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June 17, 2025

By Nate Smelle I AWOKE JUST before 8 a.m. on Saturday morning with a strange feeling about the day ahead. Outside the sun was shining, ...

Guess who’s coming to dinner?

By Bill Kilpatrick On June 9 the White House gave notice that Donald J. Trump, the Commander and Thief … I mean Chief … sorry, ...

Tricky Doug

By Bill Kilpatrick I was introduced to a new term the other day by historian Timothy Snyder and it’s called a sadopopulist. Yes, I can ...

Strong mayor weak democracy

By Bill Kilpatrick Speaking to his new Strong Mayor Powers that were granted to him on May 1, Hastings Highlands Mayor Tony Fitzgerald said that ...

Common ground

By Nate Smelle Less than 24 hours after Prime Minister-elect Mark Carney met with U.S. President Donald Trump in the Oval Office and told him ...

Making sense?

By Bill Kilpatrick While it’s no secret that I’m not a fan of Pierre Poilievre, it might surprise you to know that I’m also not ...

Go green for mental health this May

By Michael Riley Local Journalism Initiative Reporter May is mental health awareness month, and it’s a good time to acknowledge that it’s okay to not ...

Thoughts on freedom

By Bill Kilpatrick The name Milton Friedman is much more common now than it was some 60 years ago when he penned his now well-known ...

This too shall pass

By Bill Kilpatrick It’s hard to be a student of modern European history and have hope these days. An amusing cartoon with a father and ...

The future we face

By Bill Kilpatrick As I sit to write this editorial Canada is a mere seven days away from electing a new prime minister and the ...

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