One of the advantages of growing older, if you’re lucky, is the accumulation of more knowledge.Accessing that knowledge, however, can sometimes be frustrating or downright impossible.All those words you’ve read over the years are still in your noggin, the trouble can come trying to access the right one at the

By Diane JohnstonIt’s not that I don’t like Christmas.But there’s something offensive about seeing the Thanksgiving knick-knacks fighting for store space with Santas, reindeer and those ugly elves on shelves.It’s not a new trend, as retailers try to get the jump on big-occasion shopping.School supplies begin showing up in July.

News on the local and provincial fronts concerning transportation shows lots of movement behind the scenes.It’s movement that will affect current riders and possible future passengers.On the local front, Temiskaming Shores council has voted in favour of a 25-cent increase for adult and senior/student fares for bus service through the

By Steven LarocqueThis is my first column after my last vacation break of the year. It was a little later in the calendar than when I usually take one, but it was fine nonetheless.I like to call my holidays radical vacations.Not because I travel or go whale watching or do

Thumbs down to school strikes.Whatever the argument, whoever’s right (if anyone ever is more so than the other), there’s only one loser and that’s the student body.The current college strike is especially troublesome because you’re talking about (mostly) young adults who are spending their own money, or taking on

By Darlene WroeI am grateful for my safe and quiet space, with good people close by, and living in town where everything I need is only a short drive away.But there is a part of me that yearns for the dark spaces of the country.Sometimes as the clock hands inch

At this time of year, Legion members and their pipe bands, cadets and schools, public works crews and police, and volunteers and journalists as well, are all readying for a major occasion.On November 11, communities will be out marking Remembrance Day.This year is the 100th anniversary of some major battles