The tsunami of substance abuse
The recent theft of plaques commemorating historically important people in Cobalt is disheartening and even angering. Cobalt is a Parks Canada National Historic Site and is known as …
Editorial cartoon September 6:
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The great gift of nature
By Darlene Wroe To be out in nature, far from buildings and busyness, is such a gift. There is such a place where I can go and I am …
International Literacy Day
It’s a visually driven world these days. People watch movies and television, take still pictures by the billions, they watch videos online and on their phones and tablets. …
Editorial cartoon in the Aug. 30 issue:
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Being proactive in changing times
This past year has been a year of concern when it comes to forest fires, and learning to identify and use the fire and smoke indicators posted on the FireSmoke …
Nothing’s on
By Steven Larocque I recently used a few of my vacation days to take some time off – an extended weekend, really – and came back to the danger zone. …
Editorial cartoon in the Aug. 23 issue:
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Ups and downs
• Thumbs up to the comments made by Cobalt Mayor Angela Adshead on conducting the town’s business in a reasoned and rational manner – something to which all municipalities and …
Parking spaces
By Diane Johnston The legislative groundwork for what became Canada’s first national park – in Banff – was laid in 1885. Eight years later, Algonquin became Ontario’s first provincial park …