Being thankful for our community
It seems that around the world there is one challenge after another. We are more connected than we have ever been before through news, print or radio, social media and …
Summer’s big hits
Steven Larocque The pandemic and the WE charity scandal continue to be the top two stories of the summer. On the WE controversy, there’s a growing sense that Prime Minister …
Editorial cartoon for August 12, 2020 issue:
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Remembering Ramsay
Last week it was announced that former Timiskaming-Cochrane MPP David Ramsay had died at the age of 72 in Nova Scotia. Ramsay served as MPP beginning in 1985 when he …
Onward and upward
Darlene Wroe I am very grateful to the Ontario Community Newspapers Association for their decision to grant me first place in the photography award’s component for the Speaker’s circulation class. …
Editorial cartoon for August 5, 2020 issue:
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Let’s make it better for our elderly
The pandemic is having a particularly hard impact on our elderly. Having contacts with others was likely the key component in retaining wellness and a sense of youthfulness, strength and …
Bud and words
Steven Larocque A story in the Globe and Mail online edition July 27 put me in mind of Englehart’s Bud Colquhoun, who died July 19 at the age of 90. …
Editorial cartoon for July 29, 2020 issue:
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No argument here
In this strange summer of a very strange year, one of the top news items has become the daily pursuit of righting old wrongs and settling old scores. Some you …