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…
Opinion
The handwriting’s on the wall
Laurie Snider Notes from the Nest I’ve spent the first few days of the New Year mapping out my plans and goals for the upcoming year, so I have at…
January staff picks
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…
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…
December staff picks round up
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…
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…
Finer points for the perfect cup of coffee
Laurie Snider Notes from the Nest My first memory of coffee was the vigorous, bubbling, gurgling sound the dark brown liquid made, spurting up and down into the small glass…
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…
Don Cherry stood up for Canada’s military
Don Cherry’s passionate remarks that all Canadians should were a poppy out of respect for their sacrifice at the ‘Alter of Freedom’. That these remarks generated a contemporary politically correct…