Laidlaw Foundation protects the environment
The Rideau Valley Conservation Foundation (RVCF) is thrilled to have received a $25,000 donation to the Conservation 2020 campaign from the Laidlaw Foundation’s Family...
Ottawa Citizen reaches 175 years
The announcement last week by Mayor Jim Watson of Ottawa that he would be presenting the Ottawa Citizen newspaper with the Key to the...
United Counties Council meeting report
The highlights of the regular United Counties of Leeds and Grenville Council Meeting held on Thursday, January 23rd and a special Committee of the...
Novel Coronavirus is being closely monitored by public health
by the Leeds, Grenville and Lanark District Health Unit
The first Canadian diagnosed with the Wuhan novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) was identified in Toronto on Saturday,...
OPP smash major drug ring
Several residents from across Ontario, including the Greater Toronto Area (GTA), East Region (Ottawa, Smiths Falls, Perth and Kingston) and one in Quebec are...
Funding to help municipalities deliver smarter government services
Steve Clark, Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing, announced 27 joint projects to be funded through the Municipal Modernization Program at the 2020 Rural...
Leeds Horse Club gets added to ‘Cancer Champions Circle’
The Leeds County Draft Horse Club (LCDHC) name will be added to Ottawa Regional Cancer Foundation’s ‘Cancer Champions Circle’ donor wall amongst other special...
Green Party supports farmers’ call for carbon tax exemption
The Green Party is supporting a call by prairie farmers to exempt 2019 grain drying operations from the carbon tax. Last year’s wet fall...
Riders bid Farewell to Rural Bus Route 509
by George Yap
OC Transpo Route 509, the rural commuter bus service to Ottawa that has served Merrickville-Wolford, North Grenville, and surrounding communities since the...
North Grenville and Merrickville-Wolford get funds for infrastructure
Local MPP, Steve Clark, has announced funding to local municipalities under the Ontario Community Infrastructure Fund totalling almost $4 million. The money has...