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Election 2025 Candidate Michelle Foxton

By Jemma Dooreleyers Michelle Foxton is the Liberal MP candidate for Lanark-Frontenac. She has lived in Sydenham and Hartington her entire life. Her first elected position she held was as the youngest member to be part of the Township Council. Foxton was the first woman to serve…

1800s Blacksmithing Comes Alive at the South Frontenac Museum

By Kelli McRobert Dressed in authentic 1866 attire—complete with pants, shirt, suspenders, and vest—Sperry Lee captivated visitors of the South Frontenac Museum with a presentation that transported them back to the dawn of the Industrial Revolution. The museum, nestled in…

Tay Valley Choir Celebrates 20th Anniversary

In 2004 Susan Freeman, a Tay Valley Township councillor, knew that there was something about singing with others that just made you feel good. She imagined an inter-generational choir with adults and children singing together. Freeman approached well known local musical leader…

Mike’s Pizza in Sydenham

By Jemma Dooreleyers It has been almost a month since Mike’s Pizza and More in Sydenham opened and according to Mike Tougisnant, the owner and life-long Sydenham resident, he could not asked for a better welcome from the community. Tougisnant chose not to do a grand opening…

South Frontenac Approves A New Official Plan

It has taken well over five years for South Frontenac to complete a brand-new Official Plan. The new plan, which was approved by Council on Tuesday, April 8, replaces a plan that has been in place, with revisions, since it was adopted in 2003. The plan will now be sent to…

CF Council Wants To Increase Severances To Stimulate Growth

Sonya Bolton, Manager of Community Planning for Frontenac County, appeared before Central Frontenac County at their regular meeting last Tuesday (April 8). Bolton was there because her department not only oversees county level planning operations, but is also under contract to…

Concerns Over Gaza

I am writing this letter as a follow-up to the recent story in the Frontenac News about the Israeli draft resisters who were on a speaking tour across Canada. I am Jewish and my extended family was murdered by the Nazis. I am very worried about the Palestinians who, in my…

No To Poilievre

This election is a fight for Canada’s survival against a USA take over. I believe that Pierre Poilievre is an open door to Canada for Trump. I know-- Poilievre has told Trump that Canada will never join the US, and to back off on tariffs, right? Despite his recent words, Pierre…

No To Carney

The importance of the impending federal election cannot be overstated. It is not an exaggeration to say that Canada is in the worst Liberal-induced crisis since we declared our independence in 1867. Up until a few short weeks ago, Canadians recognized that the last 10 years of…

SF Bylaw Enforcement

I found out recently that South Frontenac farms out bylaw enforcement to a private contractor. They are given the powers of the township for the ability to carry out their contract. It seems to me that this arrangement discourages the diffusing of a neighborhood conflict and…