OPINION: Let your voice be heard
To all the fresh-faced candidates, and council veterans, who have filed their nomination papers to run in the October municipal election, we offer some...
OPINION: Screen issues
Can someone please explain to us what some of our Chatham-Kent councillors think they’re being elected and paid to do?
In our democratic society, we...
OPINION: Here’s something to do
“There’s nothing to do in Chatham-Kent.”
That’s about as big a fib as councillors saying they didn’t have much information on the waste-to-energy project. But...
OPINION: It’s all about the cash
We just want a win. You know, a time where government spending goes down.
It was there for the taking after Chatham-Kent council finally, after...
OPINION: Will more cross the floor?
Floor walking is hitting close to home these days.
We’re talking about the trend of MPs, from the Conservatives and the NDP, that have crossed...
COLUMN: Farmland is disappearing across province
By Kim Cooper
Food for Thought
Our farmers have always been innovative. They have to be. Changing world conditions and rapid advances in technology keep them...
OPINION: A bigger problem
Forty-nine jobs.
That’s how many positions the Chatham-Kent Health Alliance (CKHA) is carving out of its pool of staff in an effort to cut an...
OPINION: This sunshine burns
There’s a great deal wrong with the annual Ontario Public Sector Salary Disclosure Act. But what it is costing taxpayers is the most erroneous...
OPINION: Bad move, Doug
What could be better on a Saturday morning trip to your local farmers’ market than bringing a six-pack of beer with you to guzzle...
OPINION: A mountain of a molehill
It’s all about the optics.
The mayor, several members of municipal administration and a cluster of councillors took part in an online meeting with the...
