(By Pauline Kerr) As the weather gets colder and winter snow begins to look like it will stay, there has been more talk about housing costs, how to get new … Continue reading Homelessness: sometimes no plan is a plan →

(By Pauline Kerr) Police have launched their annual campaign against impaired driving. One would think that after decades of education and enforcement programs, the annual festive RIDE would be unnecessary, … Continue reading Another glass of Christmas cheer, anyone? →

(By Pauline Kerr) They did it! The anti-vax crowd finally achieved what some folks suspect may have been their goal all along – to turn back the clock to a … Continue reading Canada loses its measles elimination status →

(By Pauline Kerr) There was a time, not so many years ago, when Remembrance Day services and ceremonies seemed to be fading in importance. To read the entire article online, … Continue reading We must never forget →

(By Pauline Kerr) There has long been a call to make it more difficult to get bail; Canada’s prime minister has apparently heard the call. He recently said that bail … Continue reading Carney speaks about making bail more difficult to get →

(By Pauline Kerr) Ooooooh! Ghoulies and ghosties and long-leggedy beasties, and things that go bump in the night, Good Lord deliver us! To read the entire article online, click here … Continue reading Whether carved turnips or inflatable plastic pumpkins, Halloween means haunting Jack O’Lanterns →

(By Pauline Kerr) Yo, ho, ho, and a bottle of whatever you ordered from Amazon. It sat on your porch for a grand total of three minutes before a local … Continue reading Ways to discourage porch pirates without explosives →

(By Pauline Kerr) ‘Tis the season for municipal budgets, when local politicians earn every penny of their modest pay, and then some. To read the entire article online, click here … Continue reading Welcome to municipal budget 2026 →

(By Pauline Kerr) By all accounts, food bank use is way up. No surprise there. So is the cost of food at the grocery store, and the season of budget-friendly … Continue reading Hamburger Helper’s popularity a sign of the times →

(By Pauline Kerr) Some on both right and left in the United States are condemning the murder of Charlie Kirk as an act of senseless violence, a tragedy. Ominously, others … Continue reading The case of the disappearing middle needs to be solved →