Opinion

All eyes are on Chrystia Freeland now as Canada’s finance minister gets set to table the nation’s first budget in… Continue reading “Budget wish list: Basic income, affordable housing, a green economy and more”

I grew up in a family that voted Conservative, if they voted at all, because that’s how my grandparents had… Continue reading “Benns’ Belief: Political confessions”

Imagine that you live in Fenelon Falls and have a child with an intellectual disability. As your child becomes an… Continue reading “Affordable housing in Fenelon a priority but compromise is possible”

In 2018 a number of home owners in Kawartha Lakes serviced by their own wells and/or septic systems, received a… Continue reading “Time to fight city hall on unneeded municipal water, says local reader”

By Dr. Helen Scott As we approach 2.5 million deaths globally from COVID-19 as I write this, we must begin… Continue reading “COVID-19 isn’t a pandemic — it’s a syndemic with social origins”

Wetlands enrich our lives. They are places where we can observe and learn about a diversity of plants and animals… Continue reading “Wetlands need our protection, says reader, not MPP’s tabled bill”

It is outrageous that the Kawartha Lakes ATV task force wants to open up essentially all roads in the City… Continue reading “City’s ATV task force must put health of citizens ahead of everything else”