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Seventy-six years ago, an American psychologist named Abraham Maslow emphasized the process of growing and developing as a person in… Continue reading “The economics of homelessness as basic income pilot winds down”

Well-known labour activist James Mulhern and community activist Barbara Doyle are throwing their hat in the ring to win the… Continue reading “Mulhern, Doyle run for federal NDP nomination”

Many years ago, when my father taught school full-time, a highlight of the academic year for his students occurred on… Continue reading “Bards of the Kawarthas: Our poetic past”

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”

How much do you know about climate change and how it’s affecting us here in the City of Kawartha Lakes?… Continue reading “Take the climate change quiz for Kawartha Lakes”

Study results from the Ontario Basic Income Pilot’s baseline survey have now been released, revealing the stories of participants who… Continue reading “Poverty to hope and back again: Study reveals why basic income held such promise”

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”