Almost everywhere you look, Canadian flags are fluttering along downtown cores, or displayed in windows. It seems that this year area residents, businesses and municipalities have redoubled their efforts to …

This week we observe Canada Day across the country. It was around this time of year in 2019 that I went to see the Rolling Stones play a concert at …

The Black Lives Matter (BLM) rally in downtown New Liskeard June 20 was an impressive display. Young parents brought their children, seniors showed their support and a large amount of …

I’m not sure how The Speaker ended up on the email list, but we recently received a press release notifying us that the National Cowgirl Museum and Hall of Fame …

The concept of shared services has increasing value for area municipalities. In a time when the federal and provincial governments are both going to be facing budgetary challenges in the …

I just had a week’s vacation and it’s remarkable how similar it was to my vacations in non-pandemic times. I mostly just stayed home. I did go to Sudbury to …