News

SOUTH DUNDAS – While the Municipality of South Dundas wants to solicit feedback from its plaza business owners through a series of smaller round-table discussions, the Iroquois and District Business Group is asking instead for […]

MORRISBURG – Travelling between Iroquois and Morrisburg was busier than usual August 15 as three collisions on Highway 401 in less than 24-hours snarled detour traffic between the two villages. The most serious of the […]

WINCHESTER – The area’s largest food bank has a new Director of Operations. Community Food Share, which operates in Dundas and Stormont counties, announced Lynsay Rainey as the organization’s new director. Rainey replaces outgoing Team […]

CORNWALL – The Eastern Ontario Health Unit has detected the West Nile virus in the mosquito population in the region. “This finding shows that West Nile virus remains a concern in our area as long […]

OTTAWA – The Ontario government will add $1.6 billion in funding to an existing municipal housing program this year. Premier Doug Ford made the announcement at the annual Association of Municipalities of Ontario conference in […]

ALEXANDRIA – In an alleged crime straight out of the 1930s, a 23-year-old Mississauga man was arrested August 13 for riding the rails – specifically train surfing a Montreal-bound passenger train. Stormont, Dundas, and Glengarry […]

This week’s headlines in The Leader include: Additional fees concern plaza business owners; String of collisions snarl Highway 401 traffic; Environmental committee in the works; Bath Road, Iroquois prioritized for paving; South Dundas Youth recognition […]

SOUTH DUNDAS – An investigation into a report of bones found in a pond along County Road 18 near Archer and Beckstead Roads revealed they were not human remains. At around 7 p.m. August 10, […]

SOUTH DUNDAS – A 227-acre wheat field near Barnhardt Road was the scene of a significant land fire July 28. While the fire was eventually brought under control and the spreading flames contained and doused, […]

MORRISBURG – One of the hottest and driest summers on record has set off alarm bells across various agencies in the region. Nearly zero rain has fallen in SDG since the beginning of August, making […]