As I write this column, my beloved hockey team is likely to miss the playoffs for a 12th straight season. Nine games remain in the NHL’s 2022-23 season and my team is five points out […]
I love book stores. The smell, the tactile feel of bound printed pages, the veritable rainbow of colourful covers and dust jackets. And I love magazine stands. Same reason. Sadly the book store is going […]
Last week was March Break and while many resumed travelling to sunny and warm locales for a brief respite from the Canadian winter, I spent three hours in Toronto. Three hours may not seem like […]
n CORNWALL – The cost to taxpayers of the elected officials serving at the United Counties of Stormont, Dundas, and Glengarry increased by nearly 20 per cent in 2022. nThe annual remuneration report, which is […]
nnCARDINAL – So far in this playoff series, neither the South Grenville Rangers or the Gatineau Hull-Volant can maintain the lead in their playoff series. The two teams met over the weekend in games three […]
Fourteen hours start-to-finish… That was how long it took to go from my home, to Toronto, and back. I did not go on this adventure for the fun of it. In fact, this is only […]
WINCHESTER – North Dundas council voted to sole source engineering of a new well for its water system to avoid up to 12 months of delay.nnNorth Dundas has been slowly moving through the environmental assessment […]
nnCARDINAL/GATINEAU – The South Grenville Rangers opened their second round, playoff semi-final series against the Gatineau Hull-Volant in an unfamiliar place, losing 4-3.nnIn the regular season, the Rangers won three of the four games played […]
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