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Workshop attracts guests like moths to a flame

Mike Burrell finds beauty where many people can’t. Looking past the night sky to a source of light, he admires the moths fluttering around the beam. He distinguishes their colour, size and species. He knows they are an invaluable part of nature. “We need moths for the health of…

2016 Bon Echo Art Show & Sale

Mazinaw Lake and Bon Echo Provincial Park have drawn artists to its shores for hundreds of years. To maintain the example of the aboriginal peoples, the Group of Seven and the many artists who still come to appreciate and create, the Friends of Bon Echo Park is sponsoring the…

COFA brings Watersheds Canada to Cloyne

Melissa Dakers and Chloe Lajoie of Watersheds Canada were in Cloyne July 16 to outline the natural shoreline program. They explained the structure of a natural shoreline, and how it protects our waterfront properties, cleans our water and supports the natural inhabitants of our…

Young Farmer Earns Education Bursary

Josh Bennett is a young man doing an old job. Happiest when he’s covered in dirt from working the land, Josh is the fifth generation of his family to work as a farmer. “I like tending to the animals and doing crops,” the friendly 18-year-old confirms from his family’s sheep…

8th Annual Swim of Hope

On Saturday, July 23, Theresa, Katie and Becki Procter will once again swim across Sharbot Lake to raise money for cancer research and to support those suffering from the disease. Over the past 7 years the three girls have raised more than $12,000, all of which stays in our…

No, the postal dispute is not over

Canada Post and the Canadian Union of Postal Workers remain in a legal lockout/strike position. Either side is poised to give 72 hours notice of their intention to suspend the service indefinitely. Nonetheless, after playing a game of chicken for a couple of weeks earlier in the…

Blue Skies Festival tickets now just a click away

The Blue Skies Music Festival has been around for 43 years, but for many people it is a phantom event. Day passes have been available at locations in Perth, Kingston and Ottawa, but they can be sold out by mid-July. A schedule of performers is never published until a few days…

CP Rail Grass Fires

On July 13, 2016, heavy smoke could be seen rolling along the CP Rail tracks from Glen Tay in Tay Valley Township to Churchill Road in Drummond/North Elmsley Township as firefighters battled a series of out of control bush fires along Highways 7 and 43 yesterday. The call came…

Where is the passion for renewable energy?

I recently became aware of a campaign to stop the refurbishment of the hydro-electric facility on the Mississippi River in Almonte. I was struck by the passion shown by the opponents of this project. It is similar to the passion shown by opponents of wind projects in North…

Re: Closing Prince Charles Public School

I disagree with you, Brenda Crawford (Letter to the editor, Re: Closing Prince Charles Public School, Jul 14/16). Prince Charles does not need to close at all. If school boundaries were enforced and all children who live in the Verona catchment area actually attended the school…