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As Ontario farmers prepare gather for the Ontario Federation of Agriculture’s Annual General Meeting on Nov. 25, it was a natural time to reflect on the year behind us — a year that has tested our resilience, unity, and determination like few others.

Police have launched their annual campaign against impaired driving. One would think that after decades of education and enforcement programs, the annual festive RIDE would be unnecessary, but this is not the case.

It’s a tough gig being an elected official – there’s no doubt about that. When you take the oath of office, or whatever the equivalent is for your position, people expect a lot of you, and I’m no exception to having those expectations. I expect the people who are elected to represent me or to make..

Dear Editor: While most rural weeklies haven’t reported on it yet, Ontario has just taken a major step toward eliminating locally elected school trustees and replacing them with a single, centralized “Student and Family Support Office” in every school board.

Dear Editor: Imagine someone you love deeply, a spouse, a parent, a best friend, or a favourite aunt or uncle, facing the last few days or weeks of life...

They did it! The anti-vax crowd finally achieved what some folks suspect may have been their goal all along – to turn back the clock to a time when there was no one telling parents they had to get their kids vaccinated. 

Dear Editor, Back when the Walkerton tragedy made headlines worldwide, the moral was simple enough for a grade-school science fair: don’t let people who know nothing about water run the show.

There was a time, not so many years ago, when Remembrance Day services and ceremonies seemed to be fading in importance.

The Kingdom of God is not just about me – it’s about us, a community living here and now as heaven comes to earth through our walk with Jesus.

This might sound a bit repetitive (mainly because it is) but I get the feeling that Etobicoke native, bona fide city slicker and Ontario Premier Doug Ford (and trust me, his pedigree came first for a reason) really doesn’t get the vast majority of the province he represents (at least from a...

Dear Editor: I’ve seen how the housing crisis has deeply affected our community. More and more people are being pushed into homelessness, and it feels like everyone is falling behind.

November marks Diabetes Awareness Month, a time to shine a light on a disease that affects millions of people worldwide – including right here in North Perth.