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 …
Editorial cartoon in the Aug. 16 issue:
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More important than ever
Summer is at its peak at this time, and farm vehicles are busy on the fields and moving from one location to another as they carry out the work related …
Live from Temiskaming
By Gordon Brock Sporting events have always seemed to attract the largest international and national television audiences and that’s true even in this 21st Century and this decade of our …
Editorial cartoon in the Aug. 9 issue:
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Protecting our natural environment
The outstanding display of Northern Lights Friday night, August 4, reminds us how fortunate we are to live in Northern Ontario. With the great treasure that is the natural scenery …
The fight for online access
By Gordon Cameron Well, we knew it was going to happen, and it finally has. Meta, the parent company of Facebook and Instagram, has started blocking Canadian news from its …
Editorial cartoon in the Aug. 2 issue:
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If it’s so bad…
There’s a new plan from Health Canada whereby individual cigarettes will have warning labels printed on them to discourage smokers. “Cigarettes damage your organs” and “Poison in every puff” will …