Opinion

Fun fact:  Canadians drive the largest, most gas guzzling vehicles in the world and produce the most emissions per km… Continue reading “Small is beautiful; Size does matter”

Creative destruction. That’s what the Austrian-born economist, Joseph Schumpeter wrote about in the 1950s as a theory of economic innovation. That’s what our… Continue reading “Long live local news”

When I was a kid I delivered the Peterborough Examiner to my east ward neighbourhood in Lindsay. As I placed… Continue reading “Community journalism lives on”

The clock ticks down on the planned June 1 closing of the emergency ward at the hospital in Minden, with… Continue reading “Are those in power really ensuring they’re doing no harm by closing Minden ER?”

We have an electric car, electric lawn mower and snow blower and eventually want to kick our natural gas furnace… Continue reading “A burning question”

The other night I was enjoying a beautiful Bud Light while taking a crack at coming up with rewrites to… Continue reading “Cheers to the anthem”

Ever since the province passed their not-so-poetically entitled More Homes Built Faster Act, it’s as if wetlands and conservation areas… Continue reading “Wetlands focus needed”