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EDITORIAL: The only thing we have to fear is …Vic Toews

I can’t help but agree with reader Adam Riley’s letter to the editor on the right. The poisonous hot air emanating from our Conservative government’s Public Safety Minister Vic Toews in regards to a very dangerous [...]

Next… on Survivor: Dryden City Council

The recent machinations over at the City of Dryden are starting to give reality TV a run for its money. It would be entertaining as hell if it weren’t so terrifying. We could all tune into [...]

A message from Dryden’s city manager, Joe van Koeverden

By Joe van Koeverden, Dryden City Manager We have just completed a difficult budget process and now will need to focus on the work at hand to ensure a successful implementation of the operating guidelines required to [...]

To the editor:

To the editor:

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A Noble Scribe

“Nothing has really happened until it has been recorded.” — Virginia Woolf It’s the end of an era as long time columnist Gerrie Noble is wrapping up his final few history pieces in the pages the [...]

Christmas is a state of mind

It seems that every year, my own fragile pysche sets the scene of some internal ‘Dickensian’ drama around the spirit of Christmas. At times, I flail as though drowning in the complex interplay of family and [...]

It’s not my place to say…

It has been fascinating to watch how the Attiwapiskat housing issue has played out over the past several weeks. The national media walked a tight-rope, unsure of who to believe — the federal government accused of [...]

Dryden’s loss is Red Lake’s gain

Dryden’s loss is Red Lake’s gain

I don’t think it’s overly self-indulgent to use this space to bid farewell to a friend, especially when that friend has served Dryden to the degree that Angela Bujold has. At last Thursday’s Dryden Entertainment Series [...]

City not alone in solving deer problem

It’s encouraging to see the City of Dryden finally agree to engage citizens on the matter of urban deer sometime in the new year. As ripe for parody as the topic seems on The Simpsons, the [...]

Cenotaph revisited, Do-Not-Call list needs more teeth

As a bit of followup to last week’s discussion on Dryden’s cenotaph and the aesthetics of the neon eternal flame, an interesting discussion continued online with a variety of readers weighing in on the matter. A [...]