When the smoke settles
By Diane Johnston Every December, The Speaker selects “a story of the year.” It’s not a terribly scientific process. The story just sort of emerges. The years 2021 and …
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Ups and downs
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 …
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Editorial cartoon July 12
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Pulling the plug
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 …
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The things we can do
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, …
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Editorial cartoon in the July 5 issue:
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Here’s to the next 156 years
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 – …
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The rules of the game before us
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 …
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Editorial cartoon June 28
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Smoke signals
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 …
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