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July 23, 2026

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Opinion

Reason to hope

Dear Editor, This past year has been hard on mental health, among my friend-circle and, so it seems, North America and the rest of the

Canada’s news industry is dying

Dear editor, These days, when I open my newspaper I’m always wondering whether it’s the last time I’ll get to read my favourite column or

A call for fair elections

Last month the prime minister went city-hopping through Canada making a $10 a day child care deal with British Columbia and another one in Newfoundland

No reconciliation without justice

Flags at all Federal buildings across the country are flying at half-mast. A government website that keeps track of these sorts of things says they

Inoculation hesitation

Canada has something to celebrate as it surpasses the U.S. in first and double vaccinations after initially lagging far behind. As of July 16, 68

Driven to distraction

Last week, Pontiac MP Will Amos re-emerged from six weeks of radio silence following a pair of embarrassing incidents this spring.

Chalk River nuclear waste

Dear Editor, In 1943, the year I was born, plans were made to build the Chalk River Nuclear Reactor. An isotope made at Chalk River

From the frying pan into the fire

Ever since Lester Pearson was parachuted into the northern Ontario riding of Algoma East, home of the uranium mining town of Elliot Lake, successive Liberal

Reason to hope

Dear Editor, This past year has been hard on mental health, among my friend-circle and, so it seems, North America and the rest of the world. Although the pandemic hasn’t carved a very deep notch locally, the restrictions we’ve been

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Canada’s news industry is dying

Dear editor, These days, when I open my newspaper I’m always wondering whether it’s the last time I’ll get to read my favourite column or get a story about what’s happening in our community. Due to years of government inaction

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A call for fair elections

Last month the prime minister went city-hopping through Canada making a $10 a day child care deal with British Columbia and another one in Newfoundland and Labrador soon after and billions more to address the shortfalls in N.L.’s Muskrat Falls.

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No reconciliation without justice

Flags at all Federal buildings across the country are flying at half-mast. A government website that keeps track of these sorts of things says they will fly this way for the foreseeable future.  After the graves of 215 Indigenous children

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Inoculation hesitation

Canada has something to celebrate as it surpasses the U.S. in first and double vaccinations after initially lagging far behind. As of July 16, 68 per cent of the population has received one dose and more than 43 per cent

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Chalk River nuclear waste

Dear Editor, In 1943, the year I was born, plans were made to build the Chalk River Nuclear Reactor. An isotope made at Chalk River would be needed to treat me. In 1952, the year of the biggest nuclear accident

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From the frying pan into the fire

Ever since Lester Pearson was parachuted into the northern Ontario riding of Algoma East, home of the uranium mining town of Elliot Lake, successive Liberal governments have been promoting Canada’s nuclear industry across the country and around the world. Their

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