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June 4, 2026

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Editorials

Riding the wave

Well, it’s happened. It appears that now there’s a COVID case that’s been confirmed in the MRC. I say appears because the news wasn’t revealed

A “good” crisis

Over the weekend there was a significant disruption to the emergency and intensive care units at the Gatineau Hospital. Nurses in both departments staged a

A labour of love

Ah, Labour Day weekend, the “official” end of summer and the return of routine.Normally this week, folks around these parts would be coming off a

Back to school

It’s that time of year again, time to pack your offspring on a big yellow bus and hope that for the duration of the day

Not the sharpest Toole

If this column seems more disjointed and meandering than usual, it’s because I made the mistake of watching the finale of the Conservative Party’s leadership

Manufactured outrage

Quebec’s language police published a report last week that gasp people are speaking English on the job in La Belle Province. The Office of the

Masks off

Well it looks likes things are returning to normal. Local councils are holding in-person meetings, the Leafs didn’t qualify for the playoffs and protesters are

WE to me

Though the last time the WE Charity saga was discussed in these columns was only a few short weeks ago, so much has changed. What

Logging off

Most weeks I feel like writing an editorial. This was not one of them. As much of an exciting challenge it is to form ideas

Mask up

Even days ago, it was pretty obvious what the topic of this week’s editorial would be. If you left the house and entered a public

Riding the wave

Well, it’s happened. It appears that now there’s a COVID case that’s been confirmed in the MRC. I say appears because the news wasn’t revealed through formal channels. The woman who tested positive, who works for the local health authority

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A “good” crisis

Over the weekend there was a significant disruption to the emergency and intensive care units at the Gatineau Hospital. Nurses in both departments staged a sit-in on Friday morning to protest chronic short-staffing issues, which resulted in short breaks in

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A labour of love

Ah, Labour Day weekend, the “official” end of summer and the return of routine.Normally this week, folks around these parts would be coming off a high from the Shawville Fair with memories of lineups, livestock and for the adults, plenty

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Back to school

It’s that time of year again, time to pack your offspring on a big yellow bus and hope that for the duration of the day that they are learning something. With everything that’s been going on for these past few

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Not the sharpest Toole

If this column seems more disjointed and meandering than usual, it’s because I made the mistake of watching the finale of the Conservative Party’s leadership race and I am currently running on fumes. Originally scheduled to start early Sunday evening,

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Manufactured outrage

Quebec’s language police published a report last week that gasp people are speaking English on the job in La Belle Province. The Office of the French Language released the 75-page document, which they commissioned from the Institut de la statistique

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Masks off

Well it looks likes things are returning to normal. Local councils are holding in-person meetings, the Leafs didn’t qualify for the playoffs and protesters are clogging the streets of Montreal. Thousands of people gathered in this province’s most populous city

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WE to me

Though the last time the WE Charity saga was discussed in these columns was only a few short weeks ago, so much has changed. What originally looked like your run-of-the-mill bit of favouritism towards a charity group that provided a

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Logging off

Most weeks I feel like writing an editorial. This was not one of them. As much of an exciting challenge it is to form ideas and arguments to then throw them out into the void, there are some weeks when

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Mask up

Even days ago, it was pretty obvious what the topic of this week’s editorial would be. If you left the house and entered a public space this weekend, you were obliged by provincial decree to cover your face with some

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