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Ontario Votes 2022: Meet the candidates

May 12, 2022 Phillip Blancher – Local Journalism Initiative Reporter

Kirsten Gardner Liberal Party of Ontario Click to read more… Jacqueline Milner Green Party of Ontario Click to read more… Nolan Quinn Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario Click to read more… Wendy Stephen New Democratic […]

Roarke Gilmour drafted by OHL Kitchener Rangers

May 5, 2022 Phillip Blancher – Local Journalism Initiative Reporter

SOUTH DUNDAS – Every kid who has ever played hockey has dreamed of playing in the NHL. For Iroquois hockey player Roarke Gilmour, he is one step closer of making that dream a reality. Gilmour, […]

All Aboard fundraiser nets almost $12K for Grand Trunk 1008

April 28, 2022 Phillip Blancher – Local Journalism Initiative Reporter

MORRISBURG – Supporters got onboard for the first major fundraiser for Friends of Grand Trunk Railway 1008, raising $11,765 April 24. The event, which featured a live auction, tea and desserts, and an Elvis impersonator […]

Morrisburg Roundabout and Street-Scape project to wrap up in early May

April 28, 2022 Phillip Blancher – Local Journalism Initiative Reporter

MORRISBURG – After nearly a year of construction, crews are putting the finishing touches to the $4.2 million Morrisburg Roundabout and Street Scape project. SDG Counties Director of Transportation Ben deHaan told The Leader that […]

Iroquois water project funding is approved

April 21, 2022 Phillip Blancher – Local Journalism Initiative Reporter

SOUTH DUNDAS – Paying for a $2.25 million waterline rehabilitation project along Carman Road in Iroquois just got a bit easier for local water and sewer users. South Dundas officials learned April 14 that the […]

COVID-19 antiviral expansion leaves out Dundas County

April 21, 2022 Phillip Blancher – Local Journalism Initiative Reporter

CORNWALL – If you live in South Dundas or North Dundas you will have to travel outside of the area to get a COVID-19 antiviral treatment if you need one. The Ontario government launched a […]

Varied approach to schools returning to extracurriculars

April 14, 2022 Phillip Blancher – Local Journalism Initiative Reporter

IROQUOIS – Lifting most of the pandemic-related restrictions in Ontario schools in March has led to the return of school life as it was before the COVID-19 pandemic. This includes the resumption of school sports, […]

Team Acres wins U-18 women’s provincial curling championship

April 7, 2022 Phillip Blancher – Local Journalism Initiative Reporter

NORTH DUNDAS – Team Acres, an Under-18 women’s curling team based in North Dundas, has a new name, Team Ontario. The team won the Ontario Curling Association’s U-18 championship in Kingston April 3. The team, […]

Rangers swept from NCJHL finals

April 7, 2022 Phillip Blancher – Local Journalism Initiative Reporter

Rangers awarded 2019-20 NCJHL Championship CARDINAL – The South Grenville Rangers won the 2019-20 regular season with a 29-4-1 record and were undefeated in the playoffs. Then the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic cut the […]

Sunshine list unearths over-payments in South Dundas

March 31, 2022 Phillip Blancher – Local Journalism Initiative Reporter

MORRISBURG – A payroll miscalculation in 2021 resulted in all salaried employees at the Municipality of South Dundas being overpaid one biweekly pay period. “Every 11 years there is an extra pay period in the […]