Health Unit warns to take precautions during high heat and humidity
Due to high temperatures and humidex levels Environment Canada has issued a heat warning for this week. A combination of heat and high humidity...
M.P. Barrett gives credit to MPP Clark for investment
3M Canada is set to receive $23 million in public funds from the Government of Canada, to manufacture protective masks in Brockville.
The federal portion...
I’ll Come and Sit with You During Your Treatment
by Jane Adams
Brenda Winter has worked at Winchester District Memorial Hospital for 33 years, and, most of that time, she has worked in Ambulatory...
100,000 Shoreline Plants!
From the Rideau Valley Conservation Authority
RVCA’s Shoreline Naturalization Program has reached a milestone — this spring they planted their 100,000th shoreline plant.
The Shoreline Naturalization...
EMERGENCY SCAM – Grandparent scam active once again
Detachments from across the East Region of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) continue to remind individuals to be aware of ongoing frauds and scams....
Our housing crisis
by Steve Gabell
I’d like to thank Ian and Graeme Waymark for their contributions to the debate around the housing crisis we’re experiencing across the...
Canada discriminates against Indigenous children
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau acknowledged the discovery of the bodies of children found at the site of one of Canada's residential school sites in...
Emergency funding for local victim services agency
Victim Services of Leeds & Grenville will receive $50,500 as Ontario takes emergency action to address the recent spike in domestic violence reported by...
Flood Prep 2020
Here we go again — time to prepare for the potential spring freshet! RVCA uses stream gauges, weather stations, surveys of snow conditions, meteorological...
Happy Birthday Chris!
by Jane Adams
Chris Chevalier says she has enough stuff. So, when friends asked what she wanted for her birthday, she had the perfect answer....