The Advance Building 206 Prescott Street
Until around 1900, the lots on the west side of Prescott Street south of the Asa Street junction were part of the Anderson &...
Merrickville 225:Those were the days
With talk of municipal amalgamations being heard in various quarters today, it is always interesting to look back to a time when the Township...
A divided United Province
In 1862, the United Province of Canada was a deeply divided and unstable place. Since it had been put together by British Imperial orders...
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...
Treaty Facts
June is National Indigenous History Month, and the Times will be publishing articles and information to promote the aims of the Truth and Reconciliation...
John Walter Harris – the “Lightning Calculator”
John Walter Harris was born on February 26, 1845 in Oxford-on-Rideau Township. His family had immigrated from Ireland and his father and grandfather settled...
Old Post Office Site Prescott & Reuben Streets
Before the fire of 1873, John Magee, a tailor, had a store on this site. After the fire, he built a new stone building...
33 years later: The “almost” Smiths Falls train collision of 1991
Have you ever heard of the near-collision of two trains in Smiths Falls in 1991? The incident may not have a well-known name (like...
Losers weepers – The Law of Nations
The Doctrine of Discovery provided the monarchs of Europe with a very questionable justification for claiming the territories inhabited by non-Europeans between the fifteenth...
Odd Fellows Hall, 119 Clothier St. East
Built in 1859 by Joseph Bower, a leading merchant in the community in the latter half of the century, it was run by Bowers...