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Month: October 2023

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Friday Wrap

Friday wrap #38 – Summer’s last gasp

October 27, 2023 Phillip Blancher

The fifth-last day of October should be cold, rainy, and brisk. Forecasters should be warning of frost and the need for snowsuits under Halloween costumes next week. Instead it was 22 Celsius and partly sunny […]

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Morrisburg Leader

Energy storage project proposed near Brinston

October 26, 2023 Phillip Blancher

SOUTH DUNDAS – Looking to add capacity to Ontario’s electricity grid, a battery energy storage project may be built near Brinston in the next couple of years.nnCreekside Battery Energy Storage (BESS) is currently undergoing an […]

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Morrisburg Leader

A further 250 metres of shoreline planted in Morrisburg

October 26, 2023 Phillip Blancher

nnMORRISBURG – Over 40 volunteers helped plant a 250 metre long strip of the Morrisburg Waterfront Park shoreline with native species of trees, shrubs, and wildflowers on October 19.nnThe Watersheds Canada project is an extension […]

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October 26, 2023 Phillip Blancher
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Morrisburg Leader

Much progress made in Friends of GTR 1008 revitalization project

October 26, 2023 Phillip Blancher

nnMORRISBURG – A great deal of work has been accomplished by the Friends of GTR 1008 group this year.nnThe organization which saved the historic train display next to Crysler Park Marina near Upper Canada Village, […]

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Morrisburg Leader

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October 26, 2023 Phillip Blancher
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St. Lawrence Seaway shut as strike continues

October 26, 2023 Phillip Blancher

nnIROQUOIS – Traffic through the Canadian operations of the St. Lawrence Seaway has halted due to a strike by unionized employees represented by Unifor.nnA 72-hour strike notification was filed by the union on October 18 […]

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South Dundas and North Stormont net increases to OMPF

October 26, 2023 Phillip Blancher

MORRISBURG – South Dundas and North Stormont were the two net winners in the annual Ontario Municipal Partners Fund release announced October 20.nnNorth Stormont will receive a 5.2 per cent increase in its OMPF funding […]

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Morrisburg Leader

Jr. C Lions losing streak continues

October 26, 2023 Phillip Blancher

nnMORRISBURG – Looking to snap a two-game losing skid, the Morrisburg Lions only added to their woes with a pair of losses this past weekend.nnThe Lions, who began the season winning five-out-of-six games, lost on […]

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October 26, 2023 Phillip Blancher

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