Commentary

How times have changed

October 25, 2022

By Chris Drost It seems that throughout most of my adult life, jobs were in short supply. While still in school I got a number ...

Electoral fingerprints

By Nate Smelle At one time or another, everyone of us bites up more than we can chew. Now that our Special Election editions of ...

No turning back now

By Nate Smelle For the past two years now, the federal government has set aside a single day each year for people across the country ...

Conquering ‘the other’

By Nate Smelle In the past two weeks, we have all learned more about Queen Elizabeth II and the British Monarchy, than we have throughout ...

No time to waste

By Nate Smelle THERE IS NO PAIN as great, as that which we feel following the loss of a loved one. Tragically, this deepest suffering ...

Learning to live with it

By Nate Smelle In a few hours it will be Monday, Sept. 5 … Labour Day. While the vast majority of the world recognizes the ...

Yesterday’s news

By Nate SmelleTHERE IS NOTHING like a stack of old newspapers or magazines to get my wheels turning. As soon as I catch a glimpse ...

Political animal awareness

By Nate Smelle For most of my adult life, I have helped reinforce the idea that we humans are, as the Greek philosopher Aristotle labeled ...

How equitable is that?

By Chris Drost The Federal Government announced last year that pensioners age 75 and older would be receiving a 10 per cent increase in their ...

Lights in the darkness

By Nate Smelle There are many reasons for one to feel lucky about living in North Hastings. For me, the most important of these is ...

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