LEADER, March 27 2020
I realise that I am lucky to be able to retain my job and help deliver vital information and advice to help keep the people of Kintyre healthy.
Opinion
Opinion
Leader, March 20 2020
If you are being advised to self-isolate and you choose not to, it is the most vulnerable members of our community you are putting at risk.
Opinion
LEADER, March 13 2020
It was strange going into Campbeltown’s supermarkets this week and finding almost empty shelves in some aisles.
Opinion
THOUGHT FOR THE WEEK, March 13 2020
If we were to write about God’s love, we could use up every tree in the world for it is infinite, and that love story continues in each one of us.
Opinion
LEADER, March 6 2020
There has to be some merit to at least discussing the legalisation of medicinal cannabis.
Opinion
LEADER, February 7 2020
And, emotional attachments aside, is it time for a new 21st century primary school in Campbeltown?
Opinion
LEADER, January 31 2020
Kintyre 66 could really help promote the area to Brits wanting to go on ‘staycation’ as well as foreign holidaymakers looking for the best Scotland has to offer.
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
Letter: Public works are needed on Islay and other islands
Sooner or later a programme of works must be rolled out across Islay, and other islands, to fix our crumbling roads network.
Opinion
Letter: Thank you for helping me find friend
Margaret lives in Edinburgh still and reads the Campbeltown Courier online and spotted my letter.
Opinion
Letter: Pancake tea was well supported
I would like to thank all the people who came to the pancake tea in Whitehouse Village Hall and helped to make it a fantastic afternoon.
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.