By Steven LarocqueCongratulations not only to those candidates who won a seat in the October 22 municipal election, but to those who put their name forth and sought to serve their community.It isn’t an easy thing to do – to enter a popularity contest to do a thankless job during

Cannabis users, libertarians who support legalization of all drugs, are all celebrating today.October 17 is the day Canada becomes the first major country in the world to legalize the recreational use of marijuana.In about six months you’ll probably be able to go and buy weed as nonchalantly at a retail

By Darlene WroeWe are now almost there. The main municipal election debates have now concluded and the new municipal councils in Ontario will soon be determined.I have been covering municipal politics here in Temiskaming since 1986 and have heard many viewpoints discussed about how to get things to go forward.For

The 2018 municipal election is drawing near and through the last few weeks we have been listening to candidates outlining their visions for the future of their communities.Northern Ontario municipalities are masters of maintaining services with very low tax bases and they are increasingly moving toward sharing those services to

By Steven LarocqueRemember that old song that went “celebrate good times, come on,” was it the Pointer Sisters? Kool and the Gang? The Sex Pistols?Today you can find the answer with a simple Internet search (I’ll save you the bother – it was Kool and the Gang).What did we do

Congratulations to the negotiators who finally settled (tentatively, it must be said) on the new NAFTA – now called the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement, or USMCA.America’s president, Donald Trump, got what he wanted in rebranding the North American Free Trade Agreement so he can say campaign promise kept and NAFTA is

By Diane JohnstonIn my hand was a shiny, green, glass-like shard smaller than my thumbnail, and with one serrated edge. I also held a whitish, stubbly pebble.The former was a piece of a tooth of a gorgosaurus, a fierce carnivore that once roamed in packs over what is now the