Opinion

A person cannot look too far in South Dundas and not see some type of construction or reconstruction underway. From critical infrastructure renewal to new housing starts and renovations – there are positive signs all […]

The 2020-21 school year is over and everyone made it. Students, teachers, support staff, bus drivers, school administrators, parents and guardians, and everyone else involved deserve a pat on the back. The past school year […]

Editor’s note – From September 2019 to April 2021, Danika Nielsen wrote for the Seaway Scoop feature in The Leader. In recognition of her selection as class valedictorian, we have reprinted her speech to the […]

Peacefully at the Cornwall Community Hospital, on Monday June 28, 2021.  Ralph Brown of Morrisburg, at the age of 84.  Beloved companion of Marilyn Harper of Morrisburg.  Dear father of Shawna Williams and step-father of […]

Eighteen months into the COVID-19 pandemic nearly 80 per cent of people in the Eastern Ontario Health Unit region have received one dose of a vaccine. Even in younger age groups like people age 20-29, […]

Recently there have been many instances where ethics and actions of municipal politicians have been called into question. The most public example is Ottawa councillor Rick Chiarelli, who was found in 2020 by that city’s […]

Last week South Dundas council supported increasing water and sewer rates in the villages of Iroquois and Morrisburg to fund existing system upgrades and plan ahead for future renewal. The rate increases are necessary because […]

Last week, officials from the Upper Canada District School Board presented that board’s concerns about a potential online learning plan by Ontario’s Ministry of Education, to members of the SDG Counties Council. UCDSB chair John […]

Our lives have been disrupted for 15 months now by the COVID-19 pandemic in Canada. That is 15 months of sickness and death. Fifteen months of job losses and business closures. Fifteen months of stay-at-home […]