2020 – Page 51 – Morrisburg Leader

The long and winding road to school

January 23, 2020 Phillip Blancher – Local Journalism Initiative Reporter

SOUTH DUNDAS – Imagine watching your school bus go by your home every day and having to drive nine kilometres down the road to catch it. That is the reality for a Grade 8 student […]

MPS student’s short story selected for publication

January 23, 2020 R. Comfort – Leader staff

MORRISBURG – Eight year-old Grade 3 Morrisburg Public School student Kaydance McMillan is now a published author. Her short story entitled “Who’s in the Basement?” was published in the book Wild, a compilation book of […]

Editorial: Get to the table and talk

January 23, 2020 Editor

If you are a parent, chances are your children have received, or soon will receive, an extra day off school. That day off is not because of a blizzard or ice rain. It will be […]

Peewee B Lions beat Bears at home

January 23, 2020 Editor

MORRISBURG – A four-goal performance from forward Skyler Keeler helped the South Dundas Lions’ Peewee B team land a 9-2 win over the visiting Smiths Falls Bears on January 19th. The Lions took an early lead […]

League vacates wins, Lions earn points

January 23, 2020 Editor

GATINEAU, QC – The Morrisburg Lions earned two points and didn’t even have to take to the ice in a game. The National Capital Junior Hockey League ruled that the Gatineau Hull-Volant were in violation […]

Go-Boy! opens Aultsville Filmfest

January 23, 2020 W. Gibb – Leader staff

“Tell the story the way it is. Don’t make me a hero. Tell what I did and what was done to me. Then let the audience make its own decision.” – Roger “Mad Dog” Caron. […]

Charges stem from Tuesday’s high school lock-down

January 23, 2020 Editor

IROQUOIS – A 14 year-old youth from South Dundas was arrested and charged in relation to a January 21st lock-down at Seaway District High School. In a release from the Stormont, Dundas, and Glengarry OPP, […]

Obituary – Terry McCurdy

January 23, 2020 Editor

Peacefully at the Cornwall Hospice on Tuesday, January 21, 2020, Terry McCurdy of Iroquois, in his 75th year. Dearly beloved husband of Marilyn McCurdy (nee Hughes). Terry will be sadly missed by his son Chris […]

Obituary: James Floyd Thompson

January 22, 2020 Editor

Peacefully at the Dundas Manor in Winchester, on Tuesday, January 21, 2020. Floyd Thompson of Brinston at the age of 92. Dearly beloved husband of Doris Thompson (nee Weegar). Loving father of James (Linda Smith) […]

Obituary: Charlaine Smail

January 22, 2020 Editor

Peacefully at the Winchester & District Memorial Hospital, on Wednesday, January 22, 2020. Charlaine Smail, (nee Perry) of Iroquois at the age of 82. Dearly beloved wife of the late Raymond Smail. Loving mother of […]