Newspapers and Confederation
In the 1860's, there was no consistent reporting of the debates in the Legislatures of British North America, so, when Confederation was being debated...
Rachel Swedlove: survivor and supporter
When Rachel Swedlove arrived in Kemptville in 1929, she had already lived more than many people manage in a lifetime. Born Rachel Achber, in...
The early references to the South Branch River
Debate continues about whether a certain stretch of waterway should be called the Kemptville Creek, or the South Branch of the Rideau River. What...
Conservative? North Grenville?
Since Confederation, North Grenville has elected Conservative Party members, almost exclusively, at both the federal and provincial levels, for all but 19 years in...
Throwback Thursday
#ThrowbackThursday - This photo is of the old post office that used to be located on Prescott Street in Kemptville. Do you know exactly...
Prescott Street: village street and highway
The photograph shows Prescott Street at one of its high points, some time in the 1930's. It had not always been the main street...
Methodist Church and Cemetery, Clothier and James Streets
As so often in North Grenville, some of the more interesting and historic locations are now empty sites where once there stood the earliest...
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...
Finding the unknown fallen
In the last issue of the Times, we reported on the unique newspaper find behind the wallpaper of a residence of North Grenville, and...
Lost Lands of the Algonquin
We are becoming used to hearing a Land Acknowledgment being said at the start of many official and unofficial meetings in North Grenville and...