To show our support for the online workers, our solidarity in fighting COVID-19 and how proud and thankful we are to be Canadian, I am inviting you all to stand at the end of your driveway this Sunday at noon and join your friends in singing “O Canada.” Continue reading
by Vance Gutzman
COVID UPDATE: The Covid Grinch may have stolen all the joy and cheer, but did leave the repetition under the tree, and so it’s beginning to sound a lot like Christmas. Continue reading
by Samuel E. Trosow
Ontario’s Doug Ford government recently tabled a budget imposing substantial cuts to the Southern Ontario Library Service (SOLS) and Ontario Library Service North (OLSN). Continue reading
by Ruth Hilton Hatfield
Doug Hatfield submitted the following story, written by his mother Ruth Hatfield (a Deep River resident from 1945 to 1958). “Tom my brother was born in Deep River in 1952 and died in the Ocean Ranger disaster 35 years ago…” Continue reading
Governor General of Canada’s New Year’s message
From our snow-covered national capital and the traditional territory of the Algonquin people, I salute you. In the Algonquin language: Nidanami kwak kakina anishnabek. Continue reading
by Paul MacNeill
The story of Canada is told every day in the pages of newspapers you’ve probably never heard of. But don’t confuse national anonymity with local relevance. Continue reading
School has begun again, clubs and organizations such as the DRSO, THEOP and many others have started up again for the fall and winter. Routines are a major part of what we do within our lives. And while they are potentially good for us as individuals, what do they mean for our community. Continue reading
Every year I tell myself I am going to write a letter of appreciation, and I don’t get around to it. Well, this year, here goes. Continue reading
Hello dog lovers of Deep River!
As an avid dog walker, I’m concerned by the number of off-leash dogs that I encounter in town. Continue reading
In roughly 60 days (October 17), Canada will become the second country in the world to legalize the recreational use and sale of cannabis marijuana. Does everyone feel like they have a good handle on exactly how this is going to work? Or the better question is, does anyone? Continue reading