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April 19, 2022

By Nate Smelle What can be said about the killing of Patrick Lyoya that hasn’t already been said about George Floyd, Eric Garner, Breonna Taylor, Michael Brown, Tamir Rice, ...

The other ‘F’ word

By Nate Smelle Freedom is not a word to be used or taken lightly. Nor are words such as fascism, or terrorism. So why is ...

Time for NATO to get more directly involved in Ukraine

By Mike Riley Local Journalism Initiative Reporter The war in Ukraine has been raging for nearly six weeks, and shows no signs of letting up ...

Screen free kids’ playtime…what a concept!

MICHAEL RILEYStaff I HEARD AN INTERVIEW on CBC radio the other day about people’s attention spans being diminished due to electronic device usage and too much screen time. This phenomenon ...

COVID-19 vaccine equity only way to beat the virus

MICHAEL RILEYStaff WHILE CANADA HAS made great strides in fighting COVID-19 over the past two years, and indeed many countries have also made remarkable progress in getting their ...

Tudor and Cashel NHFS programs help seniors hard hit by COVID-19 pandemic

MICHAEL RILEYStaff THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC, with its restrictions and lockdowns, has had a major effect on the physical and mental health of everybody in Canada and around the world. ...

Licence plate stickers on the way out-it’s about time!

MICHAEL RILEYStaff THE NEWS BROKE RECENTLY that the Ontario government was getting rid of licence plate stickers and the accompanying cost of renewing them each year by ...

Standing up for Ukraine is standing up for democracy

MICHAEL RILEYStaff RUSSIA INVADED UKRAINE on Feb. 24, despite a 1994 treaty it signed, the Budapest Memorandum, guaranteeing Ukraine’s sovereignty forever. The events over the past week have been ...

Emergencies Act a necessary evil …for now

MICHAEL RILEYStaff THERE HAS BEEN much debate since Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and his Liberal government invoked the Emergencies Act back on Feb. 14 to address the Freedom Convoy ...

Maggie’s Resource Centre funding coming soon

MICHAEL RILEYStaff COVID-19 AND ALL the restrictions over the last couple of years have wrought havoc on many facets of people’s lives. One of these facets has ...

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