Mary Fairhurst Breen

Where this writer stands

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Recent work

• When did getting to know your neighbour become so hard?Opinion · Toronto Star · Jun 15, 2026
• What goes on between the stacks at the Toronto Public LibraryOpinion · Toronto Star · May 13, 2026
• Opinion: Is it just me, or is society becoming ruder and meaner?Opinion · The Globe and Mail · Mar 30, 2023
• Opinion: Our family member died of a fentanyl overdose. We don’t think the man who supplied the drugs should go to prisonOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Dec 14, 2022