An open letter to MPP Graydon Smith: Dear Mr. Smith, My name is Michael Barnes, and I live in [...]
Commentary
Listen Up! Oh Canada! | Commentary
“The founding of Canada is simple: Unity does not require uniformity.” — Prime Minister [...]
Listen Up! Is the war against Iran worth it? | Commentary
Prime Minister Mark Carney seems to think so. In a recent interview, CNN Host Kaitlin Collins [...]
Listen Up! Do we give a damn about public debt and public spending? | Commentary
I sometimes wonder about that. With almost unmanageable public debt at the federal and Ontario [...]
Anthropic Lens: A Patient’s Guide to Navigating AI with Your Health Provider
By Emir, Yasmine and Anisa Bawa and Dr. Faizal Bawa, MD CCFP, Asst Prof NOSM In recent years, [...]
Listen Up! Muskoka reflections | Commentary
This commentary has been updated. A few days ago, Scott Northmore, a former Mayor of [...]
Listen Up! Canada must be ready for backlash from Donald Trump | Commentary
“I think this is the moment when the country needs to pull together as a whole. There is [...]
Listen Up! Enough already! Time to stop this crap | Commentary
“I love Canada. I love the people of Canada… but the United States can’t subsidize a country [...]
Listen Up! Alongside one another: A guest post by Lisa Brooks | Commentary
By Lisa Brooks My father’s Brooks family roots run deep here, stretching back generations [...]
A changing alcohol landscape calls for evidence-informed policies
By Dr. Lisa Simon, Medical Officer of Health and Chief Executive Officer Much like commercial [...]


Why was the idea of a District wide election of the Chair not promulgated effectively? Is it because lower tier…
Shameful disrespect for democracy. This literally cancels the voice of the people.
l met briefly with a striking worker in Gravenhurst and heard they only want $3. an hour increase to an…
Maloney is not the person for the job. He’s run up the debt in Bracebridge such that Bracebridge is the…
What a great idea to repurpose an already existing building. A health hub is an excellent idea to help the…