Another brick in the wall
The Municipality of North Grenville hired BDO Consulting to prepare a Business Feasibility Assessment Report on their plans for the future of Kemptville College,...
A hard rain’s gonna fall
The official start of campaigning for the 2018 Municipal Election finally gets underway this weekend. As of this Friday at 2 p.m., nominations close...
Git er done
Steve Clark has resigned as the Province’s Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing, as was announced early last week. He will continue to serve...
An opinion on objectivity
As a general rule I value objectivity, especially in my work as a journalist. In journalism school I had my opinions beaten out of...
Revolution
Have you ever thought about the fact that we regularly engage in revolutionary activity in Canada generally, and in North Grenville in particular? At...
The right to be wrong
There is much to say on Remembrance Day that could be considered “cliché”. I am talking about phrases such as “lest we forget”, or...
Ticket to ride
Well, it’s started. The candidates have paid their fee and signed up their supporters, and now we’ll be faced with a plethora of election...
Fire and rain
These are the strangest days: days when I think the world is balancing on a knife edge. I don’t doubt that historians of the...
Thoughts on International Women’s Day
by Nancy Peckford
On behalf of myself and my Council colleagues, we join with communities across Canada, and around the world, to celebrate International Women’s...
Heart of Darkness
In his novel, “Heart of Darkness”, Joseph Conrad explores the nature of civilisation and concludes that our “civilised” behaviour is only a thin crust...