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. […]
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 […]
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 […]
No one would have predicted that 2020 would have this much turmoil. An economy closed for more than a month; schools shuttered; living sheltered in place. Every day there is an announcement of some large-scale […]
Many rural areas of Canada, including South Dundas, have long suffered with slow speeds since the advent of high-speed internet. Urban residents enjoy ever-increasing speed in the digital age, while rural residents have to deal […]
In the past 18 years, Canadians faced two pandemic-events, SARS and H1N1. Combined, the two events saw just over 60,000 people infected, and 550 people die. H1N1 was, by far, the larger of the two […]
This past week has been about numbers. How many people could ultimately be infected by COVID-19, and how many will die. The numbers as they are look grim, but not as grim as they could […]
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