Won the battle, lost the war
The post office is an important resource. There is no doubt about that. Having a means for goods and correspondence to go from point...
Shelter from the storm
Is there anywhere to go to escape the storm that is hitting the world? I don’t mean climate change, or the rise of the...
What do you do?
When the supporters of Scottish independence lost a referendum in 2014, Scottish duo, the Proclaimers, strong nationalists, wrote a song called “What do you...
For what it’s worth
The First World War changed Canada, and most of the world, ending an era of Empires, creating, or enlarging a sense of national identity...
You are in check
Small town people are proud people. We are proud enough, in fact, to be quite angry when someone threatens our community, including our schools...
Priceless, not worthless
Is it possible to put a price on the truth? Or more importantly, should we? Last Saturday, September 28 was World News Day. Generally...
A curse in disguise
Have you ever been in a situation where you are about to reveal something in a conversation that you probably shouldn’t, and you stop...
Idiot wind
When I first saw the video, I thought it was pretty cheesy and the narration was really forced and rang false. Then I read...
The first rule of fight club
I love my community. Dare I add a “duh”? There is a reason I applied for a reporter job with my community’s newspaper in...
Write their eulogy
About once a month, I receive an email from the Eastern Ontario Health Unit with a press release about drug use in the Cornwall...