We asked: Should Woodstock Mayor Trevor Birtch step down?

On the streets of Woodstock, opinions varied whether Mayor Trevor Birtch should continue or step aside while his criminal charges are before the court. Birtch was charged last week with assault, sexual assault and sexual assault with choking. He isn’t taking part in meetings of the Woodstock police services board while an oversight body investigates, […]

Sims: Time to scrap testing rules, again, at Canada-U.S. border

I felt badly for those hard-working, fully vaccinated truckers lined up to get to the Blue Water Bridge after re-routing from the anti-government protests in Windsor. A transport traffic jam was backed up 10 kilometres at one point. By contrast, the cars-only lanes were practically empty. That’s not surprising since the federal government re-instated the […]