John Johnston – Lockmaster

by the Merrickville & District Historical Society Most of us know of the career of Sergeant John Johnston who lived with his family in the...

Possible hotel in Colonnade Development

North Grenville Council passed a by-law at the Committee of the Whole on Tuesday, July 9, to allow for the creation of a 2-acre...

Grahame’s Bakery named Local Food Champion

Ernie Hardeman, Minister of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs, joined Leeds-Grenville-Thousand Islands and Rideau Lakes MPP Steve Clark at the farm of Dawn and...

Public Works – Who Pays?

by Councillor John Barclay with help from Public Works staff Some will argue that it all eventually comes out of our pockets one way or...

Meet Melissa Ottenhof

Melissa is the marketing person for the Times and she’s at work already, meeting clients and helping to make the Times more of a...

What you need to know to run in the 2018 municipal and school board...

by the Ministry of Municipal Affairs Everyone in Ontario should be able to count on a local election process that is transparent and fair. On...

Rural summit 2.0

by Deron Johnston Since the Rural Summit took place this past April 7, there have been many people asking when the next one will be....

Affording your home as an Owner or Renter

by Jim Bertram For decades now, one of the definitions of 'middle class' has been home ownership. Owning one's home has not only been a...

Campus poly greenhouse building collapses

Last week’s snowstorm on January 26 took a local building as its causality. The poly greenhouse next to the AJ Logsdail Greenhouses on Kemptville...

Family dismissed from Habitat for Humanity home

by Phillip Blancher, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter originally published in The Morrisburg Leader When Zach Rumohr and Taylor Boisvert were told they were the successful applicants...