Editorial

It is not unheard of for a school to receive a bomb threat this time of year – usually on a warm, sunny Friday when there is a physics exam scheduled.

If you voted in the provincial election that saw Doug Ford elected to a second straight majority, you were in the minority.

Affordable housing has grown beyond being an election campaign issue.

The mass shooting in Buffalo horrified people in this area in a way that similar murders have not. Buffalo is a place we might visit without much thought – do a bit of shopping, have lunch with friends.

Every election campaign in recent years has had a pattern – candidates strive to “define” themselves, and stop their opponents from doing it for them.

As we scramble out of the pandemic, the true extent of the damage is emerging. Take, for example,…

To read some of recent reports from integrity commissioners in this province, one gets an impression of a fire-spewing dragon who can produce horrifying roars and blasts of sulphurous breath. Unfortunately, it seems the dragon has no teeth.

We have been getting a lot of mixed messages about COVID lately.

It is difficult to imagine what this community would be like without volunteers.

The province has come out with some welcome news for prospective home buyers. The plan will see more houses built, with less red tape.

Pope Francis apologized. On the final day of a week of talks with First Nations, Inuit and Métis delegations, Pope Francis expressed “shame and sorrow for the role that a number of Catholics, particularly those with educational responsibilities, have had in all those things that wounded you, and th

“Those who fail to learn from history are doomed to repeat it.”

As masking requirements are lifted across the country, a lot of people are feeling… well, nervous.

War is hell.

There are people in this community who have seen lifelong friendships destroyed and families torn apart in the past year.