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The New Face Of Resorts In Frontenac County

O’Reilly Lake Campground, long a summer refuge where families from Kingston come for summer fun, was purchased last summer by Summerhill Resorts, a fast-growing Canadian resort park company that now owns 16 resorts, three in Alberta and thirteen in Ontario. The new managers of…

Community Columns - March 3, 2022

These columns from our community reporters are updated every week. Table of Contents Arden Battersea/Storrington Cloyne - Northbrooke Denbigh Godfrey Harlowe Harrowsmith Henderson Inverary Maberly-Bolingbroke Mississippi Mountain Grove Ompah Parham-Tichborne Perth Road Plevna…

What’s Up in the Night Sky? March 2022

Spring is coming! As I write this, a blustery, gusty snow squall is blasting outside my windows. But take heart, it will come as long as the Earth keeps orbiting the Sun. The Earth has a 23.5 axial tilt and it is that tilt that changes how directly the Sun shines on the northern…

Russian Invasion

As we witness the invasion of Ukraine by Russia the West, the sanctions are a start but we will not hit Russia where it hurts: oil imports. I rarely agree with Jason Kenney, but he has rightly pointed out that Canada imports a half a billion dollars in Russian oil, mainly in the…

Ottawa Protest

The Ottawa folks have now given us the clear distinction between protest and occupation. The Ottawa protesters/occupiers have forgotten that one of our founding phrases is “peace, order, and good government” and not as some of protesters/occupiers were claiming that the First…

Ottawa Protest

During an exchange in the House of Commons on February 16, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau accused Conservative MPs sympathetic to the trucker convoy of standing with "people who wave swastikas." This comment came in response to a question from Conservative MP Melissa Lantsman,…

A Tale of Three World Leaders

Often, in times of stress and personal hardships, the true quality of a leader often comes to the forefront. Queen Elizabeth, aged 95, contracted Covid-19 on February 20. According to official sources, she ‘continued with light duties’ including meeting with various individuals.…

Focusing on Family, Fun, and Friendship

In 1990, Alberta decided to establish a Family Day, that would be an annual holiday … since then five provinces have adopted Feb 21st as a day to celebrate and enjoy any version of ‘family’. Nowadays, it is difficult to do anything without paying some type of fee. As gas prices…

Study Sees Potential For Up To 50 Units On Former Sharbot Lake Public School Site

The scenarios of either a single, three storey, 42 unit building, or separate 35 and 50 unit buildings were presented to the public last week. At a virtual Open House last week, the Frontenac County planning department oversaw presentations by planning and engineering…

North Frontenac property taxes to go up by 3.64 per cent

North Frontenac received its 2022 draft budget for information at a special (online) Council meeting with very few changes meaning the tax hike in 2022 will be 3.64 per cent or $229,744. The actual budget will likely be passed at the regular Feb. 25 meeting. “The pandemic has…