South Dundas completed its 2021 budget process last week and among the themes to come out of the meeting was the need to acknowledge the contributions of the municipality to area groups. This came up […]
It is budget season for governments of all levels and while we have seen closed-door consultations at the upper levels of government, municipal councils have been debating local budgets publicly. During the recent SDG Counties […]
Last week, local MPP Jim McDonell held a public pre-budget consultation in the riding. Unfortunately we are unable to report what that consultation looked like because the media were not allowed to attend. Reporters were […]
Nearly two months after the Christmas Break, Ontario is just beginning to reopen from lock-downs and Stay-at-Home orders. Tens of thousands of businesses remain shut. Over a million students are just this week returning to […]
Over two million people worldwide have died since the COVID-19 pandemic began a year ago. Over 20,000 Canadians have died from COVID-19, which has made it the third-most leading cause of death in 2020 behind […]
Planners at SDG Counties delivered the bad news last week that the $4.2 million Morrisburg roundabout and street-scape would have to be scaled back. The project, which was put out for tender before Christmas, saw […]
Last week’s editorial said that people have to do better and that there is personal responsibility that we all must bear for adhering to public health guidelines while dealing with the COVID-19 pandemic. Everyone has […]
December 2020 broke the record for new COVID-19 infections in the Eastern Ontario Health Unit region. That month saw 675 people test positive for the Novel Coronavirus, more than October and November’s new case numbers […]
The new year 2021 is off to a disappointing start. The COVID-19 pandemic is still raging. Case counts are still increasing at an alarming rate. There are new outbreaks in long-term care homes each day […]
Ontario began its 28 day lockdown on Boxing Day, shuttering most retail businesses, bars, and restaurants until January 24th, 2021. Unless a retail store sells groceries, or is a pharmacy, only curbside pickup, delivery, or […]
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