Steve Clark calls on government to maintain TVO transmitters
Allowing TVOntario to pull the plug on rural viewers proves once again the Wynne government has tuned out Ontarians who live outside the GTA,...
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...
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...
Steve Clark joins parents at Queen’s Park to protest school closures
Parents from Eastern Ontario, including Leeds-Grenville, joined those from across the province at a rally at Queen’s Park to protest ongoing accommodation reviews that...
ARC meetings take place across the region
A series of public meetings was held throughout Eastern Ontario last week as part of the Upper Canada District School Board’s (UCDSB) accommodation review...
Concern over school closures increases
The Upper Canada District School Board’s series of public meetings to discuss the possible closure of schools in the Board’s region has led...
Local schools may close
Oxford-on-Rideau Public School and Wolford Public School are both listed for possible closure at the end of the school year, according to a report...
Young people are calling for help
Kids Help Phone recently released a deeply disturbing report on how young people in Canada are handling the stresses and pressures of daily life....
Municipal Councillor Profile
The Rural Ontario Institute has published a report on the make-up of municipal councils in Ontario following the election of 2014. By having...