Even though the act of remembrance will be a little more difficult this year due to pandemic…
Editorials
U.S. election a potential tipping point
One of the quirks of producing a weekly newspaper is that you’re occasionally caught in a time…
Dignity for all
On Monday Edmonton sports teams lost one of their greatest teammates and ambassadors. His name was…
Love mom
Those two words – “love mom” – are responsible for starting my tradition of sending post…
Youth hurt by political fallout
Much ink and airtime has been consumed by the controversy surrounding the federal government’s…
That was different
Thanksgiving wasn’t quite the same this year. No Erin Fall Fair, much of the yard clean-up was…
Stay-positive message still holds
If the verbiage in this space appears somewhat rust-tainted this week, it’s perhaps because your…
Champion the truth
If there ever was a time when truth was under fire, it most surely is in 2020.
Take a look around
As the vacuum thumped away after-hours cleaning duct work at our office a powerful male voice…
Tough times don’t last forever
This was to be our best year ever! Like many business owners, we were optimistic for 2020. Every…
Don’t be selfish – wear a mask
I was appalled when I heard about anti-maskers pleading their ludicrous case to Minto council last…
Little Jimmy
The convention circuit was pretty skimpy this year. By September most years we would have had at…
Heading into fall
Usually the leap from summer into fall is a welcome transition. Warm sunny days and cool nights are…
And then there was nothing
Destructionists erupted with great cheer and jubilation in downtown Montreal as a statue of Canada’s first prime minister, Sir John A. Macdonald, toppled to the ground.
Let’s work together
Usually when the last week of August caps off summer, parents are as excited as kids knowing back…