Time to cool down
Josh Freed, in a column on the National Post website January 22, told about a recent trip to Florida. He recounts a conversation on a restaurant terrace and quotes a …
A new year unmasked
By Diane Johnston As the new year began, I thought I’d lost my cloth face mask. It didn’t really matter because, just like neon hues and shoulder pads, fabric masks …
Editorial Cartoon January 19
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Either or both
By Steven Larocque It’s imperative that kids go back to school in person because they need the socialization, the contact, the routine, the camaraderie. It’s the only way to …
Making it work in hard times
So much has been happening that it is easy to miss those whose hard work has been holding our communities together. One sector of our community that has …
Editorial cartoon Jan. 12, 2022:
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Wilderness wannabes
Living in Northeastern Ontario has its challenges. Minus 40 temperatures, for some reason, spring to mind right away. And at certain times of the year there are more blackflies and …
Catching up with the future
By Darlene Wroe Having most of the technology I need to work from home, I spent the majority of last week at my desk in my front room. Many of …
Editorial cartoon in the Jan. 5, 2022, issue:
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Bad news and good news
The year 2022 is off to an eerily familiar start with the announcement of provincial measures to control the spread of COVID-19, effective January 5. The good news is that …