Articles by Phillip Blancher

nnTORONTO – Effective immediately (January 12th) Ontario entered into a new State of Emergency and a Stay-at-Home order beginning January 14th has been issued.nn“The situation is extremely serious. I just can’t stress this enough,” said […]

TORONTO – Elementary students in Ontario will be learning from home for two additional weeks. The provincial government announced this afternoon (January 7th) that Kindergarten to Grade 8 students who were slated to return to […]

nnCORNWALL – The Eastern Ontario Health Unit reported a dramatic increase in COVID-19 cases the past week. New cases of the virus pushed the overall active tally of cases to 511 as of January 6th.nnThe […]

nnNORTH DUNDAS – Ben Macpherson knows his BS, barbecue sauce that is. The South Mountain-based entrepreneur has started Ben’s BS, a small batch BBQ sauce company, with a little help from his friends.nn“It’s something I’ve […]

nnCORNWALL – Between December 24th and 30th, 125 new cases of COVID-19 were diagnosed in the Eastern Ontario Health Unit region, including four in South Dundas.nnThe overall tally since the pandemic began in February reached […]

December 29th, 2020 map with active and overall COVID-19 case numbers for the Eastern Ontario Health Unit. (Supplied/Eastern Ontario Health Unit)