
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April 18, 2012
Every good story is made better by clean layout and great graphics
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