Opinion Columns

After Christmas excesses ‘tis now the season for New Year’s resolutions. If healthier eating and food choices that have a… Continue reading “Luis and Leanna Segura: Fresh food, hip hop and climbing for mangoes”

It’s not too late for a New Year’s resolution, including big ones like finding ways to de-stress and start anew…. Continue reading “Finding a sense of peace and serenity within life’s stresses”

Sometimes when I walk by Lindsay’s iconic municipal building — our former Town Hall — I look up at that… Continue reading “Sir John A Macdonald: His past is our past”

Among the many items that the City of Kawartha Lakes will consider at the January 15, 2019 meeting is a… Continue reading “Council should vote ‘no’ to Ashmore’s pipeline promotion of oil sector”

When property rights intersect human survival rights, events occur that challenge what it means to be human. On the one… Continue reading “The intersection of rights in a complex world”

It jars us, to see violence in Canada – especially small-town Canada. Whether that violence is perpetrated against people or… Continue reading “Broken glass, shattered faith: MPP’s office a snapshot of future unrest”

Last night at around 7 p.m., the City of Kawartha Lakes Clerk, Cathie Ritchie — invoking powers given to her… Continue reading “Election extended — here’s what we know”