By Gordon Brock   It seems most people have had summer jobs that they would recall as being memorable. In Dr. Barry Wellar’s case, this one literally touched all the …

    With another New Liskeard Bikers Reunion just behind us – a sun-filled, well-attended weekend which harkened back to the event’s glory years – let’s spare a moment to …

By Joe O’Grady   Thank goodness Bob Sweet was at the helm in New Liskeard in 2004, to guide the former town through the tumultuous steps of amalgamation with Haileybury …

    Every week we run a poll. It’s not a Gallup poll by any stretch of the imagination, just a fun gauge of people’s interests. In light of Canada …

    As we get ready to celebrate Canada’s birthday, there are few times in our young history where national pride has ever been higher – aside from moments stoked …

By Steven Larocque   Canada doesn’t exactly float like a butterfly and sting like a bee, the way Muhammad “The Greatest” Ali saw his own performance. But despite our faults …

By Joe O’Grady   Amalgamation seems like a relatively modern trend, with many small neighbouring municipalities having thrown their lot in together over the past couple of decades. In the …