Editorial | Mar 11
Nothing has erupted with such guttural force in the last few weeks than the prompt reaction to the prospect of having one miserable word changed in the national anthem.
Good...
Letters | Mar 11
To the Editor:
In a 5-2 vote, with councillors Tomlinson and Wadsworth voting for the people, Kearney Council voted to rescind the mail-in–vote for the 2010 elections.
Just when most municipalities are trying to get a larger percentage of the population to vote, the Kearney...
Letters | Mar 11
To the Editor:
Re: ‘Are you the descendant of a Home Child?’ Almaguin News, Feb. 25.
It was only on discovering that my late father Robert McNay, a resident in Armour Township and a former municipal clerk in Burk’s Falls, was a British Home Child (BHC), that I...
Letters | Mar 11
To the Editor:
Many years ago “assisted housing” in Ontario was run by Ontario Housing Corp. and was directly responsible to the Ministry of Housing. Housing was and always will be a touchy subject and the government did not like answering all the questions in the house, as most...
Editorial | Mar 10
Nothing has erupted with such guttural force in the last few weeks than the prompt reaction to the prospect of having one miserable word changed in the national anthem.
Good fodder for water cooler conversation, the idea of eliminating the word ‘sons’ from the song that unites us sent...
Columns | Mar 10
Like all Canadians watching the Olympic Games, I was in awe of our athletes’ talent and elated by their successes.
But I also felt an unfortunately familiar anger over the exclusionary - let’s be clear here, sexist - language of our national anthem. Why did Hayley Wickenheiser or Christine...
Letters | Mar 10
There have been many letters on the merits of amalgamation and how it would cure the ills of the area. However, none of the pro-amalgamation writers seem to be looking past their interests, which always seem to require immediate priority. Did any writers of the pro-amalgamation letters question in...
Letters | Mar 10
Here we go again.
We have a solid budget where no one suffers and the deficit will almost disappear in five years. Congratulations to the Conservative party. The same party that passed legislation to have elections every four years, then called the last election more than a year earlier, hoping...