Obituaries
Obituary – Ruth Fetterly
Ruth Fetterly (nee Smith) has gone to her rest on Thursday, December 7, 2023, at the age of 100. Ruth was born in Toronto on November 17, 1923, the only child born to William and […]
Year: 2023
Obituaries
Obituary – Leo deVette
Passed away peacefully at the Winchester District Memorial Hospital on Thursday, December 7, 2023, Leo deVette of Morrisburg, age 88. Loving husband of Annette deVette (nee Overvelde) for 64 years. Loving father of Jim (Nora) […]
News
Draft SDG budget proposes 5.49 per cent increase
Note – Since publication of this story Wednesday, SDG Counties council settled on a 4.36 per cent property tax increase. Details on this will be in the December 13 edition of The Leader. CORNWALL – […]
News
Waterloo Police with OPP arrest Iroquois resident
WATERLOO REGION – A 42 year-old Iroquois man was arrested November 27 in connection to reports of multiple sexual assaults – Waterloo Regional Police Service’s Special Victims Unit recently released details of the charges. Investigators, […]
News
South Dundas’ Economic Development Officer position vacated
MORRISBURG – South Dundas is without an economic development officer and the future of that position is unclear. Rob Hunter, who has served as South Dundas EDO for almost eight years, was dismissed by the […]
News
Miniature Train returns as Alight at Night opens at Upper Canada Village
MORRISBURG – The miniature train at Upper Canada Village has returned to operation. The St. Lawrence Parks Commission, which owns the UCV, announced the return of the train from a nearly 18-month absence as the […]
News
Upper Canada Village’s Pumpkinferno attendance drops
MORRISBURG – The annual Pumpkinferno event at Upper Canada Village saw fewer people through the ticket gate in 2023. The 12th annual running of the popular fall tourist event had an attendance of 35,000 people. […]
Opinion
Editorial – Budget time is a time for restraint
Disharmonious to the holiday season upon us, municipal governments across the region are beginning budget deliberations. If the draft budget released by SDG Counties this week is any indication, taxpayers are not going to like […]
Sports
Lions win high-scoring game over Rangers
MORRISBURG – It was a high-scoring win at home for the Morrisburg Lions as they beat the South Grenville Rangers 8-5 December 2. The Lions went into the weekend on a five game winning streak […]
Entertainment
Singers’ Jolly Merry Christmas, a 30th anniversary special
WILLIAMSBURG – This marks 30 years since the first Seaway Valley Singers concert, so special repertoire to celebrate the occasion has been selected for their upcoming Christmas concert which takes place December 10, 3 p.m., […]