Stories by Trevor Hutchinson
Opinion Columns
Rechecking my assumptions
A year ago in this space I opined how February was the worst month of the year and that it sucks beyond measure.
Opinion Columns
Happy Hour
Those of us of a certain age will remember, back when our local radio station was on the a.m. dial, the noon in memoriam announcements.
Opinion Columns
Christmas conspiracy
Yeah. It’s Christmas time again. Even saying it pains me. Christmas is just not my thing, and not because my vegetarian tofurkey is almost as bad as it sounds.
Opinion Columns
Satanic raisins and a lament for a fading summer
Is anyone else having trouble believing that we are already in late August? I mean seriously, where did the summer go?
The Arts
Lindsay’s Madison Kozak is back from Nashville to thrill country fans at Grove Theatre
Local favourite Madison Kozak, now based in Nashville, will be bringing her compelling voice and country music to The Grove Theatre in Fenelon Falls on Aug. 9 along with guests Griffen Palmer and Nate Haller.
Opinion Columns
I want my flag back
If someone had told me three years ago that soon a Canadian flag would make me feel uncomfortable or even angry, I wouldn’t have believed them. But here we are.
Opinion Columns
Here's to 50 more
It seems like a lifetime ago, but sometime around August 2017 I cold-called the publisher of a new local news site I had come across.
Columnists
Freedom: Not an idiot in a hot tub
Remember back last fall when some of us were getting hopeful for 2022, after a very difficult year and a half?
Opinion Columns
National childcare plan great for women, society
My grandfather, may he rest in peace, was a bit of a practical joker and also a lifelong true blue Progressive Conservative.
Health
What today's health crisis means for tomorrow
“If given the chance to start over, I don’t know that I would go into nursing now,” says Bonnie Kennedy, a Kawartha Lakes resident who retired from nursing after more than 40 years in the profession.
Opinion Columns
Trevor's Take: February is the worst month
Oh my God. The last, and by last I mean the very very last thing I need in the entire freaking universe right now is another February.
Opinion Columns
Trevor's Take: Here we go again
The ominous spectre of the Omicron variant is just starting to affect our case counts. By the time you are reading this, the situation will be much worse than it is as I write this.
Opinion Columns
Facts have no place in the blame game
The other day I spent a couple of hours reading some recent federal Conservative party press releases and I am excited to say that I have since gained some valuable life coping skills.
Opinion Columns
Trevor's Take: Cry Freedumb
As we enter what many call the last mile of our vaccination efforts to achieve herd immunity, and eagerly await vaccination for kids aged 5 to 12, the vocal minority of conspiracy theorists and selfish individualists is getting louder and more aggressive in its efforts to derail our progress.
Opinion Columns
Reconnecting and making memories
I live and breathe politics and am what some people call a policy wonk. The impending federal election should have me feeling like a kid in a candy store. But I’m just not feeling it at the moment. After the last gazillion months of COVID, I’m feeling the need for a break.
Opinion Columns
Trevor's Take: Elder stories, elder care
One of my favourite stories my grandfather used to tell me from his time running a taxi business in Lindsay, way back in the day, was of a return shopping trip that ended up being only a one-way fare. Grandpa had taken a regular customer, known for his drinking, to a local bootlegger in town.