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Setbacks quash pot plant rezoning applications

February 17, 2022 Phillip Blancher – Local Journalism Initiative Reporter

MORRISBURG – It has been a year since South Dundas passed a bylaw for regulating cannabis production facilities. This week, council rejected two applications that put that bylaw to a test. Cannabis production facilities in […]

PCs to pick SDSG candidate March 26

February 17, 2022 Phillip Blancher – Local Journalism Initiative Reporter

CORNWALL – Voters will head to the polls for the provincial election June 2, but in Stormont-Dundas-South Glengarry they will have to wait until March 26 to find out who the local Progressive Conservative candidate […]

This week’s headlines in The Leader – February 16, 2022

February 16, 2022 Editor

This week’s headlines in The Leader include: Land sale will fill Morrisburg industrial park; Restrictions easing sooner, province to end vaccine certificate use; Special delivery from MPS; Setbacks quash pot plant rezoning applications; PCs to […]

Winter Classic celebration for Iroquois Outdoor Rink

February 10, 2022 R. Comfort – Leader staff

MORRISBURG – The traditional term for an outdoor rink building is a ‘rink shack’ but South Dundas mayor Steven Byvelds pointed out that this Iroquois outdoor rink building is definitely not a shack. Clean, bright […]

Rural education summit organizers look forward to next steps in SDG

February 10, 2022 Phillip Blancher – Local Journalism Initiative Reporter

CORNWALL – Rural education advocates, municipal politicians and more than 200 interested people attended a one-day virtual symposium on rural education hosted by SDG Counties February 3. The event was held as the next step […]

Beavers Dental products and Mr. George Beavers

February 10, 2022 Editor

Contributed to The Leader by Mike McInnis Beavers Dental Products grew from a small industrial operation making tooth brushes and other sanitary brushes to become Morrisburg’s largest employer, producing dental burs sold around the world. […]

This week’s headlines in The Leader – February 9, 2022

February 9, 2022 Editor

This week’s headlines in The Leader include: Winter Classic celebration for Iroquois Outdoor Rink; Morrisburg Jr. C Lions clinch seventh place; 640 recreation surveys received; Rural education summit organizers look forward to next steps in […]

Watchtower demolition being planned

February 3, 2022 R. Comfort – Leader staff

IROQUOIS – The Iroquois Beach will see a $40,000 sewer upgrade this year. Among the capital projects approved during 2022 budget deliberations is the replacement of the existing holding tank and toilets at the Iroquois […]

This week’s headlines in The Leader – February 2, 2022

February 2, 2022 Editor

This week’s headlines in The Leader include: Beavers Dental closing in 2023; Lookout, lights, wildflower meadow and disc golf in the works for waterfront; Thomas guilty in 2016 South Dundas murder; Watchtower demolition being planned; […]

Morrisburg employer Beavers Dental to close in 2023

February 1, 2022 Phillip Blancher – Local Journalism Initiative Reporter

MORRISBURG – A 75-year old manufacturing facility rooted in Morrisburg will close by early 2023. The KavoKerr dental plant, locally known as Beavers Dental, notified employees of layoffs on January 25. “In the wake of […]