Local Voices

FORSETH – When will government leave us a few crumbs of our own money?

September 28, 2017 // 9 Comments

To fund or not to fund, That is the question. Whether tis nobler to fund, thine own election campaign, or drink of the trough called gluttony, called taxpayers money. No [Continue]

COLLINS – Legalizing pot will take time, money and education to do right

September 28, 2017 // 0 Comments

LEGALIZING POTis taking about as much discussion time these days as the opioid crisis. Now that the Trudeau government is moving ahead on the subject, the questions now [Continue]

PETERS – Unfinished business with Christopher Seguin

September 27, 2017 // 0 Comments

CHRISTOPHER SEGUIN was on the phone, and he was not a happy man. It was the day before Halloween 2015, and I was giving Seguin the heads-up that I was going to run a story [Continue]

GINTA – In memoriam to Christopher Seguin – Living and giving to the fullest

September 25, 2017 // 0 Comments

ON FIRDAY morning during a hike with a friend and our dogs, the conversation drifted towards what it means to live with gratefulness and to not take people for granted. I [Continue]

KNOX – Provincial piggies get roast beef, municipal piggies get none

September 24, 2017 // 1 Comment

HE WAS LOOKING proud of himself when I joined him at the coffee shop. “I quit my job,” he announced. “No more selling my soul. No more sacrificing my principles. I’ve [Continue]

COLLINS – NDP already starting the political chess game

September 23, 2017 // 4 Comments

ONE OF THE reasons I’ve never run for political office is the constant behind-the-scenes dagger throwing that goes on and the manipulation that takes place in the offices [Continue]