Leader, July 31 2020
For many, Westport is a place of peaceful tranquillity. It would be an awful shame is an avoidable tragedy was to take place there.
Opinion
Opinion
Thought for the Week, July 31 2020
God has held us in the past, will hold us in the future and will also be with us in the gap.
Uncategorized
Get outdoors and improve the health of all the family
Summer is here and it is a great time to make some healthy changes.
Uncategorized
It’s time to enjoy a Great British family ‘staycation’
People are being encouraged to enjoy summer safely by exploring destinations closer to home.
Opinion
Leader, July 24 2020
We, at the Courier, would like to wish Mr Stewart a very happy retirement and send our best wishes to Mrs MacLeod in her new role.
Columnists
Thought for the Week, July 24 2020
As we come carefully and cautiously out of lockdown, it is interesting to find the things on which we differ.
Opinion
Leader, July 17 2020
Those who are exempt may already feel vulnerable having to put themselves at higher risk than others, so should not be made to feel like they are breaking the rules.
Letters
Letter: We shouldn’t subsidise councillors’ meals
I don’t think we should be subsidising councillors’ meals – if their salary is not enough, don’t stand for election.
Opinion
Letter: Switch off and join Earth Hour
Whether it’s switching off your lights, switching off your phone for an hour, or celebrating with others – Earth Hour is a time to reconnect to what’s important
Opinion
Letter: Please respect designated parking spaces
This week at Tesco all five disabled parking bays were occupied, so we pulled into a parent and child space opposite, displaying the Blue Badge.
Opinion
Letter: Congratulations, Clachan Primary!
Well done Clachan Primary School and many thanks for allowing me to spend the day with you all.
Opinion
A tribute to Dr Eric Watson Irving
He had an abiding interest in Argyll and had many happy memories of carefree holidays spent in Tarbert
Obits
OBITUARY: Rev Catriona Anne Hood – ‘Gracious and gentle, funny and faithful’
Occasionally in life, if we are fortunate, we meet someone who makes a difference.
Obits
Obituary: Regius professor and Scottish law commissioner
Many former students have tweeted their sadness at the news of his death. One wrote: ‘Who could ever forget the lesson from a tale that began: ‘Imagine I wished to enter into a contract to purchase some black silk sheets…’
Campbeltown
Crafting group’s tribute to a ‘brave’ member
Not only did Mary benefit from the recreational event, the group was also greatly inspired by her positive manner, and her wish to help others by giving something back.
Campbeltown
Maurice McMillan Duncan: August 29, 1954 – August 11, 2017
Obituary for musician, composer, adjudicator and tutor
Campbeltown
Farming pillar was was a truly good man
The farming community in Kintyre has lost one of its best-known figures.
Obits
Adam Bergius 1925-2017
A NAVY man who feared battleships and volunteered for ‘special service of a hazardous nature’, surviving the Second World War, was laid to rest in Kintyre last weekend.