When I was a boy and I would see scary things in the news, my mother would say to me, “Look for the helpers. You will always find people who are helping. Fred Rogers When my family moved to Killaloe almost four years ago, I was warned that locals would …
Opinion After a somewhat promising debate in Nevada, the Democratic Party virtually imploded last night as candidates desperately tried to light a spark under their campaigns, mostly by relentlessly attacking each other while interrupting one incoherent sentence with yet another incoherent sentence. With most of the candidates focusing their ire …
At the January 22 meeting of Brudenell Lyndoch & Raglan (BLR) Council, members discussed the response received from Integrity Commissioner Peggy Young-Lovelace of Expertise for Municipalities (E4M) for an explanation of the size of her account following an investigation she carried out last year. As reported by The Current at …
My daughter and I watch basketball together. At night, after bedtime stories, when my son is in bed about to fall asleep, Elizabeth and I tip-toe upstairs and watch the Toronto Raptors. It’s not really a secret, but it still feels like one. I get her some popcorn and myself …
Do you remember the smells of your childhood? Yeah, me too. Specifically, my sense of recall for the fragrances of the cottage in Quebec where my family visited as a child is instant. It’s also intoxicating. It’s a mix between general cottage mustiness, the lingering aroma of my grandmother’s cooking, …
On September 24 The Current published an article entitled “Come clean Mayor Love – what’s behind the attacks on The Current?” Click HERE to read.Rather than come clean, the mayor and her colleagues on council have instead resorted to playing dirty. As reported previously, when a letter of complaint and …
“If liberty means anything at all it means the right to tell people what they do not want to hear.” — George Orwell. These performers remind us of something paramount; comedians don’t provide the example of what they can get away with saying, they provide us with the blueprint of what everyone can say.
Brudenell Lyndoch Raglan (BLR) Township Council held a special meeting on Friday morning, November 1, to consider the result of an investigation into allegations against its Fire Chief, Jordan Genrick. Genrick was accused of several instances of misconduct, including three alcohol related allegations, as well as an alleged personal grudge …
The Brudenell Lyndoch and Raglan (BLR) Fire Chief is currently on paid leave after several allegations of misconduct have been levied against him since September by local resident Mike McCloskey. McCloskey has given The Current a copy of his complaint and other supporting documents. The allegations, which include three separate …
Tasha Rankin doesn’t always have a lot to say, but that hardly matters. She seems to leave a mark wherever she goes. Locally, Tasha already has quite the following. She is a popular student at St. John Bosco School in Barry’s Bay, and has turned heads with her amazing abilities …
After conflicting accounts, a Toronto audio forensic laboratory has confirmed there was indeed a death threat levelled against The Current’s publisher Roger Paul by Councillor Ernie Peplinski in a public council meeting on February 7, contradicting claims made by Mayor Kim Love who said there was no evidence of a …
OPINION On August 9th, The Current reported on Council’s discussion of the alleged death threat made by Councillor Ernie Peplinski during a public meeting. Since the story broke, we have attempted to ask Peplinski as well as Mayor Love and CAO Suzanne Klatt questions relating to the recording. We also …
At the August 6 Council in Committee meeting, CAO Sue Klatt reported on an agenda item entitled “OPP occurrence filed.” This related to an episode that occurred at the Council in Committee meeting of February 7 2019. During that meeting Councillor Ernest Peplinski was alleged to have used “unparliamentary language” …
OPINION As announced at the June 4 Council in Committee meeting, in an effort to reduce the high cost of investigations conducted by controversial Integrity Commissioner, Guy Giorno, Madawaska Valley Township has hired Sudbury consulting firm, Expertise for Municipalities (E4M), to oversee the validity of complaints made by citizens against …
OPINION I feel that instead of investigating the actual complaint, Giorno decided to focus on a trivial irrelevant query of a not-for-profit volunteer-based community service. — Christine Darbyson After charging taxpayers $4,350 and taking a full year to investigate what was a very brief altercation, Integrity Commissioner Guy Giorno …
