Opinion

by Jim Bertram Imagine the following analogy for a moment: you are feeling ill. Chills. Slight temperature. Given that it’s “Covid Time”, you do what...

by Stephen Harris I was a participant in the briefing provided by the Ontario Solicitor General’s staff on the proposed detention centre for Kemptville at...

by Willem Van Dam The Ontario Government is planning, without local consultation, to build an adult correctional facility on the edge of Kemptville. At present...

by Willem Van Dam As a voting citizen in the community of North Grenville, I wish to express my concerns regarding the placement of a...

by Jim Bertram If we are even to begin to assess the importance of “the Jail issue”, we must establish a few criteria which will...

by Willem Van Dam The Green Party contends that there is no time like now to correct economic disparities, since Canada and Ontario are wealthy,...

The NG Times spoke with Jim Bertram recently, as part of our Conversations with... series of podcasts. The topic was, naturally, the proposed prison,...

by Jim Bertram The prison project proposed for the town of Kemptville has been put forward, at least partially, based on the assertion that such...

by Stephen Hammond from the future After consulting with the public concerning the new Kemptville prison, and given the increasing criminal activity across Ontario, Queen's...

by James Bertram Thanks to Steve Hammond for his letter of last week in which he refers to municipal spending ostensibly directed toward the support...