Nearly all Canadians are looking south to the United States and the challenges they face with protests and escalating violence over the death of George Floyd. People in Canada and …

by Steven Larocque Do you ever look at newspapers online? A site can be maddening with its tantalizing headlines (“Liberals to Parliament: We’ll govern without you, thanks”) only to block …

A casual drive late last week would have made you think South Temiskaming residents were emerging from hibernation. The drive-through lanes at local fast food outlets snaked around the buildings …

By Diane Johnston “Auntie Diane, what did you do during the Great Pandemic of 2020?” Somehow, I doubt my great-nieces and great-nephews will ever ask, but just in case they …

The country is slowly emerging from its self-imposed COVID-19 cocoon both socially and economically. The advent of warm weather and open lakes in Northeastern Ontario has seen more people out …

By Mike Baker (Mike Baker is Regional Editor Dufferin-Caledon, Orangeville Citizen, Caledon Citizen and Shelburne Free Press) When Premier Doug Ford “took back Ontario,” as he so vociferously claimed following …

Over 40 groups of family members and friends decorated their vehicles and held a Mother’s Day Parade for residents at Extendicare Tri-Town Nursing Home and at the Temiskaming Lodge, both …

By Steven Larocque You know how, in winter, we often say of nice weather “we’ll pay for it later”? That’ll be the case with this tiresome pandemic. A couple of …