Category Archives: Beyond the Headlines

Today is a very special day because believe it or not, the municipal elections this fall in Quinte and right across Ontario will spend more time being discussed today than a famous meme line from N'Sy...

Quinte West is taking time to pause and remember one of the most foundational figures in the history of Trenton. Tributes began pouring in yesterday after news began circulating about the death of Nei...

There were many numbers I liked in yesterday's spring economic update, but one stood out as perhaps the most important of all (after the huge investments in the Canadian military, of course). The feds...

We received yet another reminder yesterday of the danger faced everyday by those who protect and serve. Ontario Premier Doug Ford says his thoughts are with the loved ones of Sergeant Brandon Malcolm,...

Conspiracy theories can be entertaining, but more often than not they are as dangerous as they are ridiculous. The social media firestorm was on full display over the weekend following the shooting on...

It appears that someone needs to sit down and remind someone that the "art of the deal" is only a work of art if it works. U.S. President Donald Trump has demanded that the Canadian side make concessi...

In the news game, all's not necessarily well just because it ends well. There was a desperate search for a missing child earlier this week at Prince Edward Collegiate Institute in Picton. A nine-year-...

Two of my favourite local organizations are teaming up to help teach people some very important lessons about aquatic safety. The Children's Safety Village of Belleville is proud to announce the launc...

If you build it, they will come, and if you pay them properly, they will enlist. That was the lesson we received yesterday as Defence Minister David McGuinty went over the recruiting numbers for the f...

Governments should receive a good grade when and only when a positive promise turns into action. It is with this in mind, that I would like to give Prime Minister Mark Carney an A-plus for an announce...