Michael Boriero

The format of a My Take is 150 words – no more, no less – to express an opinion on a different topic each week. This week’s topic was public figures with personal opinions. By Gordon Lambie Having an opinion and sharing that opinion are two very different things. The former is automatic: all people have opinions about the things of which they are aware. They may or may not be very strong, but they exist. Sharing an opinion is always a choice and has some motivation behind it.

The format of a My Take is 150 words – no more, no less – to express an opinion on a different topic each week. This week’s topic was public figures with personal opinions. By Matthew McCully When you hold a public office, you forfeit your right to share your personal views in a public forum. You can still be a human, and do all the human things, and have all the human feelings, but when it comes to what you share, your comments are inextricably linked to the position you hold.

By Lawrence Belanger Local Journalism Initiative Dr. Jason Rowe of the Bishop’s University Physics and Astronomy Department has been renewed for another five-year term as the Canada Research Chair (CRC) in Exoplanet Physics. The announcement was made at a press conference on Friday, Nov. 25 in the campus’s Centennial Theatre Lobby, with Marie-Claude Bibeau, MNA for Compton-Stanstead and Lennoxville borough president Claude Charron in attendance.