Municipal deadlines
The signs are out there if you choose to look for them. Things are heating up for October’s municipal election with candidate signs for mayors and councillors dotting the landscape …
Stone Age
By Diane Johnston As one grows older, the concept of a surprise party changes – the surprise comes after, not before. And it’s not always a party. Shoes are less …
Editorial cartoon, Aug. 10, 2022:
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A Very Interesting Day
Congratulations go out to the organizers of A Day In Farm Country farm tour, and to the Riverside Farmers Market which held a special market and barbecue at the former …
Anniversaries
By Gordon Brock This year our area sees a plethora of significant anniversaries. Some of them commemorate weather oddities, others commemorate significant events in the history of our area. In …
Editorial cartoon in the Aug. 3 issue:
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Scammers don’t take holidays
We heard this week of a local senior getting ripped off by a phone scammer. The senior was taken for a couple of thousand dollars. More worrisome than the loss …
Changes in nature
By Darlene Wroe A week at the cabin does wonders for relaxation but also, in its own way, provides insight into important matters taking place. Something is happening in nature, …
Odds and ends
By Steven Larocque Last weekend while working I went to the Haileybury waterfront to look for photos. I talked with a few of the local lifeguards at the beach …
Governments must address housing crisis
Federal and provincial governments must unite in addressing the escalating crisis of affordable housing, a problem that’s being seen across Canada. By June here in Northern Ontario there …