Resistance and community

January 30, 2026

By Chris Houston I was quite amused to read Green Party leader Elizabeth May sarcastically suggest that parts of the United States join Canada. On ...

The new best medicine

By Nate Smelle As I have said many times before, having this column to say what must be said each week is both a blessing ...

The folly of hubris

By Bill Kilpatrick My daughter asked me the other day if there was going to be war and what we would do if it came. ...

The resistance of Arne Roosman

By Chris Houston I spent Sunday afternoon at North Hastings Hospital visiting Bancroft’s most famous artist, Mr Arne Roosman. As we shared an alcohol-free Guinness, ...

Touching the Great Again

By Nate Smelle ‘Twas just before 5 a.m. on the morning of Jan. 15 when I awoke with a strange feeling that something big was ...

Of mandates, misinformation, and misanthropy

By Bill Kilpatrick On Jan. 16 the Federal Court of Appeal dismissed the appeals filed by the Attorney General of Canada regarding the invocation of ...

Four crime and justice stories from 2025 that you might have missed

By Chris Houston If you love the type of crime and justice stories where there is a clear conclusion and the bad guy goes to ...

Dignity

By Bill Kilpatrick There is a saying that I’ve heard often around Bancroft, I’ve even used it myself, “If you don’t have at least three ...

Friends no more

By Bill Kilpatrick Sitting with my mother over the Christmas holidays chatting about current events, she paused, as we were talking about President Donald Trump’s ...

War is over … If you want it

By Nate Smelle Killing our “enemies” has always been the quickest path to achieve power for the feeble-minded. Fortunately, this road is always culminates at ...