Editorial

On its own, the final report of the Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls won’t make a difference. Shocking as the numbers may be-Indigenous women and girls…

Laurie Snider Notes from the Nest A bee’s brain is approximately the size of a sesame seed. What it lacks for in size, it more than makes up for in…

Canadian Blood Services hosts a mobile donation clinic every two months in Napanee. For the last decade or so, this scribe has promoted them through preview articles, urging others to…

When it comes to health care, local is always best. A health unit overseen by people who live and work in the area means doctors and medical professionals get to…

Catherine Coles Coles Notes In last week’s column, I wrote about characters on the edge; books with fictional people who are complex, often unsympathetic, and downright unhinged. This week, I’ll…

A rather disturbing and quite frankly pathetic trend reared its ugly head last week when reports of people calling 911 dispatch to complain about receiving an early morning Amber Alert…

Fake news. Thanks to social media, misinformation now has a limitless platform, capable of reaching millions with little to no regulations in place to ensure the information is even true….

Canada’s busiest highway could be looking at a speed limit increase, jumping from 100 km/h to 120 km/h. Ontario’s transportation minister Jeff Yurek made the announcement last week that the…

Emergency Preparedness Week kicks off Sunday and encourages Canadians coast-to-coast to take steps to be ready in the event of a disaster. As if on cue, communities across Ontario, Quebec…

Before I dive right in to offering my weekly editorial opinion, I’ll start with an introduction. My by-line should be familiar to regular readers, as next month will mark my…