Texting is the new communication

July 29, 2021 · 0 Comments

By Brian Lockhart It seems more and more people are getting rid of their land line telephones at record numbers. With the advent of relatively ...

Letter re: “Finding a Place to Live” column (July 15)

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR The figure 600 000 immigrants a yearis questionable. That particular contributor to this newspaper has insinuated disparagingly about immigrants before. Housing ...

Vacation time

by BRIAN LOCKHART It’s mid summer in Ontario, and that of course means VACATION TIME! Yeah! It’ your chance to book off work for a ...

Letter re: stricter stunt driving penalties

OUR READERS WRITE I read with interest Paula Brown’s article about ‘stricter penalties’ for stunt driving(July 8, 2021) While it accurately describes increases in license ...

Finding a place to live

by BRIAN LOCKHART A local fellow I know recently posted on a local Facebook page asking if anyone knew of an apartment for rent. He ...

Afghanistan: After the Fall

by GWYNNE DYER Five times in the past two weeks, government soldiers in Badakhshan and Takhar provinces in northern Afghanistan have fled across the border ...

A new Governor General

by BRIAN LOCKHART The Prime Minister has announced that Mary Simon will be the new Governor General of Canada. I certainly hope he has done ...

Vaccinations

OUR READERS WRITE Sir: Being 85, I received my first Pfizer shot March 10, with a second Pfizer shot booked for March 30. Then the ...

The strange fonetics of language

by BRIAN LOCKHART I have never been able to master another language. In fact, I’m pretty much uni-lingual although I did learn enough Italian words ...

Council refers development proposal to heritage committee

Written By Paula Brown Local Journalism Initiative Reporter Shelburne Town Council is referring an application for a proposed mixed-use commercial and residential development to the ...

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