Opinion

I was having lunch in Lindsay the other week at the Pie Eyed Monk. While thoroughly enjoying my meal, my… Continue reading “The dangerous appeal of nostalgia”

Kirk Winter is a retired high school history teacher living in Lindsay who covers politics, education and sometimes business stories… Continue reading “Post-pandemic labour shortage a two-way street”

My 93-year-old mother, Rosaleen, has been attending the Silver Lights Adult Day Program for dementia, since it opened in November… Continue reading “Mother finds joy and purpose in dementia program”

It would be an understatement to say the media landscape has been under constant pressure and undergoing rapid change. Meta… Continue reading “No news is bad news”

Like any field of discipline, journalism has its jargon. (But not near as much, I dare say, as the military… Continue reading “This column is not anonymous”

In a great social media post last month MP Jamie Schmale mentioned meeting Stacey and Al Robinson, owners of Great… Continue reading “We don’t need big government to solve every part of our housing crisis”

Naresh James, the author, is the retired executive director of the former Canadian Mental Health Association Kawartha Lakes branch. The… Continue reading “Contemplating two ways to chase happiness in our lives”