Nothing good to say about MP Sloan
What planet did Derek Sloan come from? I could fill your paper with my comments about Sloan and there would not be one positive comment. I issue an invitation to…
Opinion
Guest editorial: Newburgh Community Christmas Concert raises over $33,000
On Dec. 5 at 7 pm The Community Christmas Concert released their 41st Annual Community Christmas Concert virtually. This was a mix of cast contributions from 2020 with a retrospect of…
Christmas isn’t cancelled
In the Beaver’s opinion piece of Dec. 10, 2020, the editor wrote of how this year’s Christmas is going to be very different from other years. He said that many…
Local family physicians pen open letter to MPP Randy Hillier
Dear Mr. Hillier: As a physician who both lives and works in this region, I must express my dismay at your recent attendance at rallies protesting the use of public…
Glaringly inaccurate Parliamentary petition
I find it disturbing that Mr. Sloan, our MP would forward a petition to Parliament full of so many factual errors. Mr. Sloan, or as he states Ms Baribeau, complains…
Seek trusted sources for answers to vaccine questions
Call it a generalization, but from personal experience with colleagues in the industry, a lot of journalists ended up in their current field in part because science was not their…
No spend gift guide
Catherine Coles Coles’ Notes This time of year, gift guides are a dime a dozen, compounding the pressure to spend spend spend. Here is a guide put together by our…
Local MD urges patients to make vaccine decisions based on scientific data, not misinformation
I read the letter to the editor by Danny Andru in the last edition of the Napanee Beaver and commend him on speaking out against the anti-vaccine misinformation being propagated…
Finding new ways to make the season bright
Flipping on the radio recently, the familiar voice of Frank Sinatra filled the car with his classic rendition of I’ll Be Home for Christmas. Shortly after that followed Chris Rea…
Canadians should trust doctors, not politicians, on health science
It’s not surprising that Hastings-Lennox and Addington MP Derek Sloan would act as the voice of anti mask and anti vaccine groups. Many of these individuals are selfish, care only…