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In one sense the idea of establishing a sculpture park came to Stefan Duerst in a flash last fall. “It came to me on a walk through the woods. I already had some bigger work on display at our property and it seemed like a logical thing to do,” he said. It all really started when…
A group of 22 NAEC students and 4 staff went to a Sweat Lodge ceremony in Inverary at the home of Bernard and Tammy Nelson, on April 29. There was no cost for this trip, as it was paid for by NAEC’s “Speak Up” grant. The Sweat Lodge ceremony is a First Nations ceremony designed…
Saturday, May 28, from 11-3, will see the opening of a new museum in McDonalds Corners in Lanark Highlands to celebrate the world of basketry. Located in a 1930's stable, the Lanark Highlands Basketry Museum houses a collection of over 200 items, a basketry library, and a loft…
An abandoned old car sits in a field. Not an unusual sight on a back road in Lanark County, or anywhere else in Eastern Ontario. Did someone try and fix it up but then give up when they could not get parts? It's an old car, a white 70s era Cadillac, a beauty in its day but now…
At a Special Inaugural Meeting on May 11, 2016, Lennox and Addington County Council acclaimed Henry Hogg, reeve of the Township of Addington Highlands as county warden for the remainder of 2016. The warden’s office became vacant with the passing of Warden Clarence Kennedy on…
My response to Scott Reid's request for guidance on how he should vote on Bill C-14. In considering this legislation, the question before us is not whether or not one agrees with medically assisted death per se, on that, everyone is entitled to their own opinion. It is, rather,…
To South Frontenac mayor & council We are Vincent & Catherine Pusateri. We have owned land here for 39 years. I have a request about the garbage stickers. We are both disabled from birth and use our land for about 2 weeks to 4 weeks. We are on limited incomes because of our…
Neither the News nor Mr. Reid's generally laudable initiative informs the public that the proposed C-14 legislation does not permit medically assisted suicide - it restricts it to the provisions of the Bill. After June, if this legislation (as it may be amended) is not passed,…
It's time to put up your hummingbird feeders. They need to eat protein and we don't need the black flies and mosquitoes. Also, do whatever you can about outdoor cats. They kill millions of birds that would have killed mosquitoes that might kill you.
Last Friday, May 13, the pharmaceutical company Pfizer announced that it is blocking the use of their drugs in lethal injections for executions. The procedures for lethal injection in “assisted” suicides and mercy killings are the same as for executions. The drugs kill the…
