Editorial / Opinion
Colby Defoort, Waylon McKay, Joyce Timpson and Grant Power answer this week's question.
I have a proposal for the Council of Sioux Lookout to recognize Kapatagan, Lanao del Norte, as a sister town due to the influence of Filipino culture in our town...
It was a pleasure to welcome Cynthia Palermo, a teacher at Dryden High School, to Ottawa. She joins 84 other teachers from across Canada to attend the Library of Parliament's Teachers Institute on Canadian Parliamentary Democracy...
My friend Kirk Drew blessed me with a special bottle of Shackleton scotch, distilled from the reconstructed special blend of the 1907 British Antarctic Expedition of Sir Ernest Shackleton...
Skyler Tompkins, Bradley Grenier, Amy Obie, and Janzen Esterreicher answer this week's question.
Recently, I had the pleasure to welcome North Caribou Lake First Nation Councillor Tyson Matawapit to Ottawa. We discussed how the federal government can help address the housing needs in his community...
When I went to the hardware store last week I had no intention of buying another barbeque. Honestly, I went there only to get a couple mouse traps...
Jamie Pruys, Isaiah Marano, Marius Madsen, and Jacob Power answer this week's question.
I was delighted to see Charron Sippola recognized and receive the Jack McKenzie Volunteer Award at the Blueberry Festival opening ceremonies this year...
As a member of the Sioux Lookout Public Library, I was impressed by the Library's recent program of offering free henna services as part of the community initiative...
The Roundabout was going in when we arrived from B.C. late last August. There was opinion on the street. Why the hell do we need it? Will the snowplows even fit through? Whose idea was this anyway?...
I was honoured to meet with representatives from The Centre for Israel and Jewish Affairs...
Dawson Suprovich, Donovan McCord, Billie Kane, and Mihtig Donnelly answer this week's question.
I went on a tour of the Northwestern Ontario Métis Child & Family Services location in Kenora. Afterwards, I joined their Fall Feast organized in partnership with the Ontario Native Women's Association and Kenora Sexual Assault Centre...
When we arrived at camp yesterday afternoon, less than an hour after cruising into our driveway at home, the chickadees met our boat at the dock, sat on the branches of the tree beside my ATV, and chirp-murmurred as we loaded the trailer...
Tom Hoppe, Aubrey Slade, Ben Koostachin, and Jahmai Douglas answer last week's question.
I have a dream for a Tour de Lac Seul - a bicycle journey that would take us from Obishikokaang School to QEDHS...
It has been a busy week in Ottawa. The House of Commons elected MP Greg Fergus as Speaker. I congratulated him on his election, and I look forward to working with him. He is the first black Canadian to become Speaker...
Judging by the rapid growth of his tail feathers, I'd say ol' Hobo must have very recently donated his tail to a predator when I first saw him last weekend...
Amanda Bois, Joey Carroll and Rose Gliddy, Alastair Webster, and Vicky Cuddy answer this week's question.
It has been a busy week in Ottawa. I had an opportunity to share the importance of northern Ontario forestry to our environment and economy...
During a walk in the woods this frumpy fall day I came across the stump of a 46-year-old birch tree I cut while clearing a walking trail/snowmobile route close to camp. My mind imagined the forest fire that devastated this area 56 years ago...
Edith Thomas, Roy Fox, Geneva Sainnawap, and Angela Lunn answer this week's question...