Morrisburg’s waterfront park this past weekend was an unmitigated disaster as beaches were closed, yet a multitude of visitors and locals still sought to relax by the river. While the problems with crowds and parking […]
The motto of Seaway District High School is “per ardua ad astra”, through adversity to the stars. This is a particularly fitting motto for the school’s graduating class, and for all students everywhere graduating in […]
For over sixty years, the St. Lawrence Parks Commission, and its predecessor, the St. Lawrence River Development Corporation, has controlled the waterfront and much of the land left over from the St. Lawrence-Seaway project. The […]
The death of George Floyd in Minnesota has been a catalyst, a tipping point if you will. It has escalated a dialogue about race that has been already boiling in the United States for centuries. […]
One of the most talked about local issue outside of COVID-19 this past week is the plan by the municipality to block vehicular access to the Morrisburg Waterfront Park. The plan, as it stands, will […]
The role of independent media is to present the facts to the readers and viewers to enable them to form opinions and make informed choices about what affects them. That responsibility includes holding government to […]
Last week, Education Minister Stephen Lecce announced that public and private school students will not be returning to in-school learning in June. Over two million elementary and secondary school students will close out the 2019-20 […]
Federal, provincial, and municipal government officials, public health officials, community groups, agencies, and businesses, have worked hard at communicating with media and the public during the response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Communication is important. Keeping […]
In Ontario, as of May 11th, 1,235 residents of long-term care homes have died from COVID-19 related illness. That is 74 per cent of the total 1,669 deaths from this virus in the province. Quebec […]
It is probably one of the best known photographs ever taken. A skinny young sailor sweeps a girl in a white uniform into his arms in Times Square and exuberantly kisses her. Alfred Eisenstaedt’s famous […]
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