Opinion
Editorial – Pandemic politics
Ontarians are just under two years from the next provincial election, but based on the news last week, it seemed like we were about to head to the polls. Recent announcements by Premier Doug Ford […]
Pandemic
Opinion
Editorial: Do your part, wear a mask
It has been over six months since the COVID-19 pandemic reached Ontario. Schools are just returning to classroom teaching and many businesses have reopened. All are doing so with significant modification, and with public health […]
Opinion
Editorial – Are we there yet?
It has been a month since this region entered Stage Three of Ontario’s COVID-19 reopening plan. Many of the businesses that were able to survive the financial Armageddon of this first wave of the pandemic […]
Opinion
Editorial – Shortsighted plans for fall
Last week education minister Stephen Lecce finally announced his September 2020 back to school plan. Promising to provide clarity to parents, students, and educators about the return to school during the ongoing pandemic, Lecce’s plan […]
News
This week in The Leader – May 6, 2020
This week in The Leader: Region sees its first COVID-19 related deaths; Interest relief for property taxpayers; Counties approve South Branch bridge contract; RBC improves physical distancing while Iroquois branch remains closed; Roundabout centrepiece; Commemorating […]
Opinion
Editorial – 2020: The lost year
No one would have predicted that 2020 would have this much turmoil. An economy closed for more than a month; schools shuttered; living sheltered in place. Every day there is an announcement of some large-scale […]