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CCHL Kemptville 73s draft Jordan Elliott

April 25, 2024 Phillip Blancher

nnMORRISBURG – Fifteen year old Jordan Elliott was drafted by the Kemptville 73s in the Central Canada Hockey League draft April 19. The Morrisburg-native was selected in seventh round, 76th overall.nn“I’m very excited,” Elliott told […]

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April 25, 2024 Phillip Blancher
Published Columns

Wanderings – Complaining makes the world go ‘round

April 24, 2024 Phillip Blancher

American humourist Josh Billings is credited with coining the metaphor that the squeakiest wheel gets the grease. Under his pen-name, Henry Wheeler Shaw, he wrote a poem in 1870 that popularized the metaphor. “I hate […]

Friday Wrap

Friday Wrap #55 – Heading towards the inevitable

April 20, 2024 Phillip Blancher

  Ever look at a situation and think – there is no other plausible outcome but what’s right in front of us. I thought of this a lot this week after seeing the federal Liberal […]

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Bonamie sentenced to three years in prison

April 18, 2024 Phillip Blancher

nnOTTAWA – Following a significant number of delays since his 2022 guilty plea, time has run out for Iroquois-based developer and convicted fraudster Edouard Bonamie.nnJustice Ann Alder delivered her sentence at the Ontario Court of […]

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South Dundas council tours local farms

April 18, 2024 Phillip Blancher

nnDIXON’S CORNERS – South Dundas council and staff went on a farm road trip through the municipality April 13.nnThe council toured four local agri-businesses in the municipality: Mudde Farms, a hog producer and large cash […]

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April 18, 2024 Phillip Blancher
Published Columns

Wanderings – The dying art of editing and boundaries

April 17, 2024 Phillip Blancher

The other day I was looking for product reviews for an item I wanted to buy. I found a couple of video reviews on this product to watch. But I was so frustrated once the […]

Friday Wrap

Friday Wrap #54 – It’s complicated

April 13, 2024 Phillip Blancher

It’s complicated – or at least it shouldn’t be complicated. When did it become okay for things not to work as advertised? Case in point – technology. Today I had to deal with web hosting […]

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April 12, 2024 Phillip Blancher

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