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By Steve Blight For me, a welcome sign that spring is right around the corner is the loud, repeated "kee-aah," calls of the Red-shouldered Hawk. Every year since we bought our cottage on Bobs Lake, we have been greeted by this very vocal hawk early in the breeding season when it…
by Julie Druker and Jeff GreenFlinton Country Bluegrass Jamboree Bill White and White Pine It was an all-in-the-family extravaganza of local talent at the sixth annual Flinton Country Bluegrass Jamboree on Saturday and crowds over the weekend soared to 1200, making the turnout…
Gord Rodgers, FIMLA President, presenting a copy of the lake plan report to Ron Vandewal, Councilor for Loughborough District, at the FIMLA annual meeting. Fourteen Island and Mink Lakes Association (FIMLA) launched a lake stewardship plan for the Fourteen Island watershed at…
Campers and staff of Land O Lakes Petting Farm near Cloyne Donna and Barry Smith understand the mutually beneficial relationships that can develop between kids and critters and it was for that reason they opened the Land O’ Lakes Petting Farm earlier this summer on Road 506 just…
Mike and Jocelyn Steeves in their hand made Greenland kayaks As 20-year residents of Sharbot Lake, Mike and Jocelyn Steeves have owned many boats over the years and recently have been shying away from gas-powered engines. Four years ago, after coming across an article in a…
One in three adults in Canada, or close to nine million people, report having at least one of seven high-impact, high prevalence chronic conditions. More than one-third of these people have multiple long-term health problems. Studies have shown the best defense to facing a…
Deputy Mayor Vandewal chaired South Frontenac’s August meeting: both Mayor Davison and Councilor McPhail were absent. Garbage Pick-up on Private Lanes? The issue of garbage and recycling collection for private lanes in the township was raised by residents of O’Neil Lane in…
The Motorcycle Ride for Dad, an event dedicated to fighting prostate cancer through research and awareness, started 10 years ago in Ottawa. The event has now gone national and in May, 27 rides took place across the country. To mark the 10th anniversary, a second ride has been…
Municipal composting controversy surfaces again in Central Frontenac A group of South and Central Frontenac residents who live in the vicinity of the Westport Road will be challenging one of the proposed changes for the new Central Frontenac comprehensive zoning bylaw. Their…
By Susan Irwin, Executive Director / Lawyer, Rural Legal Services Drinking and driving is an issue that is squarely on the agenda of the government of Ontario. Although the Province cannot infringe upon the Federal government’s criminal law powers to define the offence of…
