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Month: January 2022

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Committee calls for more support to recruit doctors

January 27, 2022 Phillip Blancher

nnSOUTH DUNDAS – The lack of new doctors moving into rural areas of Ontario is not a new problem, but it is one that is worsening. Retirements, and the strain of the two-year long COVID-19 […]

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January 27, 2022 Phillip Blancher
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Jr. C Lions return to the ice February 5

January 27, 2022 Phillip Blancher

nnMORRISBURG – February 5,  when league play resumes,  your hometown Morrisburg Lions will return to the ice after nearly two months off due to pandemic-related restrictions.nnThe National Capital Junior Hockey League announced January 21 that […]

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January 27, 2022 Phillip Blancher
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Wanderings – Two years after a pivot

January 26, 2022 Phillip Blancher

It’s been two years since the first confirmed case of COVID-19 was reported in Ontario, marking the beginning of the pandemic here. Rather than write some ominous recap of the past two year period, a […]

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‘Cautious’ approach for re-opening beginning January 31

January 20, 2022 Phillip Blancher

nnTORONTO – Restaurants and other indoor spaces currently closed to the public will re-open at reduced capacity beginning January 31. Ontario Premier Doug Ford announced Thursday morning that public health indicators are pointing to a […]

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January 20, 2022 Phillip Blancher
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Attendance up for Alight at Night

January 20, 2022 Phillip Blancher

nnMORRISBURG – One of the region’s largest winter events has returned to pre-pandemic attendance levels.nnAlight at Night at Upper Canada Village saw over 46,000 people pass through the gates this holiday season.nnThis far exceeded 2020’s […]

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SDWDC appeal withdrawn, sign to be removed

January 14, 2022 Phillip Blancher

nnIROQUOIS – Issues regarding an ongoing property rezoning and a controversial LED sign are winding down.nnIn April 2021, South Dundas council defeated a rezoning application by the South Dundas Waterfront Development Corporation to rezone a […]

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Details finalized for Rural Education conference

January 13, 2022 Phillip Blancher

CORNWALL – The United Counties of Stormont, Dundas, and Glengarry released more details about its upcoming rural education symposium that is scheduled for February 3.nnThe symposium builds on the rural education report commissioned by SDG […]

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