Entertainment
An obsession for music: Ron Sexsmith in concert
MORRISBURG – “I love music, I am obsessed by music. Certainly I always loved to sing, but when I was 21, I learned that I could also write, and composing became for me like a […]
Articles by W. Gibb – Leader staff
Opinion
Gibberish: It had to be done
I tried to open one of the drawers in my dresser the other morning. It wouldn’t slide. No matter how I tugged at it, the drawer seemed firmly jammed shut. I finally lost my temper, […]
News
Celebrate! Celebrate! Seaway High is 50
IROQUOIS – It’s going to be an unforgettable celebration. Mark your calendars for May 26-28, 2017, and plan to join in the three day party recognizing Seaway District High School’s 50th anniversary. With the anxieties […]
Entertainment
Brian McCourt: new host of HGTV’s Backyard Builds
SOUTH DUNDAS – Brian McCourt is the co-host of a brand new show, airing on HGTV Canada beginning at 10 p.m. on Thursday, April 6. Backyard Builds is unconventional, fascinating and anything but an ordinary […]
Opinion
Gibberish: The return of Puddin’
There’s apparently a rumour flying around the community. Something to the effect that I am definitely not a “cat person.” Nothing could be farther from the truth. Why I absolutely adore the shedding, biting, hissing, […]
Entertainment
Coco Love Alcorn will dazzle audience at SLAS
MORRISBURG – James Keelaghan, artistic director at Summerfolk Music Festival, was once asked to describe Coco Love Alcorn, who is coming to the St. Lawrence Acoustic Stage, Saturday, March 25 at 7 p.m. “Coco,” he […]
News
Gilmer’s Pharmacy celebrates 60 years of service
On March 1, 1957, Ron Gilmer first opened the door of Gilmer’s Pharmacy in the village of Iroquois. Now, 60 years later, two more generations of Gilmers are celebrating the Pharmacy’s continuing service to South […]
Entertainment
Looking back on stand-out season at the Playhouse
MORRISBURG – Donnie Bowes and the staff of Upper Canada Playhouse are eagerly looking forward to a summer of outstanding theatre as April, 2017, and the first show of the year, fast approaches. However, there […]
News
Area Snowmobile clubs support Easter Seals Snowarama
RIVERSIDE HEIGHTS – “Easter Seals has done a lot for us,” said Bobby Jack Hart, whose eight-year-old daughter, Sasha, is the 2017 Easter Seals ambassador in Dundas. “We looked into a lot of different funding […]
Entertainment
High energy, fantastic music: Union Duke comes to the SLAS
MORRISBURG – “High energy musicianship, an infectious magnetism, all combined with beautiful harmonies” is the way that St. Lawrence Acoustic Stage president Sandra Whitworth describes the band Union Duke, which will be “making the floorboards […]