Study underlines the impact of Covid on businesses
The Rural Ontario Institute has issued a report examining the impact of the pandemic on non-metro Ontario up to October of last year. Non-metro...
Queen’s Park Update
by MPP Jim McDonell
Over the past week, the last of our eligible Long Term Care (LTC) residents received their first dose of the COVID...
North Grenville’s Green Bin Program
Some people are celebrating. Others are grumbling. Regardless of your outlook, Green Bins have arrived in North Grenville. A new waste management plan came...
Gardening…. in February
The beginning of February finds many of us planting pepper seeds, wondering just how long they will take to germinate this year! Sweet potatoes...
Wolf Moon January 2021
The Wolf Moon rose in the east shortly before 5 pm on January 28, which also happened to be a few minutes before sunset....
An urgent letter to the Government of Canada
We have very a serious situation in this country. Google and Facebook, two of the richest companies in history, control the onramp to the...
Orion The Hunter
by Gary Boyle - The Backyard Astronomer
For obvious reasons, winter in Canada does not entice people to venture outdoors to stargaze. The nights can...
Letter to the Editor – Forest Cover
Dear Editor,
In her letter to the Editor (The North Dundas Times, January 13, 2021) Janice Videto was certainly correct in enumerating the benefits and...
Sustainability: Local Food
by Joselyn Morley
The topic of sustainability can be overwhelming. It's easy to get tangled up in big ideas, and overwhelming concepts. Trying to live...
Local students are back in school
Following an announcement by Stephen Lecce, Minister of Education, elementary and secondary schools in the Eastern Ontario Health Unit have been allowed back to...