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Wanderings – How are we this unprepared for winter?

January 10, 2024 Phillip Blancher

It’s winter. Winter has arrived and with it my second least favourite four letter word in the English language – Snow. S-n-o-w! Snow arrived two weeks too late to be useful for the Christmas holidays, […]

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Friday Wrap

Friday Wrap #46 – Migrating is fun if you can fly

January 5, 2024 Phillip Blancher

I wish I could fly. Or at least, I wish I could fly through migrating my site. As readers know, I fled the Nazi platforming site Substack and took my toys with me. Well, I […]

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Morrisburg Leader

Top five online articles of 2023

January 4, 2024 Phillip Blancher

MORRISBURG – Each year, The Leader compiles the top five stories published online based on the traffic received from our website at morrisburgleader.ca. This year, the top five list was prorated due to the removal […]

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Morrisburg Leader

SDG Counties Speed Limits under review

January 4, 2024 Phillip Blancher

CORNWALL – An extensive review of speed limits on county roads throughout the United Counties will be undertaken in early 2024.nnThe review, spurred on from a discussion by SDG Counties Council at their November 20, […]

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Morrisburg Leader

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January 4, 2024 Phillip Blancher
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Wanderings – The future is electric, if you can afford it

January 3, 2024 Phillip Blancher

I am not a gear head. I have enough automotive knowledge to be annoying to the people who fix my cars, but lack the knowledge and skill to do the work myself. That said, I […]

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Friday Wrap

Friday Wrap #45 – Wrapping up 2023

December 30, 2023 Phillip Blancher

Tomorrow is New Year’s Eve – the final day of 2023. I am happy to put a pin in this year and look forward to the next. This year has been a bit of a […]

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Morrisburg Leader

Alight at Night attendance milestone reached

December 28, 2023 Phillip Blancher

nnMORRISBURG – The region’s largest wintertime tourist attraction reached a historic milestone – 750,000 visitors. The Alight at Night festival at Upper Canada Village welcomed its 750,000th guest visit just before Christmas.nn“Alight at Night has […]

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Morrisburg Leader

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December 28, 2023 Phillip Blancher
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Morrisburg Leader

St. Lawrence Seaway traffic increases

December 28, 2023 Phillip Blancher

nnCORNWALL – Monthly traffic on the St. Lawrence Seaway has begun to rebound as the 2023 shipping season prepares to close.nnAfter seeing traffic lower than 2022 for the first half of the shipping season, year-to-month […]

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Recent published columns

  • Wanderings – The ups and downs of being a sports fan
    May 6, 2026
  • Wanderings – Banning social media for youth a good start
    April 29, 2026
  • Wanderings — A chance to change the highest office
    April 22, 2026
  • Wanderings – Floor crossings highlight need for voting reform
    April 15, 2026
  • Wanderings – Trickle-down consequences
    April 8, 2026
  • Wanderings — Premier Doug Ford’s glass house
    April 1, 2026
  • Wanderings – Driving into danger
    March 25, 2026
  • Wanderings – Getting started is that much more difficult
    March 11, 2026
  • Wanderings – Is Alto the next Seaway project?
    March 4, 2026
  • Wanderings – Shortchanging the Future and Basketweaving
    February 25, 2026

Recent photography

  • Trainspotting in Quebec
    October 13, 2025
  • Grass River Falls
    July 14, 2024
  • Canada Day Fireworks
    July 8, 2024
  • What to do with a filter?
    July 8, 2024
  • Hockey photos… the playoffs
    February 18, 2024
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