Month: December 2023
Adventures in home repair: The paint edition
I haven’t felt this foolish in many years. Call it a slip of the grey matter; a symptom of being on the downward slope of my 40s; or a simple error. To paraphrase a hapless […]
Friday Wrap #43 – Thanks a lot Boris
Thanks Boris Johnson… doofus. Boris Johnson, the former United Kingdom Prime Minister, is a fool. Not as harmful as Donald Trump. I’ve often looked at Johnson’s antics as being a comedic-foil to serious politics. Until […]
Draft SDG budget proposes 5.49 per cent increase
Note – Since publication of this story Wednesday, SDG Counties council settled on a 4.36 per cent property tax increase. Details on this will be in the December 13 edition of The Leader.nnCORNWALL – SDG […]
Miniature Train returns as Alight at Night opens at Upper Canada Village
nnMORRISBURG – The miniature train at Upper Canada Village has returned to operation. The St. Lawrence Parks Commission, which owns the UCV, announced the return of the train from a nearly 18-month absence as the […]
Upper Canada Village’s Pumpkinferno attendance drops
MORRISBURG – The annual Pumpkinferno event at Upper Canada Village saw fewer people through the ticket gate in 2023.nnThe 12th annual running of the popular fall tourist event had an attendance of 35,000 people. That […]
Lions win high-scoring game over Rangers
nnMORRISBURG – It was a high-scoring win at home for the Morrisburg Lions as they beat the South Grenville Rangers 8-5 December 2. The Lions went into the weekend on a five game winning streak […]