By Laurie Pentney
SCGC

By Heidi Ivall
MUCTPT

The Multi-Use Community Trails Planning Team has been meeting and planning on a regular basis and is now ready to share their Phase One Trail Plan.

News Release
NNTC

By Melanie Mathieson
Gardening Guru

By Jack Elliott
Contributor

“Wally, you simply have to do something about your hearing,” ordered Sweetie after repeated requests for help with a chore received no response.

By Gary Sliworsky
OMAFRA Rep.

The end of the cropping year is approaching. Here are some soil management tips for late summer and early fall from Adam Hayes, Soil Management Specialist, OMAFRA.

By Al Lowe
Contributor

The English Sparrow is also commonly known as the House Sparrow. It is so common that just about everybody will be familiar with it.

I have to admit it; Ottawa is a funny place sometimes. All of the oxygen in the capital over the summer has been taken up by a number of minor scandals – the billion dollar G8-G20 boondoggle, the attack on the census, and the phony debate on the Long Gun Registry that is still weeks away from a vote. It’s not to say these issues aren’t important, but the extensive and relentless coverage of these mini-scandals makes me wonder if the national media are asleep at the switch and have failed to notice that Canada is possibly heading towards a double–dip recession.

I really only have had three uncles in my life. All came from my mother’s side of the family. She had two brothers and her sister married my uncle Ron Anderson. He is the uncle that I am most close to. Ron was my father’s best friend.
I am told that they were the best of chums and greatly depended upon each other. The fact that Ron Anderson and Bob Cumming married sisters helped bond both families together. There was never a family birthday, anniversary, or holiday that the two families did not get together.

By Ken Johnston
Editor
With the deadline to file nomination papers for municipal offices looming this Friday, three more citizens threw their names into the hat this past week.