It’s only words
Language is a magical thing, made up of words, designed to express ideas, explain thoughts and concepts, and describe the world around us. And...
Heroes
There is a saying that I’ve often heard among veterans: "The real heroes are the ones who didn’t come home". I understand what they...
Winter is coming
Our community has been dealing with the realities of COVID-19 for eight months now. In March, none of us could have predicted how long...
Everybody knows
When we started the NG Times, we called it “The Voice of North Grenville” because we wanted it to be just that. It seemed...
Not dark yet
Over the past weeks, there have been a lot of rumours going around about the proposed prison to be built on the outskirts of...
On a carousel
I have often wondered if the people who lived through historic events realised that they were. Of course, they must have known that the...
Working and waiting
Hard to believe anything could take the headlines away from Covid-19, but the proposed Greater Ottawa Correctional Facility has done it. The announcement on...
Where do I begin?
More and more, recently, I’ve been thinking about one of my favourite lines from movies. This one is from 1970's Love Story, where Jennifer...
In spite of all the danger
Surrounded as we are by bad news, dangers to our health, physical and economic, and all the daft conspiracy theories taking over from rational...
Question
I think this week we could have published an issue with nothing but articles, letters and posts about the proposed jail in “Greater Ottawa”....