Water to the soup
There are currently two major fundraising campaigns underway that almost all residents of North Dundas and North Grenville have surely heard about by now....
The poverty of leadership
By Woody Armour
Kemptville has a problem, it is a problem of poverty, of human poverty and commercial poverty, and they are related and intertwined....
Celebration Day
I remember, way back in 2007, when we celebrated Kemptville’s 150 year anniversary, there was a long list of events and projects put together...
To milk a bull
Allow me to be among the first to extend a warm welcome to the summer season. Yes, a “warm” welcome. Pun intended. Summer is...
Homeward bound
Everywhere I look, it seems that housing, or the lack of it, has become a major crisis. This is true across Canada, as well...
Oxford-on-Rideau: a home away from home
by Jen Monk
I remember that fateful evening, seven months ago, all too well. To this day, it replays in my mind like a recurring...
Canadian Apartheid remains an issue
There is an ironic juxtaposition of National Aboriginal Day, which takes place today, Wednesday, June 21, and the Canada Day celebration of Canada’s 150th...
Something
Something happened last week in our municipal elections, we’re just not sure yet what it was. There was a fear in some quarters that...
Give peace a chance
A few weeks ago, I wrote in this space that I was afraid that the upcoming election campaign could become nasty, because of the...
Castle in the air
Help is a wonderful thing, but words and actions masquerading as help are the exact opposite. False hope hurts, and false hope is exactly...