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I think a local newspaper subscription should cost the same as a basic Netflix subscription. Change my mind. I certainly value my local newspaper more
Dear Editor, Like every other year, this year’s Shawville Fair has something for pretty much everyone. For local writers, the Pontiac Agricultural Society is hosting
Dear Editor, On Saturday, Aug. 8, Nancy Conroy, Betty Chamberlain and Peter Morrison organized a tour of the graves of the early Clarendon pioneers. Nancy
It was 8:30 a.m. last Tuesday. I was scrambling to get an editorial done before we went to print when my phone buzzed in my
Dear Editor, The presentation held in June by the Bureau d’audiences publique sur l’environnement (BAPE) about Samonix’s proposed land-based salmon farm in Litchfield was helpful
Dear Editor, It’s the power play of the future. In my younger life, I felt that there was something out of balance. Social pressures in
The earliest example of art, as we are aware, is at least 67,800 years old, and lives on a cave wall on the Indonesian island
Dear Editor, Just what we needed. This phenomenon may not be happening here yet, and may not ever, but I just heard about it, and
It was a jarring first day on the job. Over two years ago, freshly arrived in the Pontiac from Nova Scotia, my first assignment was
When Lorianne Bertrand was in Grade 3, she made a go at teaching her grandmother to read. Still herself new to making meaning of vowels
I think a local newspaper subscription should cost the same as a basic Netflix subscription. Change my mind. I certainly value my local newspaper more than a streaming subscription. My local newspaper keeps me informed about my community and connected
Dear Editor, Like every other year, this year’s Shawville Fair has something for pretty much everyone. For local writers, the Pontiac Agricultural Society is hosting the fourth writing competition. In 2023, there were 21 entries across five classes. In 2025,
Dear Editor, On Saturday, Aug. 8, Nancy Conroy, Betty Chamberlain and Peter Morrison organized a tour of the graves of the early Clarendon pioneers. Nancy talked a little about each founding pioneer family. Then she explained how to clean the
It was 8:30 a.m. last Tuesday. I was scrambling to get an editorial done before we went to print when my phone buzzed in my pocket with a CBC news alert. “Sunken Nazi warships are resurfacing as Europe’s drought deepens,”
Dear Editor, The presentation held in June by the Bureau d’audiences publique sur l’environnement (BAPE) about Samonix’s proposed land-based salmon farm in Litchfield was helpful but inadequate. Questions were limited and some answers were either incomplete or dismissed. Several citizens
Dear Editor, It’s the power play of the future. In my younger life, I felt that there was something out of balance. Social pressures in those days skewed toward trimming the different back, in favour of the similar. This applied
The earliest example of art, as we are aware, is at least 67,800 years old, and lives on a cave wall on the Indonesian island of Sulawesi. The image, created by blowing a red pigment over a hand pressed against
Dear Editor, Just what we needed. This phenomenon may not be happening here yet, and may not ever, but I just heard about it, and it magnifies my concern over the artificial internet taking over our lives bit by bit.
It was a jarring first day on the job. Over two years ago, freshly arrived in the Pontiac from Nova Scotia, my first assignment was to attend the McDowell Spring Fair. I remember the quizzical look on one volunteer’s face
When Lorianne Bertrand was in Grade 3, she made a go at teaching her grandmother to read. Still herself new to making meaning of vowels and consonants strung together in seemingly nonsensical combinations, she figured out how to teach this
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