Opinion

Where’s the bus?

Lindsay has no transportation service to connect it with communities outside Kawartha Lakes

The map of the GO bus service in our region is a surreal portrait of public transit dysfunction for Kawartha Lakes.

Get behind local

The people who bring you the Advocate each month couldn’t be more local.

Christmas conspiracy

Yeah. It’s Christmas time again. Even saying it pains me. Christmas is just not my thing, and not because my vegetarian tofurkey is almost as bad as it sounds.

Dress for climate success

Cool Tips for a Hot Planet series

When I was born my grandma and her sister made me a yellow cotton quilt in a pattern known as Dutch girl.

Basic income still alive as a policy option

Floyd Marinescu is a Canadian CEO who has an interesting hotel story.

Time flies. Should we?

Cool Tips for a Hot Planet series

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. 

Five things I learned at the swearing in of the new council

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