Editorials

Emergency Preparedness Week was May 5-11. The timing of the event is impeccable; those April showers bring more than the lovely array of May flowers we are now enjoying.

Ontarians will no doubt be thrilled to learn there is no shortage of physicians in the province.

Being on top of the latest technology and environmental practices, is what GM BluePlan Engineering is used to doing.

It is becoming increasingly difficult to figure out what is real and what is fake.

One of the more disturbing stories to emerge in 2023 was a series of bomb threats made against schools and public services, mostly in northern and eastern Ontario.

Bravo! Three cheers! Thank you to the unsung heroes of the holidays – the elves.

It comes as no surprise that farmland in this part of Ontario is the most expensive in Canada, according to recent news stories.

The catch phrase from Game of Thrones, “Winter is coming,” has taken on an ominous new meaning, to anyone concerned about the folks camping in parks.

There was something about a recent news story describing a woman who saves a bundle by doing all her food shopping south of the border that made a lot of people grind their teeth.

A fierce storm called Daniel caused severe flooding in many Mediterranean countries. In Libya, the flooding triggered the collapse of two dams near the city of Derna on Sept. 10.

The title is a play on an old joke – a very old joke. “Where was Moses when the lights went out? Down in the cellar eating sauerkraut.”

‘Tis the time of year when university and college students are preparing for the fall migration south.

In Canada, we pride ourselves on having universal health care.

If nothing else positive comes from the public inquiry into the 2020 Nova Scotia mass shooting by Gabriel Wortman, a clear line has now been drawn between domestic violence and mass shootings.

It appears jobs – to be more precise, people to fill them – topped the wish list of many businesses large and small, for Ontario Budget 2023.