Editorial

Looking for a good news story last week, I put out a call to a local Facebook group to find residents who were showing support for frontline workers.  Greater Napanee…

It should be plainly obvious to realize the COVID-19 pandemic has turned the entire planet on its side, forcing anything planned between March and June to be at the very…

Turning on the news or picking up a paper these days may cause anything from fear, to anxiety to extreme disappointment in mankind. As COVID-19 continues to ravage countries all…

Naturally this week’s editorial topic is on COVID-19, which was declared a pandemic by the World Health Organization last week and led to a state of emergency in Ontario. Quite…

As teacher unions and the Ontario government have sparred behind closed doors over proposed changes to the province’s education system, a very public battle has taken place simultaneously. That fight…

Last week thousands of people across Canada donned pink shirts to raise awareness for Anti-Bullying Day. Great as the message of the day was, it didn’t seem to take too…

Way back in autumn of last year, Greater Napanee mayor Marg Isbester challenged the notion that a small municipality could have its complaints of rising water levels taken seriously by…

One of the greatest things about this country is our right to voice our opinion on things we feel make Canada less than perfect. And as Canadians, we certainly exercise…

Derek Sloan’s use of the word ‘bold’ in his announcement of his intentions to run for leadership of the Conservative Party of Canada couldn’t have been more apt. After all,…

Not since the days of Shoeless Joe and the infamous Black Sox scandal of 1919 has Major League Baseball seen anything close to the sign stealing drama which reached a…