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POLICE – Driver of cement truck pronounced dead at accident scene

April 29, 2019 // 0 Comments

The driver and sole occupant of a cement truck is dead after the vehicle left the roadway and rolled down an embankment today (April 29, 2019), landing on its roof. At 8:40 [Continue]

POLITICS – Biden’s front-runner status reveals weakness of #MeToo strategy

April 29, 2019 // 0 Comments

By HEIDI MATTHEWS York University, Canada WITH HIS OFFICIAL DECLARATION that he’s running for president again, Joe Biden is now considered the front-runner in the crowded [Continue]

GINTA – What is accountability worth these days?

April 29, 2019 // 1 Comment

HERE WE GO AGAIN: like some relentless zombie, the story of the forgotten trash that belongs to Canada but is currently ‘vacationing’ in the Philippines has returned do [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Bold action is required to find the answer to biosolids issue

April 29, 2019 // 9 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. IF YOU’RE GOING TO STAGE a protest at a government office, do it when the politicians are there. You won’t find many City councillors at [Continue]

KNOX – Roger the Marmot speaks to our fondness for animals that live free

April 28, 2019 // 0 Comments

ROGER THE MARMOT is back, and Victoria is relieved. He’s getting up in age, so some fretted that he might not emerge from hibernation this spring. But no, no, there he was [Continue]

ROTHENBURGER – Reflections on having become an old man

April 27, 2019 // 12 Comments

I’M AN OLD MAN. That might not seem like much of an accomplishment to you, but there’ve been times when I thought I might not make it this far. I turned 75 this week and [Continue]