Editorial The Law Society recently announced that it had stripped the licence to practice law because of misconduct on the part of Sault Ste.Marie lawyer Tim Harmar. If that name rings a bell it is because as a member of the Wishart Law firm he represented MV in the unsuccessful …
Editorial Yesterday at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, Prime Minister Carney gave a speech pointedly targeting Trump without mentioning his name. He described the end of an era underpinned by United States’ domination, saying that this has now been ruptured. “Every day we are reminded that we live …
Editorial Yesterday at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, Prime Minister Carney gave a speech pointedly targeting Trump without mentioning his name. He described the end of an era underpinned by United States’ domination, saying that this has now been ruptured. “Every day we are reminded that we live …
Editorial The Current wishes all its readers a very happy, healthy and prosperous New Year. Unfortunately, as we woke up this morning to learn that Donald Trump and his corrupt regime have declared war on Venezuela without advising Congress – let alone obtaining its approval – Canadians must face up …
EDITORIAL On 14 October 2025, The Current published an editorial entitled Why is CAO Klatt still employed by the Township? It contained the accusation that The Current’s request to make a delegation on that subject had been refused for contrived reasons. Subsequently, The Current proposed that, rather than referring the …
Editorial Madawaska Valley’s CAO, Suzanne Klatt’s, leading role in the malicious vendetta based on fabricated facts against The Current has been well documented throughout the course of our successful legal claim against members of the former Council and the Township itself. By her conduct Klatt flagrantly breached her legal, ethical …
Editor’s note: The Current originally published this article by the publisher on August 21, 2019 — almost six years ago. Then, we qualified it by describing it as “satire.” In the light of subsequent events, and in particular Trump’s conduct during his second term, perhaps it is no longer appropriate …
Editor’s note: Below is the text of our latest e-newsletter to all subscribers in which we express The Current’s tribute to the late Mark Willmer. To provide context and avoid accusations of being hypocritical, we felt it important to remind readers of the circumstances which resulted in our becoming unwillingly estranged from …
A House of Commons petition to revoke the Canadian citizenship of Elon Musk has been started by Qualia Reed, an author from Nanaimo, British Columbia. As reported by The Current in our November 13, 2024 e-Newsletter (see LINK), Musk is a Canadian citizen. Reed’s petition was filed on February 20th …
EDITORIAL Tomorrow, Canadians will start experiencing the effect of Donald ‘Felonious’ Trump’s tariffs. He has used several reasons to justify imposing them, all of them replete with his trademark lies, grotesque exaggerations, and unhinged irrelevancies. As recently as Saturday he has repeated his belief that if he cripples Canada financially, …
EDITORIAL Editor’s Note: The history of the conduct referred to in this editorial dates back to when The Current began publishing in 2018. For the convenience of our readers, we have provided links to earlier articles below. It should be noted that the contents of those articles have never been …
Editorial As has been widely reported, the Barry’s Bay Beer Store is scheduled to be closed on June 16th, 2024. This has resulted in a large public outcry emphasizing the implications its absence will have on the local economy, especially during the summer tourist season. Above: Barry’s Bay Beer Store. …
Editorial On June 20, 2023 The Current published an editorial entitled “Seat of Wisdom’s fingerprints all over rejected anti-Pride Petition.” (Click HERE to read.) It referred readers to an earlier article we had published reporting on an exposé by the Canadian Anti-Hate Network (CAHN) about the conduct of Seat of …
At its Council-in-Committee meeting on Oct.3rd, MV Council listened to a presentation from Rae Stanley criticizing Council for operating “in a bubble.” She claimed that more open and effective communication was needed, while making it clear that her concerns were mostly influenced by the lack of reaction to earlier presentations …
Tuesday’s Regular Council meeting saw Madawaska Valley Council grapple yet again with the concept of Development Charges – this time to discuss an August 30th Renfrew County workshop presentation that included scenarios for implementing DCs in all County municipalities. The materials listed some 19 infrastructure costs where DCs could be …
