Look to local retailers in face of mail system work stoppages
While some Canadians may shrug off the impact of the current rotating strikes at Canada Post because most people don’t write traditional letters any more, the crunch is being felt…
Editorial
Opioid crisis is real, but there is a path to limiting addictions
Harm from opioid use in Ontario has been steadily on the rise in recent years. Data released from Public Health Ontario shows that overdose deaths have increased each year from 2011…
U.S. midterm election illustrates need for co-operative politics
Canadians and others around the world watched closely as the United States held its midterm elections Tuesday to see what the American public was thinking given the chance at a…
Statistics Canada should take different course on banking data
The fact a government agency has been granted a power doesn’t necessarily mean its use is a good idea. News spread this week that Statistics Canada has asked the country’s…
Electorate chose experience, now it will be seeking results
Following months of speculation, debate, and whispers about an appetite for change, the people of Lennox and Addington County decided Monday evening they turn to experienced hands at the helm…
Each vote can make a difference, make yours count this week
Your voice matters this week. While it might be easy to dismiss the impact a single voter can have in a municipal election, one just has to look back four…
Every day Ontarians should be talking about mental health
The World Health Organization declared yesterday World Mental Health Day, but in reality much more awareness is necessary every day of the toll mental health and addictions take on society throughout the year….
Aims of correctional system require constant review
Retribution or rehabilitation. That’s the age-old debate about what corrections systems in Canada and around should see as their primary focus. The debate resurfaced again at the House of Commons…
Respose to line-by-line review will define PC government
The Ontario government’s response to the line-by-line review Ernst & Young just completed on its behalf may become the defining element of its four-year mandate. The review finds the Province’s operating…
Limitations on election signage would be a welcomed change
Sign. Sign. Everywhere a sign. With the municipal election about a month away, campaigns have kicked into high gear and the countryside is littered with placards denoting the names of…