Archive for 'Editorial'
EDITORIAL: The real cost of alcohol
By Dr. Kit Young Hoon, Northern Health Unit Medical Oficer of Health Would it shock you if you found out tobacco use costs the Canadian healthcare system over a billion dollars a year? Well, the cost is [...]
A new temperance?
The past year’s discussion on youth drinking, impaired driving and now the culture of alcohol use in the northwest has been interesting and challenging to many of my assumptions. As the Northwestern Health Unit embarks on [...]
Spare us the mind games
It was interesting timing that Kathy Zilkalns’ letter should arrive this week on Hydro One’s quizzical Home Energy Dashboard strategy to get people to consider home energy conservation. Perhaps you’ve seen something in the mail that [...]
Sit down, Senator
Editorial By Chris Marchand I’ve debated this week over whether to wade into the issue of our local Senator Lynn Beyak’s cringe-worthy comments to the senate about Residential Schools, particularly in light of the fact that [...]
This is how you get ants
The headline of this column is an allusion to a funny bit from the show Archer, that has taken on a new life as an Internet meme — a way to express a cultural idea through [...]
Power struggle
Dryden’s Kristen Pacheco is currently studying at McMaster University where she prepared this opinion piece for her communications class — Ed. By Kristen Pacheco Recently in Columbia, there is an ongoing struggle involving a peace deal [...]
Who speaks for the lake people?
Is there a ray of hope for the long suffering, neglected former residents of Barclay? Well no, probably not. But, you may have heard rumblings from the north-east that the town of Hudson recently got its [...]
EDITORIAL: Don’t pick a side, just get on with your life
“Don’t be surprised when we elect another liar, Have we learned nothing from five seasons of The Wire? When it comes down to it, everybody meant well Before their lives went to hell.” -From the song [...]
EDITORIAL: Start work on homelessness issues before they manifest
Dryden might be the only major community in the Kenora district without an emergency shelter for the homeless, but it’s not without problems that will need to be addressed, says the CAO of the Kenora District [...]
Inspired by Eagles
Don’t call it a Cinderella story. The tale of the 2016 Dryden High School Eagles Football squad is one of tyrannical dominance forged in the pain of a soul-crushing defeat after last season’s semi-final. It’s a [...]
