Editorial / Opinion
My friend Denny and I went shopping for a purse in Minneapolis. The two of us have been fine friends since our days as cooks in a Minneapolis Perkins restaurant almost a half century ago...
I want to congratulate all the re-elected and newly elected mayors and councillors across the region. I look forward to working together...
Aubrey Slade, Aniya Al-Massraf, Kanina Begg, and Harper Wilson answer this week's question.
Hobo, a chickadee without a tail, has been flitting in and out of my feeder for the past couple days...
Current reports suggest that energy prices may increase up to 100% this year which is why this week in Ottawa, my colleagues and I put forth a motion calling on the government to exempt home heating from taxes...
Curtis Panacheese, Elton Ombash, Darrel Ray, and Alex Spence answer this week's question.
QEDHS Principal Thomas T. Rivard at his desk -- 1962.
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Hobo's tail feathers are sprouting like mung bean seeds (ah, remember the days when we were all going to be living a full life of self sufficiency on a tiny piece of land, raising chickens, rabbits, and a goat, and eating sprouts grown in a mason jar...
October is Pregnancy and Infant Loss Awareness month. October 15th is recognized internationally as Pregnancy and Infant Loss Awareness Day...
Calvin Zaffino, Ben O'Driscoll, Sylvie Bérubé, Dick MacKenzie, and John Cole answer this week's question.
Oh look! It snowed this week. As I guessed this summer, the partially collapsed building on Front Street is still obstructing a sidewalk and the parking lane in front...
First of all, I would like to express my gratitude for the time and effort our local newspaper invested in posing a good cross-section of questions to the candidates for our next municipal council...
During a walk in the woods this frumpy fall day I came across the stump of a 36-year-old birch tree I cut last week while clearing a walking trail/snowmobile route close to camp...
Last weekend I enjoyed spending time at the Dryden Fall Fest before heading to watch the Sioux Lookout Bombers inaugural game...
Polly Adams, Jaymz Keesick, Ethan Goodwin, and Malachi Morris answer this week's question.
It was a busy week in Ottawa, as the House of Commons debated Bill C-29 the implementation of the National Council for Reconciliation, and had an emergency debate on Hurricane Fiona and the damage done on Canada's East Coast...
When I was a boy, among the ugliest names to be saddled with was yellow-bellied sapsucker. It was an insult, hurled to hurt, meaning sissy, or chicken butt...
Tessa Peloquin, Miriam Pernsky, Finley Paulson, and Zi-Anne Ricard answer this week's question.
Paul Bayda working on the construction of the Lynn Lake Line
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Well, the mess continues... signs, signs everywhere there's signs, blocking out the scenery, breaking our minds... do this, don't do this, can't you read the signs!...
The following statistics should demonstrate to municipal candidates across the region that it is in their best interest to publicly say no to nuclear waste...
I found a sailboat in the woods, and although I searched the sides and the stern, I couldn't find a name. I'll bet years ago she was a beauty with a pretty name like Sarah, or Miss Bette. Maybe Girl From Ipanema...