OPINION: Too much anger; too little middle ground
In Canada, we’re suffering through the erosion of the middle class, and now we’re experiencing the erosion of the middle ground.
Vaccinated...unvaccinated. Mass protection...personal freedoms.
The...
OPINION: Passing the buck
About the only good thing you can say about the Wheatley explosion on Aug. 26 is thank God someone was not killed.
That is a...
OPINION: Listen to the majority
As an elected official, we question Chatham-Kent–Leamington MPP Rick Nicholls’ decision to not get vaccinated.
He’s a public official, put in power by the democratic...
OPINION: Saying thanks
With everything happening in the world today, it’s nice to have someone such as Sgt. Albert Pilbeam.
The Taliban have quickly taken over most of...
OPINION: Embrace difference
The year is 2021.
We live in and around what was historically the terminus of the Underground Railroad, where black slaves fleeing the U.S. South...
OPINION: Home, sweet home
As the flow of fully vaccinated U.S. citizens opens in a few days, Canadians aren’t quite cleared to head south just yet.
With COVID-19 cases...
OPINION: Get the jab
It’s the Two-Dose Summer in Chatham-Kent.
Yet how is it so many people still aren’t vaccinated against COVID-19?
On Monday, CK Public Health reported eight new...
OPINION: Dark move over streetlights
As we shuffle our feet forward in the province’s Roadmap to Reopening, Step Three arrived just in time to see a downtown improvement initiative...
OPINION: Pretty petty
Yes, Chatham-Kent has its share of petty crime. The majority of these are crimes of opportunity – people with addictions and other issues seeking...
OPINION: Not quite there yet
This past weekend has shown us how tired Chatham-Kent residents, and likely people in the rest of the province, country and most of the...
