Gord Brown posts new Tax Guide on web site
Gord Brown, Member of Parliament for Leeds-Grenville – Thousand Islands and Rideau Lakes, has posted the 2016 version of his popular Tax Guide on...
An interview with Mayor David Gordon
Mayor David Gordon met with the NG Times recently to discuss his two-year term as Warden of the United Counties, and to look at...
Celebration Day
I remember, way back in 2007, when we celebrated Kemptville’s 150 year anniversary, there was a long list of events and projects put together...
The Story of Confederation – What’s it all about?
In 2017 we celebrate Canada’s 150th birthday, and on July 1 it will be marked by festivities from coast to coast to coast. But...
Christmas tells us we matter
There has been a certain amount of tension about Christmas over the past couple of decades. The move away from “Merry Christmas” to “Happy...
Ring them bells!
By the time you read this, the amazing series of events leading up to Christmas will be just about finished. No, not the last-minute...
Dazed and confused
This is a very confusing time of the year. On the one hand, we’re all looking forward to Christmas and all that means. On...
The real cost of closing rural schools
By Rejean Pommainville,
Director,
Ontario Federation of Agriculture
Rural Ontario is facing a critical social and structural concern – the closing of rural schools. There’s an alarming...
Problematic response to rural school closures raises questions
supplied by the Rural Ontario Institute
In response to a protest over rural school closures at Queen’s Park that took place Monday, Nov. 21, a...
We can’t afford to wait
The recent Rural Summit was a first step in a process by which we need to identify the issues and concerns of the rural...