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Taxes? Push for affordable housing and water utility will mark city council's last year in office

Taxes? Push for affordable housing and water utility will mark city council's last year in office

One of the key measures we take in our everyday lives for purposes of evaluation is how well individuals, groups, businesses and government follow through on what they have said they will do.
Out & About

Out & About

Happy New Year no matter how you plan to ring it in
2010: Thompson greets the new decade

2010: Thompson greets the new decade

It is traditional, as we noted in this space two years ago, for newspapers to editorialize at the end of the year about the major events that have unfolded over the previous 12 months.
Spiritual Thoughts

Spiritual Thoughts

I'm writing this in October. The first significant snowfall is still in its frozen glory on the ground and I'm trying to think about Christmas. No baking has been done (or purchased). No cards have been written.
My Take on Snow Lake

My Take on Snow Lake

More good news from Rail Lake
Parker NBA Basketball program a success, reader says

Parker NBA Basketball program a success, reader says

To the Editor: I would like to take this opportunity to say thank you to everyone that participated in our NBA Basketball program that recently concluded at R.D. Parker Collegiate. Eight teams of students began the journey of our second season.
BRHA is an unaccountable money-wasting pit, reader agues

BRHA is an unaccountable money-wasting pit, reader agues

To the Editor: I will get right to the point! After reading your editorial dated Wednesday, Dec. 9 it makes me feel sick to my stomach. It appears as if the BRHA system has more power than our federal government in Ottawa.
Out & About

Out & About

Wilson family Christmas traditions grow from year to year
Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus

Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus

Editor's note: Eight-year-old Virginia O'Hanlon wrote a letter to the editor of the New York Sun, and the quick response was printed as an unsigned editorial Sept. 21, 1897.
The School Zone

The School Zone

Welcome back to The School Zone. Since my last article about Bullying Awareness Week, the Youth Aboriginal Council has been very busy yet again. This time they are working on a youth aboriginal conference.
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