By Darlene Wroe “May you live in interesting times.” I always thought of that as an ancient curse which seemed funny at the time. I tell myself that times have …

    Fire Prevention Week is almost 100-years-old and the message resounds as loudly today, perhaps even more so, than it did when it was first recognized in Canada in …

By Gordon Brock   It’s been a quarter of a century. As we mark the 25th anniversary of the September 29, 1996, disappearance of 15-year-old high school student Melanie Ethier …

    After a divisive, fractious, thankfully short federal election campaign, the country has to find some things on which we can agree. One thing that should be a no-brainer …

By Diane Johnston   As I write this, I’m reflecting on a vacation I have yet to take. It feels like years since I’ve spent time in an unfamiliar place. …

    As the political scene continues to unfold, leading to the next assembly of parliamentarians in Ottawa, Canadians have had an opportunity to listen to party leaders and potential …

By Steven Larocque   I had to go to Sudbury again last week and I didn’t see any COVID protestors near Health Sciences North, the big, major regional hospital. My …