Author: Louise Sproule

It is impossible to know everything and we get that. Pushing our minds to the max is something our writers are doing every week as we try to understand the basics of planning and the trade-offs that happen at the municipal council table. We hear about the necessity and cost of ensuring a safe potable […]

What you read in these pages every week is sort of the front story but for sure: we do try to get the back story. Why? We believe that knowing the reasons why, the who, the how, the when and the where matter to those of you who believe in democracy and freedom of information. […]

We all love this word: real. We want people to ‘be real.’ We want ‘real results.’ At this newspaper, we try to write about the ‘real’ issues: the ones that are important to all of you. But what matters to each of you? It varies. It is a given that there are stark contrasts within […]