What are those three Merrickville Councillors trying to prove?
Our municipal neighbour to the west is drawing attention – national attention, as it turns out – for its Council’s decision to defeat a...
The glass tipped over
What a snowy winter this has been so far! Compared to the last few years, with only my own memory as a source, I...
True lies
“What is Truth?” That question is probably the most repeated biblical quote around these days. The phrase “fake news” has entered into our dictionaries...
More than words
With this issue of the NG Times, we begin our tenth year as a local community newspaper. That means that we’ve finished nine years...
New Kid in Town
How many times over the last months have we watched and read the news from around the world and felt deeply grateful that we...
More than a cup of sugar
Last week, we witnessed what could possibly be described as the worst ice storm since 1998. That is not meant to suggest that the...
Homeward Bound
It seemed best to some who know me that I leave North Grenville for a while. They’ll never find you in Ireland, was the...
Twist and shout
There are times when I despair of people. Not all people, of course, though that may have to be further analysed. No, there are...
A little bit me, a little bit you
In the society in which we live in Canada, as with all Western-style liberal democracies, the health and vitality of our communities depends on...
Everything is broken
So now we’re back to when politics and democracy is, largely, a spectator sport. We had our chance to have some say in how...