Opinion Columns

When my daughter headed off to university in 2014, we promised her a family trip to Europe after graduation.  In 2019, we fulfilled that promise. 

The swearing in of a new council is like no other event for someone like myself who covers the nitty-gritty of municipal government.

The Ontario government has introduced Bill 28, an act to prevent and outlaw strike action by 55,000 education workers across the province.

Every election is an event unto itself, and much can be learned from each and every election cycle.

With the Queen now buried, an argument that has gone on in Canada for decades will be rekindled and intensified:… Continue reading “We should exercise caution in getting rid of monarchy”

In June, Kawartha Lakes City Council voted to adopt a two-year stray and feral cat pilot program requiring pets to be licensed, prohibiting free-roaming cats beyond one’s private property, and increasing funds for current stray management.

In 1900, a letter from Samuel Suddaby, clerk of Somerville Township, crossed the desk of George Lytle, publisher of the Lindsay Watchman-Warder.