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:
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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:
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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 …
Editorial cartoon in the April 26 issue:
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Ups and downs
• Thumbs up to Ontario’s Ministry of Transportation and the local advocates who managed to get the speed limit changed on the stretch of Highway 11 from near the Chamber …
Spring hopes eternal
By Diane Johnston Are the gaggles of birds that seem to be everywhere tweeting about their winters in the sunny south? Are they comparing reviews of the bird equivalents of …