Opinion

October 6-12 this year is National Newspaper Week. This is a week when in addition to reporting all the local news, we are celebrating the role that journalism plays in our country, in our province, […]

Municipal governments across Ontario are nearing the half-way mark of their current four year mandate. This means that in addition to the very real possibility of a federal election before next fall, and a possible […]

It is a perennial question that is asked: should municipalities offer free recreation programs to its residents. Should this be as part of the core services that level of government provides. Many municipalities in Ontario […]

It is a word that no one in a newsroom likes to use, yet the use of this word is becoming more common – tragic. Last week, the lead stories in this publication and others […]

On August 26, United Counties of Stormont, Dundas, and Glengarry council elected its new warden for the 2025-26 term – Martin Lang. Twelve councillors, representing the lower-tier municipal mayors and deputy-mayors that comprise SDG were […]

Earlier this month, South Dundas council began to look at surplus property that the municipality owns for potential asset sales. This examination began in a committee of the whole meeting, and continued in a regular […]

Municipal governments continue to struggle with the infrastructure burden placed on them. We all can see this when we travel on area roads. In SDG Counties, there is a large road network which supports not […]

For the past three years, the St. Lawrence Parks Commission has been in talks with the province and local municipalities South Dundas and South Stormont. The SLPC needs to replace aging water/wastewater infrastructure at its […]

It has been one year since internet company Meta – which owns the social media platforms Facebook and Instagram – blocked Canadian News content from its services. Meta chose to remove Canadian news rather than […]

A long term planning document approved by South Stormont’s council, if followed, will see a planned tax increase for residents ranging between 5.4 and 6.5 per cent per year for the next 10 years. Additionally, […]