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Out of Quarantine and into Self Isolation

We arrive home to quarantine for fourteen days. It’s not too much hardship as family have stocked our home with the basics. The neighbours offer to pick up anything we need. We can order groceries locally, and volunteers deliver. We watch the news about a country where people…

Hanna Meat Pies

Best laid plans … and how to make it work anyway Justin Hanna has been methodically developing his business, Hanna Meat Pies since 2015 when he began selling his line of “Seriously Good Pies”. The key to the success of the company thus far has been the taste and texture of the…

Pineridge Resort

Mike Davidson bought the Pineridge Resort a year ago. The resort, which is on 5th Depot Lake, includes 11 self-contained housekeeping cabins, a log home/lodge and store, 28 trailer sites and 15 camping sites. It has a beach and a boat launch as well, all on a large, wooded…

North Frontenac says no to gypsy moth spraying proposal.

North Frontenac Township Council held its regular meeting Friday morning “electronically” on the Webex platform whereby residents and media were invited to listen in via telephone. The result was rather confusing at times, both in terms of identifying speakers (although speakers…

Driver Charged With Impaired After Single Vehicle Collison

(NORTH FRONTENAC TWP, ON) - On May 9, 2020 at approximately 7:30 a.m. officers of the Lennox and Addington (L&A) County Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) responded to a report of a single motor vehicle collision on County Road 506 in North Frontenac TWP.&nb sp;…

Elements Fitness: the virtual gym

One of the first group of services to close during the current pandemic threat was Elements Fitness, a gym located just north of Sydenham. Its manager, Karley Heyman, has since been busy setting up and posting a wide range of online workouts. “It’s important to keep people…

Dispatch from a subdued Toronto

Looking out my window today, onto the vibrant raggedness of Parkdale, I see the abusive beggar by Tim Hortons throwing his coffee cups at passersby. I hear the downtrodden woman who lives in the bus shelter screaming in fits. People are stepping into grocery stores or walking…

Job Well Done

I wanted to express my appreciation for two recent articles. The first article was titled, "Hope", by Amrit Kaillon in the April 16th issue. What a truly beautiful read that was. I felt I learned something about how Covid was affecting other parts of the world on a more personal…

Re – For profit long term care

I watch with horror the impact of the current pandemic on long-term care residents in Eastern Ontario and around the world. Since 1983 most research has shown a link between for-profit delivery of long-term care and inferior quality. A 2016 study on the “Observational Evidence…

Breakins at former Hinchinbrooke public school.

I am saddened and disgusted to have discovered sevaral break ins at our former Hinchinbrooke public school while on a leisure evening walk. . I ask the community of parham do you know where your children are at night and what they are doing? Perhaps it’s time parents take note.…