Opinion

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”

I can’t believe it’s already August. There’s only a month left of ‘real’ summer. Worse still, this leaves only a… Continue reading “Construction lament”

Beatrix Potter’s “The Tale of Johnny Town-Mouse” is a twist on the classic Aesop fable – and an improvement. In… Continue reading “The town mouse ponders town growth”

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”

This month marks one year of Mansur’s Musings. Bitter-sweetly, it will also be my last musing for The Lindsay Advocate,… Continue reading “Bye bye bye (bye bye)”