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Limestone joins with other boards calling for sex-ed curriculum to be reinstated

Last Friday, (July 27) the Limestone District School Board joined with other boards in Ontario who are urging the new Ford government to reconsider its decision to pull the health and physical education curriculum that was instituted in 2015 from Ontario schools. In a letter to…

Bon Echo art show smaller than previous years but remains true to mission statement

In its 23rd year, the annual Art Exhibition and Show put on by the Friends of Bon Echo was down a few exhibitors (to 25), but still managed to bring together a tidy little show that focused more on the “fine” art of painting than many shows of this nature. Co-chair Sue Whyte…

When it comes to summer jobs, Caden Stephenson figures he lucked out

As a fundraising arm for Community Living, North Frontenac, The Treasure Trunk can’t really afford much in the way of staff. With the move to Road 38 south of Sharbot Lake, they’ve become more of a regional operation, drawing from as far south as Harrowsmith and Verona for both…

Sharbot Lake Property Owners Association

The Sharbot Lake Property Owners Association held its annual general meeting Saturday at St. James Major in Sharbot Lake, and along with the regular business (elections, state-of-the-lake statements, photo contest, etc.), newly-acclaimed Mayor Frances Smith seemed to be the most…

Toronto has too many Politicians? What about Frontenac

I have no way of knowing why the Government of Ontario decided to institute electoral reform in the City of Toronto a couple of days before the close of nominations for an election that is 21/2 months away. It does appear to be some kind of a personal agenda of the Premier, who…

Sharbot Lake on the cutting edge of citizen science water monitoring

While giving a presentation on the Mississippi Valley watershed report card (they got an A), at the Sharbot Lake Property Owners Association meeting Saturday, Mississippi Valley Conservation Authority biologist Kelly Stiles said something more or less in passing that could…

Rumour Mill in Tay Valley Township

We are three months away from municipal elections and stories abound about Tay Valley Township, many of which can be found in Kelly Egan’s article in the July 13 Ottawa Citizen. To wit, Councilor Judy Farrell is “the one who’s been harassed and bullied” and “no one wants to…

Fiddlers and Friends Return to Ompah

Fiddlers and Friends return for their yearly concert in Ompah on Thursday, August 9. The band loves to share their joy of music and zany sense of fun. They play a cheerful set of old-time fiddle tunes that has the audience clapping, toe-tapping and singing along. The fiddlers…

What’s Up in the Night Sky? – August 2018

In August, the late summer nights are longer, giving us more time for observing. Mars, Venus, Jupiter and Saturn are a beautiful spectacle by naked eye, binoculars or telescope, but the main event this month happens on the night of August 12/13. The Moon-free sky promises one of…

Three-peat for Sharbot lake born world champion?

Matt Fraser, the fittest man alive in both 2016 and 2017, is the odds-on favourite to take his third straight title in Madison, Wisconsin, this weekend. Although he finished second in regional-qualifying back in March because of a slow start which saw him finished 81st in the…