An Established Church
When the Province of Upper Canada, later Ontario, was established by the Constitutional Act of 1791, it was assumed that the Church of England...
Deeks Quarry: an industrial phenomenon
A few weeks ago, we profiled the campaign back in 2001-3 to have the memorial cairn at Deek’s Quarry renovated and restored. Since then,...
South Gower: a strange and changeable township
When the Township of South Gower was amalgamated with Oxford-on-Rideau and the Town of Kemptville in 1998, it officially ceased to exist. But that...
The Confederation Party
by David Shanahan
Canadians, when they think about the Fathers of Confederation, which is rarely, probably imagine them as rather stern and colourless individuals. They...
Indigenous status in 1950
On 13 May and 16 May 1946, respectively, the House of Commons and the Senate passed parallel resolutions to establish the Special Joint Committee...
Dorothy Dumbrille rediscovered
by Doug MacDonald
In the summer of 1908, eleven-year-old Dorothy Dumbrille, along with her parents, Rupert and Minnie and her siblings Miriam, John, Helen and...
More information about Tom Chu
A few weeks ago, in our August 19 issue, we published a short article about Tom (or Tam) Chu, who is buried in a...
An Easter Oratorio?
Performances of Handel’s great Oratorio, “Messiah”, has become a traditional Christmas favourite in recent decades, but that is not how it was first celebrated....
The Harp and the Maple Leaf
The impact of the Irish on Canada goes well beyond the immigrants who arrived here in droves throughout the Nineteenth Century. Most of those...
Kemptville District Hospital at the Crossroads 1960-2024
by Lynne Clifford-Ward, KDH Foundation
The Kemptville District Hospital Foundation is in the process of raising $2.2 million to bring a CT Scanner to the...