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There has long been a call to make it more difficult to get bail; Canada’s prime minister has apparently heard the call. He recently said that bail rules will be getting tougher for those arrested for serious crimes.

I don’t feel that summer is over but our warm weather does continue. Maybe we will have an early snow. I am ready for anything.

Well, ‘tis the season, as they say, when the colour orange seems to dominate the landscape.

Dear Editor: Anita Jacobson and the Coalition to Repeal Bill 5 are right to sound the alarm about what’s been done to Ontario’s Endangered Species Act.

A typical go-to Halloween costume - whether it’s a last-minute decision or a lack of better options - is a witch. It’s not just a classic costume; it’s a statement to the world that the costume-wearer is proud to be a unique individual with differing opinions or skills from societal norms.

Ooooooh! Ghoulies and ghosties and long-leggedy beasties, and things that go bump in the night, Good Lord deliver us!

One thing that kept me up at night though, is the contradiction here.

Wanna know why I think the Bible still shares the best news ever? In case your answer is…

As the weather turns colder and we prepare for another Canadian winter, many of us are reaching for…

The nest was huge! In the top of the tallest tree in the woodlot, close to the edge, complete with an eagle perched within, its white head shining in the sunlight. It was the first bald eagle I had ever seen. It was also one of only three bald eagle pairs left in Southern Ontario in the early 1980s.

Yo, ho, ho, and a bottle of … whatever you ordered from Amazon. … It sat on your porch for a grand total of three minutes before a local porch pirate snagged it.

I know that we’re going to get into some “nerdy” stuff, as my parents told me, but bear with me – it’s applicable to readers – at least those in North Huron. 

‘Tis the season for municipal budgets, when local politicians earn every penny of their modest pay, and then some.