New report claims Ford government is pushing private health care
“Robbing the public to build the private”. That is the titular claim of a report released last week by the Ontario Health Coalition which...
Print media – not dead yet
The death of newspapers, magazines, in fact all print media, has been declared repeatedly in the past decade or so. On-line platforms, both social...
Those were the days
There’s a lot of confusion about what, exactly “heritage” is. How is it different from “history”? What is it then, that we’re celebrating in...
Choosers can’t be beggars
About a year ago, I pulled into a gas station near my home and noticed something new, but not surprising. Signage indicated a new...
Close to the edge
The organisation, REAL Women of Canada (acronym for Realistic, Equal, Active, for Life), has released a statement calling for an audit on Federal Indigenous...
Where’s the catastrophe?
I haven’t lived long enough to know whether people in the “good old days” era (whenever that is) complained about the world going to...
Handle with care
It’s amazing how quickly the world “out there” is changing. Not just the technology, or the climate, or the politics; although all of that...
Banning books and burning books
by Marjorie Gann
When I was 10 years old, I discovered Louisa May Alcott’s 1868 novel Little Women. From the very first line — “Christmas...
SNC installs new pollinator meadows in North Dundas
submitted by Erin Thorne
South Nation Conservation (SNC) staff were as busy as bees this fall, completing the installation of over three acres of pollinator...
Small town people have changed
by Angela Dorie, Courtesy of Farmers Forum
The September 13, 2023 edition of the 131-year-old Glengarry News was its last, a victim of the changing...