By Diane Johnston I love road trips, despite the cost, the inevitable construction, and the just-as-inevitable wrong turns (or, as I prefer to characterize them, “unanticipated side trips”). It’s been …

At some point in the year ahead, we can expect a federal election. Whether it is sooner or later, it will come. The question we have before us about our …

By Steven Larocque Politics is always clamouring for our attention and the news last week that the NDP-Liberal agreement is over caught a lot of people by surprise. Federal NDP …

With the end of summer comes a return to school for thousands of kids across the Temiskaming region. Some of the youngsters may not like the idea but, no doubt, …

By Darlene Wroe Lately in my circles there have been discussions about autism. In a recent visit, I had a chance to spend some long hours with someone who has …

    The community in Englehart and area is pulling together to raise funds and donations for a family that lost its home in a fire August 21. Two adults …

By Steven Larocque   I took a call August 22 from a lady who said she, too, thought Kristen Siermachesky deserved an Olympic medal of her own. “It was her …