Just hang in there

April 30, 2020 · 0 Comments

by BRIAN LOCKHART I don’t like this current lockdown situation. Not one bit. However, if you do an informal poll of 1,000 local residents, I’m ...

Is some relaxation appropriate?

EDITORIAL THE CONTRAST between the situation in Canada and the United States has, perhaps, never been more dramatic. South of the Canada-U.S. border, the COVID-19 ...

A Star is Born

By BRIAN LOCKHART They have managed to make and re-make the movie A Star is Born four times. Usually a remake is an updated version ...

Is second term for Trump inevitable?

EDITORIAL AS MATTERS STAND, two things appear to be inevitable: former U.S. Vice-President Joe Biden’s nomination as the Democratic party’s presidential candidate and his loss ...

Giving back

By BRIAN LOCKHART There won’t be any tasty ribs at the Orangeville Ribfest this summer. The Rotary Club of Orangeville has announced that due to ...

Sunshine list should be scrapped

EDITORIAL Well, ladies and gentlemen, it’s back. As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to bring governments across the globe to its knees, the Ontario government, which ...

We could use a bit of humour

by BRIAN LOCKHART A rabbit walks into a pub, sits down at the bar and orders a beer and a hamburger. He does this for ...

Top three priorities

EDITORIAL IN A SINGLE WEEK we have witnessed a five-fold increase in the number of deaths in North America attributed to COVID-19. In Canada, the ...

Non-essential services = more babies

by BRIAN LOCKHART When the provincial government announced the list of essential services allowed to remain open during the current COVID-19 pandemic, many people scoffed ...