Crossing the conservative Rubicon

November 11, 2025

By Bill Kilpatrick Julius Ceasar made a choice to cross the river Rubicon on Jan 10, 49 B.C.E. effectively starting the Roman civil war. It ...

The deadly art of forgetfulness

By Nate Smelle Every year on November 11, Canadians stop what they’re doing—if only for a few minutes—to bow their heads, listen to the haunting ...

Legions must speak out against authoritarianism

By Bill Kilpatrick It has been 107 years since the end of the First World War and 80 years since the end of the Second ...

Only one way forward on the road to progress

By Nate Smelle Whenever I spend a significant amount of time in another community in Ontario, I always return home to Bancroft with a renewed ...

List, what list? Nothing to see here, folks

By Nate Smelle A good friend recently asked me why I spend so much time writing about U.S. president Donald Trump instead of focusing on ...

Too hot to handle

By Nate Smelle As heatwaves scorch southern Ontario, wildfires rage across Canada and the United States, and catastrophic flooding claims hundreds of lives in Texas, ...

What it means to be a Canadian

By Nate Smelle By any global measure, Canada is often described as one of the best countries to live in. But beyond the high international ...

Canadian identity trumps tariffs and threats

By Michael Riley Local Journalism Initiative Reporter In the aftermath of nearly 160 Canada Day celebrations (our 158th to be exact), and in the face ...

Does Israel want peace?

By Bill Kilpatrick Sitting in the Bancroft Village Playhouse watching a screening of the Oscar winning documentary “No Other Land” one could not help but ...

South Algonquin removes online meeting recordings from its YouTube page

By Mike Riley Local Journalism Initiative Reporter At their May 22 HR/Admin/PR committee meeting, South Algonquin Township council discussed the removal of their council and ...