By Joe O’Grady   During a recent trip through The Speaker archives, I was surprised to see a prescient little tidbit on the front page of the June 24, 1926, …

    No doubt readers have heard by now that Ontario Premier Doug Ford’s government bought – and is now trying to sell – a jet for his use for …

By Gordon Brock   Barry Wellar, a Latchford native but now a resident of Ottawa, was awarded the Order of Canada in 2018 for his contributions to the development and …

    A minority government has its fans. A government that has to compromise with the other parties is one that’s less prone to falling into the trap of ultra-partisan …

By Steven Larocque   Last week on my way into work I noticed gas prices in North Cobalt and Haileybury at $1.73 and $1.71 per litre, respectively (I always round …

    It’s been a tough couple of years for the Town of Cobalt, grappling with staffing changes, a dwindling economic base and challenging tax implications. But town council didn’t …

By Joe O’Grady   For as long as there’s been a chaotic Cobalt, there’s been a calm and curmudgeonly Coleman Township surrounding it. And there is often little love lost …