Thumbs up to the provincial government for the announcement of the next phase in developing a 2+1 highway system in Ontario. “This project will play an important role …

By Steven Larocque   In the old days, a writer faced a blank page in a typewriter waiting for ink to be click-clacked onto its surface. Today it’s a screen …

    At the turn of the 20th century, silver was discovered in Cobalt. People from around the world descended on the little patch of northern wilderness and with shovel, …

Provincial and municipal bans on fires and fireworks may have dampened (excuse the pun) Canada Day celebrations on some fronts, but the flag still flew proudly on the homes – …

By Darlene Wroe When I first started working at the newspaper back in the mid-1980s, I sensed the swirl of activities around me. There were about 30,000 people in the …

    It’s becoming very clear to many that climate change is catching up with us. Across Canada about 500 fires are burning and about half of them are out …