MP Sloan’s removal drew national attention to the riding
We marvel at Derek Sloan’s ability to put us on the national map-three articles in the Toronto Star alone. Equally we marvel at his victory over Mike Bossio, the affable…
Opinion
Tech giants causing local headlines to disappear
Several of Canada’s major daily print publications had strikingly identical front-page cover photos on Feb. 4. They were all blank. At first glance it appeared the challenges of finding a…
February staff picks roundup
Catherine Coles Coles’ Notes The staff of the County of L&A Libraries are avid readers and always eager to share their favourite books. Here we bring you a list of some of the…
Trudeau’s ugliness of inexperience
Never has inexperience reared its ugly head for the prime minister like it has in the past few months. The chaos with the vaccine rollout, the appointment of a Governor-General…
Payette scandal a perfect opportunity to abolish the GG
If there’s any good that can come out of Julie Payette’s disgraceful turn as Canada’s governor general, it’s that it’s shining a spotlight on just how useless of a position…
Reader believes Sloan was aware of Fromm’s donation
I was deeply saddened when I read both your article and opinion regarding the legitimate expulsion of Derek Sloan from the Progressive Conservative party. The party leader has implied that…
Sloan’s expulsion a relief to Conservatives in the riding
Mr. Sloan’s expulsion should be a relief I think to Conservatives of the riding and all voters in the region. Obviously Mr. O’Toole seems to think the majority of the…
What I’ve been reading lately
Catherine Coles Coles’ Notes Since I spend a lot of time reading, I often come across books that I would like to talk about in this column, but for whatever…
Sloan didn’t fit with O’Toole’s new image
That Derek Sloan was booted out of the Conservative Party wasn’t terribly surprising. Back in August this very column said at times during Sloan’s CPC leadership campaign he seemed just…
Make thrillers fresh again
Catherine Coles Coles’ Notes During the latter half of 2020, there was a stretch of time where I just wasn’t interested in reading psychological thrillers. Ever since Gone Girl was…