Why choosing a party is like choosing a weather website
On a Tuesday, the Weather Network may forecast a chance of freezing drizzle on Saturday morning, and Environment Canada may call for a mix of sun and clouds and only a 10% chance of snow. You could alter your weekend plans to go up to Ottawa on Saturday morning because… READ MORE
Lessons From the Past
Covering the Central Frontenac Township this week, I got a sense of Deja Vu, and with the benefit of the google search bar on our own website, I now see why. In 2012 and into 2013, there was a debate in the township about whether to bring in a property… READ MORE
Sad Start To a Year of Change
It is my tradition, in the first issue of the Frontenac News each year, to ask readers to consider supporting the cost of delivering the paper to their post box each week. I will get to that later, but first, many readers may notice this week that even though it… READ MORE
Welcome Back To The News, Time For a Break
For some of you, this is the first that you have heard from us in over a month. I must say it is nice to be able to once again deliver papers to postal outlets around the region, and have Canada Post take care of getting the papers safely into… READ MORE
Trump Gives Trudeau His First Good Week In Years
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has been fighting the clock ever since his COVID election call in 2021. His government had already been reduced to a minority less than 20 months earlier, and he tried to parlay a bump in the polls in a COVID lull, to return to majority rule.… READ MORE
About That Strike?
Over the past 3 weeks I have talked to many people about the postal strike, and everyone seems to have an opinion. I have heard that the union is just trying to keep its members in secure jobs, protecting pensions and working conditions as well as the interests of new workers… READ MORE
Sharbot Lake Has Lost Some Movers & Shakers
It has been a brutal year in our communities. It began with a car crash on Burke Settlement Road in early May, an event that continues to devastate the Sharbot Lake community and Granite Ridge Education Centre, This was followed by the Bobs Lake boat crash that is back in… READ MORE
The Frontenac News In The Coming Weeks
As we were preparing this issue of the Frontenac News, the Canadian Union of Postal Workers (CUPW) gave a 72 hour strike notice. The notice comes into effect on Friday, November 15, so it should not affect delivery of this particular paper, which was delivered to Canada Post locations in… READ MORE
High Speed Rail Project Will Feature “A Limited Number of Stops”
Just under a year ago, the federal government established a new corporation to explore, once again, the possibility of a new rail corridor liking Quebec City, Montreal, Ottawa, and Toronto. The corporation is called VIA HFR (High Frequency Rail) but at the corporations inaugural Annual General Meeting (AGM), which was… READ MORE
Deja Vu all Over Again: Canada Post Strike Possible Soon
A friend of mine pulled me over the other day, and said, in a whisper, that they had heard a rumour that there may be a postal strike coming in November. I knew about it because, as a Canada Post customer, we receive updates from the company about potential service… READ MORE
National Newspaper Week
The Frontenac News is a member of the Ontario Community Newspaper Association (OCNA) and News Media Canada. These organisations work on marketing their members to advertisers across the province and across the country, provide research for their members, and are a lobby group in our collective interest as news organisations.… READ MORE
There is a sucker born every day
Every once in a while, there is a flurry of media attention when it takes a while for someone to purchase a winning ticket in a progressive lottery. That happened across Canada three weeks ago, when the Lotto Max jackpot reached $80 million, which is the highest it can get… READ MORE
Ease Of Access To Alcohol Has Up Sides and Down Sides
Verona used to be a dry town, not that long ago. But as of this week, there are 3 stores selling beer and wine, the LCBO outlet at the Foodland store that has been there for almost 20 years as well as the newly re-opened Toppers store and the Verona… READ MORE
Pickleball And The Have-Not Township
The Frontenac News office is located next to the Sharbot Lake Pickleball court. This means that throughout the summer at least, whether it is a sunny day or a cloudy, whether it is a little cool or a lot hot out, there is relentless noise emanating from the next property… READ MORE
Hartington Post Office Mess Reveals Canada Post Rural Fault Lines
Canada Post is in big trouble. At least that is what the corporation is telling Canadians. In releasing its 2023 annual report this past June, the corporation announced an annual pre-tax loss of $748 million, and said it must change its delivery model in order to survive. Two issues were… READ MORE
Kingston Politicians Come To Harrowsmith In Force, But Something Is Missing
MP Mark Gerretson, MPP Ted Hsu, and Mayor Bryan Paterson are the three senior politicians in the City of Kingston, and they all came to Frontenac County at the same time last week. The occasion was the cutting of a corn stalk to mark the start of Open Farm Days… READ MORE
