The social distancing dilemma

March 26, 2020 · 0 Comments

by BRIAN LOCKHART I was standing in line at the grocery store the other day waiting for my turn to greet the cashier. It’s that ...

How quickly things have changed

EDITORIAL WHAT A DIFFERENCE a week makes. While it’s true that this time seven days ago, the World Health Organization had officially labelled the global ...

Toilet paper and beer

by BRIAN LOCKHART The first thing I noticed when I went to my local grocery store the other day was there were probably fives times ...

Controversial or not, change is needed

EDITORIAL Ontario’s Amber Alert system is in dire need of a revamp. But likely not for the reasons you’re thinking. A quick social media search ...

Amber Alerts

by BRIAN LOCKHART There were a lot of complaints over the past year from people who weren’t too happy about receiving Amber Alerts over their ...

Town is running on ‘glass half full’

OUR READERS WRITE Regarding Brian Lockhart’s column that appeared in last week’s Free Press, the banning of single use plastic bags may not be the ...

They should learn from us

EDITORIAL ONE OF THE STRANGEST differences between the political systems of Canada and the United States is in the area of policy-making. Here, all the ...

An arena of dreams

by BRIAN LOCKHART Archibald ‘Moonlight’ Graham – Professional major league career stats: New York Yankees. One game. Played one inning, the ninth, in right field. ...

Artists to discuss business at upcoming local focus group

Written By MARNI WALSH Central Counties Tourism says their visitor research indicates that “art is a key driver of tourism” to the Headwaters’ region. ...