By Chris Marchand The Medical Officer of Health for the Northwestern Health Unit is calling residents to action on the epidemic of prescription opiate addiction in our communities. Amidst last week’s deluge of media [...]

By Chris Marchand Mini-golf has always been a bit of a family obsession, says James Bazinet. “One of our favourite things to do on our holidays was mini-golf,” he said. “We’d stop in all [...]

By Chris Marchand It’s not uncommon for photocopied pages from magazines to end up on my desk from readers who are trying to draw the paper’s attention to something of interest. Of course, the [...]

By Jennifer Thurbide  The federal elections watchdog broke its silence last week as more allegations of fraudulent election activity continued to be made by all political parties. On March 2nd Elections Canada reported that [...]

(Submitted by Dryden Police Service) On Wednesday March 7th the Dryden Police were requested by the staff of the Dryden High School (DHS) to be present at the end of the day to deter [...]

By Chris Marchand Northern communities are warning they lack the mental health and addictions services to cope with the delisting of the prescription narcotic painkiller Oxycontin — a drug that in some remote First [...]

By Chris Marchand The Dryden Cultural Roundtable was back in the public eye in late February, appearing at the Feb. 27 meeting of council to lobby for the formation of a public arts policy. [...]

Northern Lights Credit Union celebrates 65 years By Chris Marchand Wes Robinson used to make his bank deposits at lunch hour to a man with a tackle box and a receipt book. The values [...]

By Chris Marchand Former city councillor Mike Wood’s vacant seat on Dryden City Council is proving to be a sought-after post. Thus far, four local candidates have officially filed the prescribed forms for nomination [...]

By Chris Marchand Though provincial cabinet ministers are snubbing the Dryden delegation at the annual Ontario Good Roads Association and Rural Ontario Municipal Association (ROMA) Conference in Toronto this week, Mayor Craig Nuttall says [...]