Editorial


More at stake in education talks than just salary

Naturally there are skeptics as to what the teachers were really fighting for when members of the Ontario Secondary School Teacher Federation (OSSTF) held one-day strikes in December and early…


Women’s hockey fans left in the dark

Admittedly, the inspiration for this week’s editorial comes from an online petition that started circulating shortly after the Canadian men’s gold medal win at the IIHF Ice Hockey World Junior…


A wish list for 2020

New Years is a time of making resolutions and wishes, so in that spirit here’s a list of things that we’d like to see in 2020. As a bit of…


Remembering Barry Lovegrove

Lennox and Addington lost a prominent member of its arts and culture scene this week with the passing of Barry Lovegrove.  Music, photography, writing, painting-you name it, chances are he…


No easy answers to issues around Stepping Stone

Gray area situations don’t come with clear-cut, black and white solutions. Such is the case surrounding Stepping Stone Shelter for the Homeless. Though it tends to be cast as the…


Changing the face of men’s health

Just a few days remain for those participating in ‘Movember’, the month long campaign that encourages men (and in spirit, women) to collect pledges while growing a moustache. The end…


Reflection on MP Mike Bossio’s four year term

When Parliament resumes Dec. 5, it will do so with a new MP presiding over Hastings-Lennox and Addington. Out is Liberal Mike Bossio, in is Conservative Derek Sloan. Hastings-Lennox Addington…


Don Cherry was offside

Perhaps the most surprising part about Don Cherry’s firing from Coach’s Corner on Monday is not that happened, but that it didn’t happen sooner. After all, the 85-year-old Kingston native…


Lest we forget

Anyone born in Canada within the last 74 years is extremely fortunately to live in a free country during a time of peace. Most born in the ‘Baby Boomer’ generation-the…


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