Residential Hospice Needed in Georgina
By Karen Wolfe
Mary Margaret Thorburn, Chair for the Hospice Georgina Board of Directors, was at council on Wed, Feb 7, discussing the urgent need...
2022 Sutton Christmas Bird Count Report
By Paul & Debra Harpley
The Annual Sutton Christmas Bird Count was held on December 27 with a total of 11,994individual birds of 55 species...
Volunteers help Ukrainian refugees during the holidays
By Iryna Paltseva
At a time when Russia is ruthlessly leaving millions of Ukrainians without light, water, and heat, a dedicated group of volunteers, including...
Remembrance: 80th Anniversary of Dieppe Raid
By Deb Robert
August 19, 1942 was a gut punch felt across the nation. Nearly 5,000 Canadian soldiers came ashore in the Normandy region of...
Ontario residential school survivors reflect on National Indigenous Peoples Day
Diane Hill had just celebrated her seventh birthday when she first arrived at the Mohawk Institute Residential School in Brantford, Ont., in November, 1963.
“The...
Food banks stretched thin as food prices rise, increasing hunger and food insecurity
TORONTO — A new survey suggests a growing number of Canadians are struggling with the rising cost of food as prices for basics like...
Canada’s COVID-19 infections among adults tripled in early 2022 due to Omicron: study
TORONTO — The number of Canadian adults infected with COVID-19 tripled during the fifth wave of the pandemic compared with the total number of...
York-Simcoe MP witnesses Ukrainian refugee crisis first-hand
By Mike Anderson
York-Simcoe MP Scot Davidson recently travelled to Poland to witness first-hand the refugee crisis unfolding along its border with Ukraine.
Since the beginning...
A look at the 2022 municipal election: Peeking over the shoulder of possibilities
By Karen Wolfe
As 2022 will include at least two separate elections this year, we felt it would be interesting to explore how changes to...
Margaret Atwood worries more about the fate of the living than her legacy
TORONTO — Margaret Atwood doesn't believe there is a "wrong" side of history, so she doesn't pay much mind to how it will remember...
