OPINION: Trashing recycling
Talk about one massive step backwards in terms of doing what’s best for the environment.
In January, municipalities across the province are dropping their blue...
Who really wins?
Proponents say the shifting of the Gateway casino in Dresden to Chatham in 2020 is great news for the local tourist industry and will...
Stormy review
Last week’s blizzard of the century brought out the best, the worst, the strangest and the dumbest among us.
A quick review:
The best – All...
OPINION: P.E.A.C.E can help foster peace
The P.E.A.C.E. program can promote peace and understanding.
For everyone involved.
Talk about a wonderful initiative. P.E.A.C.E. – Police Ethnic and Cultural Exchange – partners young Indigenous individuals...
Never assume
The people of Chatham-Kent aren’t stupid and it makes us a little angry when the powers that be assume we are.
The news this week...
It’s our turn
Making campaign promises is standard procedure for politicians, but it’s much more rare to see those promises followed through in a timely manner once...
Money well spent
It's not always what you save; sometimes it's what you spend.
A good point in case was the recent Association of Municipalities of Ontario (AMO)...
More can be done
Opinion
At a time when small businesses are suffering at the hands of COVID-19 restrictions, an ugly necessity for now, it is imperative that municipal...
OPINION: Public officials
This newspaper has encouraged our local MPP to get vaccinated, and is now listing which municipal councillors have been vaccinated.
That might not sit well...
OPINION: Divided we fall
Once again, we are a nation divided.
Misinformation through social media can be crushing.
We have long thrived as a country with a division of ideals,...
