Walkerton-Wingham-Listowel

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

What would you think if all of a sudden, I were gone? As your local news reporter, would you think it strange if I suddenly disappeared without telling you I was leaving?

National Day for Truth and Reconciliation will be over for another year by the time you read this, but the message goes beyond the calendar date each year. 

WALKERTON - In August, the unemployment rate for the Stratford-Bruce Peninsula  Economic Region increased by 0.8 percentage points to 4.9%.

I was recently invited to participate in an op-ed campaign, which took my writing to a different editor who had never read any of my columns. She was impressed (for lack of a better word, in context) with what she called the suppressed fury in my writing.

A few weeks ago, I was scrolling on Instagram and found a post that caught my attention. The post stated that, in China, researchers have developed a stem-cell based treatment that “cured” a type one and type two diabetic a year after treatment.

KINCARDINE - The planning phase of the federal Integrated Impact Assessment process has been completed for Bruce Power’s Bruce C project. 

The outcome of the trial of five  hockey players accused of sexual assault, has been greeted with shock from some, relief from others, and disgust by more than a few. All five were found not guilty; the judge determined the testimony of the woman who claimed they victimized her seven years ago, “not