Coles Notes: Library staffers offer their February picks
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 reads we’ve recently enjoyed….
Opinion
Emergency network could help any person at any time
Last Thursday, millions of Ontario residents were jolted awake — or at least disturbed — by a sharp, loud ringtone on their cellphones. It was a necessary disruption as a…
Public deserves to hear what happened in SNC-Lavalin talks
Defined simply, democracy is a government of the people. Though there may be apathy and disconnect at times among the masses for the people they elect, those people are in…
Exciting titles coming to a library near you
Catherine Coles Coles Notes Want to know what book releases to watch out for in the coming months? The following titles are not quite released yet, but they are worth…
Love letters keep romantic fires burning
Laurie Snider Notes from the Nest In a scuffed-up antique chest in a corner of our room lie some of my most cherished possessions. There’s a small stack of envelopes…
Reconciliation and learning should be everyday occurrence
It’s been an uneasy road for Canadians in response to the Truth and Reconciliation Commission’s final report in 2015 that offered 94 calls to action to begin to address the…
Books for fans of Marie Kondo’s work
Catherine Coles Coles Notes The breakout success of Marie Kondo’s The Life Changing Magic of Tidying Up and subsequent Netflix show Tidying Up with Marie Kondo has sparked a huge…
An impressive house with an interesting history
Laurie Snider Notes from the Nest On the corner of Ontario Street and Devonshire Road in the Walkerville precinct of Windsor, Ont., sits a 4,800- square-foot home, made of rough-cut…
Electronic logs in commercial vehicles could save lives
In an already unimaginably difficult sitting in a Melfort, Sask. courtroom, the suffering families of the Humboldt Broncos received another hard jab Monday. A report filed by the Saskatchewan Ministry of…
From Candlemas to curious critters
Laurie Snider Notes from the Nest As I sit in my easy chair, huddled by the crackling fire, tapping out my latest “Note from the Nest” on the keyboard, the…