Editor’s Notes

About this time of the year, about 30 years ago, I was driving north from Toronto to Sudbury with my associate editor, Lorraine Endicott. It was pushing midnight. It was at least 30C below zero. We were making our way through a serious snowstorm in my 1964 Mercedes 220. We came over a rise and through the swirling snow we saw the lights of a service station. We decided that it would be a good time to stop for a coffee and a gas up. As we stopped at the pumps, a huge man came out. Like a modern-day Joe Mufferaw, the Ottawa Valley’s version of Paul Bunyan. He had a frown on his face. I braced for anything to happen. Except for what did happen.

A heavy blow of wind caused a white-out around the pumps. If I expected anything from the tough at my door window it would have been a string of expletives that would burn our ears for an hour. Instead, he said,

“Oh my goodness!”

And gave me a moment to remember.

And oh my goodness, here’s another moment to remember. I had lunch with a True North subscriber last week and learned to my dismay that not all issues are getting through. He told me that some are being caught by his spam filter. Oh my goodness(!) is right. How many others are being denied the opportunity of reading True North because of over zealous spam filters?

So for your information True North is being published five days a week, Monday through Friday. If you don’t receive it, be sure to check you spam box to rescue it. If you still don’t receive it, or can’t open it, or have any other problem with it, please let Carl Hall know at once. He’s the genius who’ll solve your problems — umm, your True North reception problems that is.

Meanwhile, feedback would be useful. Please don’t hesitate.

Looking forward

Carl Dow
Editor and Publisher
True North