By Chris Marchand It’s obvious that Senator Lynn Beyak persists on her chosen path because she has no shortage of people telling her she’s got it right. Not very many… Read more »
I have to hand it to Ontario Parks — they seem to understand the spectrum of outdoor experience in ways most people never stop to think about. Throughout late July and… Read more »
It’s been about a year since I struck the match that began the Dryden Observer’s Reckless Revival – A Series on Youth Drinking and Impaired Driving. It began right here… Read more »
Everyday Canadians would do well to opt-out of getting too emotional over U.S. President Donald Trump’s NAFTA shenanigans as of late. Note the careful, measured responses of Canadian officials to… Read more »
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… Read more »
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… Read more »
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… Read more »
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… Read more »
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… Read more »
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… Read more »
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… Read more »
“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… Read more »
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… Read more »
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… Read more »
Editorial There’s this thing that happens to you after age 35. Where once it seemed you were able to abuse your body with a measure of impunity, you suddenly find… Read more »
I suspect there are probably a few thousand people in this community more qualified to opine on the state of local healthcare than I. However, here I am. In the… Read more »
By Chris Marchand There was a moment in Dryden Mayor Greg Wilson’s speech at the Dryden Business Excellence Awards that snapped me to full attentive engagement from my usual posture… Read more »
In my mail this week I got an interesting little notice in the mail from Hydro One — the letter was reminding me of how much more electricity I use… Read more »
I used to write letters I used to sign my name I used to sleep at night Before the flashing light settled deep in my brain — From ‘We Used… Read more »
If I’ve learned one thing in my 11 years at this newspaper and 30 years as a resident of Dryden, it is that the question of mercury in the Wabigoon… Read more »
