Editorials
Special to the Times
Our cartoonist, Patrick LaMontagne, shared his thoughts as he created this year’s Canada Day cartoon. Drawing an editorial cartoon or illustration for Canada Day is usually fun, and most of the time, without controversy. This year, however, with all we’ve been through living with the virus and coming to terms […]
Although most Canadians have heard of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada, and know it issued a report and 94 urgent calls to action, few can say what those actions are. Although the TRC’s report is now almost six years old, with only a handful of its recommendations being […]
It has been three weeks since the discovery of 215 children, buried on the grounds of a former residential school. The revelation has shaken the entire country on a deeply emotional level, and the pain felt in Indigenous communities unimaginable. The profound tragedy has jolted Canada out of its complacency […]
Fort Frances taxpayers are grumbling over the recently announced two per cent tax increase, and for good reason. Despite council’s proclamation that largely just homeowners will be impacted, and that the increase is modest, it’s a blow to every resident. Renters pay taxes – increased costs to landlords are passed […]
The biggest issue we face right now as a country is the question of when we will be able to get our COVID-19 vaccinations. The virus has hurt many people in our community, and yet many of us are frustrated as we do not know when we will be able to […]
An Urgent Letter to the Government of Canada We have a very serious situation in this country. Google and Facebook, two of the richest companies in history, control the onramp to the internet highway in Canada. They decide what we as a sovereign nation see and don’t see in the […]
That whirring sound you’ve been hearing lately is the frenzied spinning of two of the richest and most powerful corporations in human history. After two decades of relentless predatory practices by Google and Facebook, democratic, market-based countries around the world are taking steps to restrain their monopolistic behaviours. And the […]
