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Delays in assessment harm patients, says striking union

The strike by 230 care co-ordinators who work for the Southeast Community Care Access Centre (CCAC), which covers Kingston, Frontenac, Lennox and Addington, Leeds Grenville, Lanark and Hastings Counties, is already having an impact on patient care, says Lisa Turner, the…

REYNOLDS, Susan Frances

Susan Frances Reynolds, of Finch, passed away suddenly at the age of 59., in hospital, Winchester, on Wednesday, February 4, 2015. Susan was the cherished wife and soul mate of Paul Reynolds, for over 41 years. Mom will be sadly missed by her children: Jason (Heather) Reynolds,…

Growing from seed

by Helen Halpenny, Lanark County Master Gardeners It’s never too early to make plans for your 2015 garden. Already the seed companies have sent catalogues with beautiful pictures and glowing reviews to entice you to buy their regular and newly introduced varieties. Before you…

Aloe Vera, the Healing Plant

By Ankaret Dean, Lanark County Master Gardeners ln my opinion every household should have an Aloe Vera plant in the kitchen window, it is probably the easiest house plant to grow, and provides you immediately with an instant soothing remedy for a burn. It is a semi-tropical…

Celebrating Black History month

Susan Ramsay, Early Literacy Specialist HFL&A When I first read The Book of Negroes by Lawrence Hill, I was enthralled by his writing and storytelling, moved by the sorrow, hope and strength of the story characters, and appalled by my lack of knowledge about slavery and Black…

Euthanasia

February 6 was a black day for Canada when the Supreme Court of Canada decided that murder is the solution to pain and suffering, and struck down the laws against "assisted suicide". Sorry to disappoint the honorable judges, but no amount of suicide, "assisted" or otherwise,…

Remembering old times on a winter's day

As I sat last week in the well-appointed new council chambers for Frontenac County Council (aka the Rotary Auditorium of Fairmount Home), waiting for Warden Dennis Doyle to be ushered in by the county clerk to preside over a civilised, if pretty boring meeting, I remembered a…

Frontenac County: One of the players remembers amalgamation talks.

Phil Leonard conducts business from behind a desk in his garage. The house is across the courtyard from the garage and the grounds of his home outside of Harrowsmith are neatly tended and full of plants and flowers, courtesy of his life partner, Deb Bracken, who died earlier…

High Land Waters Métis Council meets in Northbrook

The High Land Water Métis Council held an information and nomination meeting on January 31 at the Northbrook Lions hall, which was attended by close to 30 people. The meeting’s dual purpose was to attract new members and to nominate representatives for positions on the council.…

MLFI-Managing Crown forests in Mazinaw and Lanark

Crowded into a tiny office tacked onto the north end of the Barrie hall in Cloyne are the small offices of the six staff members who make up Mazinaw-Lanark Forest Inc. (MLFI), a private company that works year round managing the Crown land forest in Lanark and Mazinaw. The land…