Commentary

A climate of silence

October 8, 2024

By Nate Smelle When I first began reporting here in Bancroft in 2012 it was amid the rise of the Idle No More movement’s nationwide ...

Instruments of peace

By Nate Smelle LIVING IN NORTH Hastings for almost 18 years now I have come to appreciate the value of tourism on many levels. Whether ...

Transparency in peril in South Algonquin Township

By Michael Riley Local Journalism Initiative Reporter Transparency, the hallmark of our democracy, and the accountability and public trust it brings with it, is in ...

Onyx’s time

By Nate Smelle It was around 10 years ago when a former acquaintance asked me if I would be willing to look after her friend’s ...

International Day of Peace

By Chris Houston Amidst the arms races between the global superpowers in the 1980s, Dr. Young Seek Choue of South Korea proposed the idea of ...

Canada seeking Paralympic glory in Paris

By Michael Riley Local Journalism Initiative Reporter The Paralympic Games in Paris began on Aug. 28 and go to Sept. 8. Over 4,000 athletes from ...

In celebration of labour

By Nate Smelle By the time you are reading this, most of you will have already began contemplating the implications of the unofficial end of ...

Territorial hissing

By Nate Smelle As nearly every federal election in Canada proves, what happens in the United States of America does not stay in the United ...

Will it be 2024 or 1984?

By Mike Riley Local Journalism Initiative Reporter As many in the United States and across the world rue the thought of a second Donald Trump ...

Local libraries offer more than you think

By Mike Riley When most folks think of libraries, they think of books, magazines, DVDs, and a place where you need to be really, really ...

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