Recent regional and national news items have shown that a few school groups have taken on a generous gesture at this time of year.Students have gathered into groups and tackled the shovelling of driveways in their communities to help out

by Steven LarocqueEveryone who drives a vehicle in Northern Ontario has had the getting in problem.There’s that evening rain that turns to drizzle that gets frozen solid when the temperature dips and your car is a big frozen internal combustion

•Thumbs down to the number of impaired driving charges that are stillbeing incurred by area drivers.Nighttime,daytime, seven in the morning – there seems to be a rash ofinebriated behaviour of late at all times of the day and it’scutting across

By Diane JohnstonI own a few cookbooks and a binder bulging with recipes I’ve clipped over the years.Tocatch my eye, there has to be a photo. I’ll try an unfamiliarrecipe only if there’s a picture to show me what the

By Steven LarocqueReaders have no doubt heard about the troubles our friends inAmerica have been having of late with three government officials in the stateof Virginia.The governor has led a pretty exemplary life having served inthe military and been a

The winter onslaught reminds usthat Northern highways do not get treated the same as Southern Ontariohighways.Because Northern highways havelower traffic numbers, response times for maintenance are less immediate thanSouthern Ontario highways. It's in the policy.A rapid