Category Archives: Opinion

CZECH POINTS: Super Bowl window wide open for Bills
For the first time in four years the AFC entry in the next Super Bowl will not be named the Kansas City Chiefs. K.C. appeared in the last three NFL championship games, winning two in a row before losi...
Paul Martin Dec 18, 2025

Beyond the Headlines - new carbon monoxide detector rules
A new safety message is making the rounds this holiday season, and it's important that you hear it. There are some new regulations under the Ontario Fire Code which start January 1st with regards to C...
Paul Martin Dec 17, 2025

Beyond the Headlines - Rob Reiner
It's tough when you lose a public figure that has had a positive impact in so many ways over the years. The world is still coming to grips with the stabbing deaths of the legendary Rob Reiner and his ...
Paul Martin Dec 16, 2025

Beyond the Headlines - heroic story emerges in Australia shooting
Sometimes people not only break the mold, but they can hopefully re-define it entirely. The entire world is in shock as we try to process the aftermath of a mass shooting committed by a father and sun...
Paul Martin Dec 15, 2025

Beyond the Headlines - policing costs rising everywhere
When you are looking at what you spend, it's always helpful to make real time comparisons. Some people were shocked when the Belleville Police Services Board recently approved a budget for next year w...
Paul Martin Dec 12, 2025

Beyond the Headlines - School bus cancellation decisions
On a frosty morning such as this, I think it's important for us to take a moment and thank the people who take care of our most treasured and often vulnerable people and make judgement calls long befo...
Paul Martin Dec 11, 2025

Beyond the Headlines - CFB Trenton personnel recognized at Leafs game
The best thing about the Toronto Maple Leafs game on Monday night wasn't the 2-nothing win over the Tampa Bay Lightning. It was seeing the hard work of the women and men at CFB Trenton fully recognize...
Paul Martin Dec 10, 2025

Beyond the Headlines - Kudos to PEC Council on trimming budget tax levy
There are times when necessity meets reality even when the challenges are the greatest. That is what happened last week at Shire Hall, as four days of budget activity ended very far from where it bega...
Paul Martin Dec 08, 2025

Beyond the Headlines - the real story at Loyalist College
When you want the real story, you have to ask the right questions to the right person. As a story broke this week about another update at Loyalist College, I reached out to the management team and was...
Paul Martin Dec 05, 2025

CZECH POINTS: Another Bruin in the family
It was a pretty cool moment for the family of local hockey product Dalton Bancroft of Madoc at the former Yardmen Arena last weekend. Bancroft, whose dad, Steve, played for the OHL Belleville Bulls an...
Paul Martin Dec 04, 2025

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