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Published Columns
Wanderings – Protests, pipelines, and rules
Amber Bracken is an award-winning photojournalist based in Western Canada. Her photography has been published widely in The Globe and Mail, the New York Times, Reuters, Canadian Geographic, and by numerous publications that are members […]
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Morrisburg employer Beavers Dental to close in 2023
nnMORRISBURG – A 75-year old manufacturing facility rooted in Morrisburg will close by early 2023. The KavoKerr dental plant, locally known as Beavers Dental, notified employees of layoffs on January 25.nn“In the wake of the […]
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Committee calls for more support to recruit doctors
nnSOUTH DUNDAS – The lack of new doctors moving into rural areas of Ontario is not a new problem, but it is one that is worsening. Retirements, and the strain of the two-year long COVID-19 […]
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Morrisburg Leader
Jr. C Lions return to the ice February 5
nnMORRISBURG – February 5, when league play resumes, your hometown Morrisburg Lions will return to the ice after nearly two months off due to pandemic-related restrictions.nnThe National Capital Junior Hockey League announced January 21 that […]
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Published Columns
Wanderings – Two years after a pivot
It’s been two years since the first confirmed case of COVID-19 was reported in Ontario, marking the beginning of the pandemic here. Rather than write some ominous recap of the past two year period, a […]
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‘Cautious’ approach for re-opening beginning January 31
nnTORONTO – Restaurants and other indoor spaces currently closed to the public will re-open at reduced capacity beginning January 31. Ontario Premier Doug Ford announced Thursday morning that public health indicators are pointing to a […]