In a world full of turmoil, there is little certainty about what lies ahead in 2019. Dreams of…
Editorials
Home for Christmas
Everybody needs a place to call home, especially this time of year. Society has become far more…
Foresight lacking
It would be stunning, if not so entirely predictable. Just as they closed up shop early for a…
When ripples become whirlpools
Every four years, give or take, a trip is made to Wellington County headquarters to welcome new…
Moving on and marijuana
As this week marks the inaugural meetings for the new municipal councils that will serve local…
Low Expectations
If the secret to success really is low expectations, perhaps there will be a measure by which the…
Pardon the confusion
As the years pass and time seems to speed up, confusion reigns. Items in the news and a few…
Acclaimed candidates 1, local citizens 0
One would have expected a little more grace at a recent Mapleton council meeting, rather than the…
Funding conundrum
“We have insufficient funding to maintain or repair all of the water and erosion control…
Rethinking sex ed.
As the provincial government re-works chapters of the most recent sex-ed curriculum it found…
Respect at election time
Election season is now in full swing. Advertising pieces have already hit mailboxes and doorsteps.…
Harvest celebrations
The return of Mapleton’s Harvest Festival seems like a timely and positive development for…
Perseverance pays off
An announcement earlier this month that the Ministry of Environment and Climate Change (MOECC) has…
Thirteen years later
It’s funny what happens when computers get swapped out. Along with learning new software…
Slip up? Or ad lib?
It would have been so simple. All Premier Doug Ford had to do in his Aug. 20 keynote address at the…