Perspectives

I had the opportunity to visit the Canadian War Museum in Ottawa in the past week. There was some controversy at the concept of a war museum, more over its design and even more worrisome talk about the cost to Canadians for such a museum.

The plethora of email spam touting male enhancement and performance provided by magic herbal potions, little blue pills, under-the-counter prescription drugs and powders of exotic animal parts seems endless.

It was good to see my old fastball rival Bill Vrebosch on the front page as he kicked off his campaign to become our next member of the provincial legislature.

Books by the Bay was filled with the right stuff on the past weekend. The Little Festival that Can is maturing into a must-attend weekend for northern writers and readers.

Do you know the size of your carbo footprint? Unlike the sometimes convoluted and often confusing calculations for your carbon footprint, your carbo footprint can be easily determined by stepping on your bathroom scale.

The recent decision by the Near North School Board to cut back on the number of teaching staff due to decreasing enrolment emphasizes again the problem facing North Bay (and other northern cities).

Kudos go to North Bay Hydro for their, until now, unique initiative for getting consumers to conserve electricity during this July and August.

The neon lights blinked on and off, on and off. From his hiding spot just under the water, Sammy the Shad could see the bright city lights.

Even in Peterborough, a city that is far enough away from the Greater Toronto Area to escape that ‘North of Barrie’ mindset, it happened again on Friday night.

The recent shootings in Toronto are another symptom of the malaise that is infecting more and more of our society.