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

A recent meeting of the Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care with the owner of the Northview Nursing Home in Englehart has alerted the town to the fact that the future for the facility after June 2020 is uncertain.For that reason, the town is seeking to planning to take a

By Darlene WroeA long time ago, I was talking to a friend, and we were reviewing the different things we like.I noted that most things I like have an artistic twist. Nothing is ever very simple with me. And if it seems simple to someone else, it is because they