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November 19, 2025

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Treacherous threshold

We live in fractious times. We need leadership and policies that will bring us together. Bill 96 promises to do the exact opposite. We appreciate

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.

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

Cause for celebration

Dark clouds are gathering over this year’s celebration of Canada Day. The 154th anniversary of the founding of our country comes three weeks after. .

A vote for good government

Canadian democracy is a quirky thing.  Under our first-past-the-post rules, it can seem to make sense to vote for a candidate you don’t really like

“It’s over for the little guy’

Editor’s note: This editorial was first published in this paper on March 3 of this year, and is being republished because it’s still as relevant

Canada’s Shame

215 dead children.  The headlines across the country have been repeating this disgusting statistic since it was revealed by the Tk’emlúps te Secwépemc First Nation

Treacherous threshold

We live in fractious times. We need leadership and policies that will bring us together. Bill 96 promises to do the exact opposite. We appreciate and support the intent to protect the French language and culture of Quebec. But just

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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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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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Cause for celebration

Dark clouds are gathering over this year’s celebration of Canada Day. The 154th anniversary of the founding of our country comes three weeks after. . .

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A vote for good government

Canadian democracy is a quirky thing.  Under our first-past-the-post rules, it can seem to make sense to vote for a candidate you don’t really like in the hopes of. . .

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“It’s over for the little guy’

Editor’s note: This editorial was first published in this paper on March 3 of this year, and is being republished because it’s still as relevant as ever. This past week News Media Canada, the lobbying group representing Canada’s print media,

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Canada’s Shame

215 dead children.  The headlines across the country have been repeating this disgusting statistic since it was revealed by the Tk’emlúps te Secwépemc First Nation in British Columbia on May 27 but it’s a hard one to wrap your mind

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