The gift of music
By Diane Johnston When a song opens a newscast, it usually means a concert tour by someone big, an accusation of something criminal, or the death of a legend. I …
Editorial cartoon May 17
...
Names and traditions
By Steven Larocque Recently I went to a memorial service for a cousin who died in January. Family got together at the funeral home in Haileybury on a Saturday …
Getting back to normal
There have been a flurry of activities recently and it seems like everything is back to normal after the pandemic that took hold in March 2020. Everything is …
Editorial cartoon in the May 10 issue:
...
Luck of the draw
We have a nice story this week on a local woman who won over $150,000 in a hospital lottery draw based in Timmins. We have another story this week on …
Courage required to run communities
By Darlene Wroe I have been at this job for a very long time now and the lion’s share of it has been reporting on municipalities and their various projects …
Editorial cartoon in the May 3 issue:
...
More needed to fight poverty
The Timiskaming Health Unit is absolutely right when it says that to combat food insecurity and reduce poverty, income-based solutions are necessary. The health unit recently released its report on …
Those Leafs and guilty pleasures
By Steven Larocque Non-sports fans, Toronto Maple Leaf haters – indulge me this week. Everyone’s heard of that saying that insanity is doing the same thing over and over and …