Steve Clark supports ED-19 assessment
Leeds-Grenville MPP Steve Clark has tabled two Order Paper questions to the Minister of Environment and Climate Change regarding the validity of the decades-old...
Aleta Karstad honoured with Robert Bateman award
Local artist and naturalist, Aleta Karstad, has won the Canadian Wildlife Federation’s (CWF) Robert Bateman award. Founded by the Ontario-born naturalist and painter, Robert...
TR Leger School receives Literacy Award from Canada’s Premiers
The Upper Canada District School Board is proud to share that Canada’s Premiers have honoured TR Leger School of Adult, Alternative and Continuing Education...
Celebrating Ontario’s bounty of fresh, affordable local food
by Brent Royce,
Director, Ontario Federation of Agriculture
Every year in early June, Ontario sets aside one full week, designated as Local Food Week, to celebrate...
North Gower opposes mega warehouse
by Leigh-Andrea Brunet
If you drive out to the quiet village of North Gower, you may miss the sign announcing a zoning change to a...
Thousands of small businesses supported through COVID
In the wake of the economic devastation of COVID‑19, Small Business Enterprise Centres (SBECs) across Ontario provided additional support, resources and training to help...
Using face coverings
by the the Leeds, Grenville and Lanark District Health Unit (LGLDHU)
As the province is reopening, the Chief Medical Officer of Health, Dr. David Williams,...
Child Care payments from parents are frozen
During the COVID-19 outbreak, the Ontario government is temporarily preventing child care centres from collecting payments from parents, while also ensuring that their child...
Celebrate beyond this Ontario Agriculture Week
by Larry Davis,
Director, Ontario Federation of Agriculture
Since 1998, our province has recognized Ontario Agriculture Week as the opportune time to celebrate our dynamic industry and...
Report from the United Counties
by David Gordon
The United Counties of Leeds & Grenville Council has been dealing recently with the problem of chronic homelessness in the province...