Editorials

For many of us here in Kawartha Lakes, 2025 was the summer that Canada’s wildfire crisis hit close to home…. Continue reading “Our smoky new reality”

We shouldn’t have to be the Ross. How has Ontario’s public health care system come to this? How is it… Continue reading “A hospital for the future”

It’s good to see the city working on a plan to review local historical plaques and signs. The months-long public… Continue reading “Time to update our historical plaques”

The shortage of primary care providers in Kawartha Lakes has put us in a terrible place — one we’d never… Continue reading “Daring to hope on health care”

We tend to take water for granted around here. After all, it’s right there in our municipality’s name: Kawartha Lakes…. Continue reading “Water matters to all of us”

When you live around so much water, you get used to the sounds of people enjoying summer. Kids screaming and… Continue reading “Reduce the boat noise”

It’s been nearly 30 years since Ontario amalgamated school boards down to 72 from 124, creating our huge local Trillium… Continue reading “Paying attention to school board trustee pay”