Close to the edge
The organisation, REAL Women of Canada (acronym for Realistic, Equal, Active, for Life), has released a statement calling for an audit on Federal Indigenous...
Where’s the catastrophe?
I haven’t lived long enough to know whether people in the “good old days” era (whenever that is) complained about the world going to...
Life threatening injuries following train-vehicle collision
A collision between a Canadian Pacific Kansas City (CPKC) freight train and a delivery van at a public crossing east of Mountain last week...
Driver behaviour around school buses continues to alarm parents
Parents of children who take buses to school are urging drivers to be more respectful of the rules when it comes to caution around...
Stuck in a crater
“Progress, not perfection.” This is one of my favourite sayings. It acknowledges that if we never accept anything other than a perfect finished product,...
Provincial recycling policy change explains lack of free blue bins
Some local residents have noted that blue bins are no longer being given away at the Boyne Road Landfill. The question of “hey, what...
Handle with care
It’s amazing how quickly the world “out there” is changing. Not just the technology, or the climate, or the politics; although all of that...
Banning books and burning books
by Marjorie Gann
When I was 10 years old, I discovered Louisa May Alcott’s 1868 novel Little Women. From the very first line — “Christmas...
Thompson Road resident fighting to have road fixed
Cassandra MacDonald is not one to back down from a cause, especially when she knows it’s a good one. The Thompson Road resident made...
Misery loves January
The joy that I hope it brings you to be reading a fresh new copy of the North Dundas Times in this new year...