The days will start to get longer now and the holiday season is reaching its peak level with last-minute shopping, driving, visiting, meals and reunions with family and friends. Soon it will be Christmas Day.The dark evenings are punctuated with festive lights, falling snow, bright moonlight and winter stars.This is

By Steven LarocqueThis was the big headline (and it was indeed big, spread over seven of the eight columns of broadsheet newspaper you needed the wingspan of an NBA centre to hold comfortably) from the Thursday, October 12, 1967 Speaker:Arrest, charge suspected marijuana pusherBeneath the awkwardly worded headline is a

Monday, December 10, was Human Rights Day and this year marked the 70th anniversary of the United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights.Food security is one of those rights and it comes to the fore at this time of year as people give generously to food banks.But what

By Darlene WroeI think the Christmas season started for me when I heard the radio play an Elvis Presley song titled Why Can't Everyday Be Like Christmas? The song was written by Red West.The song begins by saying that the bells are ringing in the season of cheer.It asks why

The response to the recent fuel spill on Highway 11 in Chamberlain Township saw crews work diligently to contain the spill and clean it up.But the incident draws our attention to the fact that with the constant and growing increase in the number of trucks and railcars carrying hazardous materials

By Steven LarocqueAt this time of year charitable impulses give rise to good deeds and the sharing spirit.On December 14 and 15 at the Classic Theatre in Cobalt, Hannah Fedechko-Conroy will once again stage her A Christmas to Remember concert.Over the past four years the event has raised over $30,000