1918: The turn of a coin

August 9, 2018 · 0 Comments

By Gwynne Dyer On August 8, 1918, 100 years ago on Wednesday, it finally became clear who was going to win the First World War. ...

And they’re off

Own local politicians, both incumbent and wannabees, had until last Friday to register for Ontario’s municipal elections that take place across the province on October ...

A wrong-headed investigation

EDITORIAL OFFICIALLY, AT LEAST, the investigation into the mass shooting on Toronto’s Danforth Avenue, is being headed by Ontario’s Special Investigations Unit (SIU), the civilian ...

Your chance to complain

BY BRIAN LOCKHART With province-wide municipal elections coming up in October, the rhetoric has begun and with it the long list of things people feel ...

Cubs tighten grip on first place in NDBL junior division

Written By BRIAN LOCKHART The Mansfield Junior Cubs are maintaining first place in the NDBL after an 11-1 win over the Midland Twins on Saturday, ...

No freed bear

What a country. Our premiers and territorial leaders met for a group confab in New Brunswick last week, and the biggest headline to come out ...

Gun violence, no easy solutions

EDITORIAL EVEN BEFORE SUNDAY’S mass shooting on Toronto’s Danforth Avenue, this has been a year of unprecedented violence in the city, with firearms a factor ...

Unfriended on Facebook

Written by BRIAN LOCKHART It finally happened. I had to ‘unfriend’ someone on Facebook. While most of my Facebook friends should actually be called acquaintances, ...

Doug Ford’s cuts have already begun

OUR READERS WRITE Please consider this an open letter to our M.P.P., Sylvia Jones. Well, the cuts to education, by the Ford government, have begun ...