Kirsten Gardner – Morrisburg Leader

The long and winding road to school

January 23, 2020 Phillip Blancher – Local Journalism Initiative Reporter

SOUTH DUNDAS – Imagine watching your school bus go by your home every day and having to drive nine kilometres down the road to catch it. That is the reality for a Grade 8 student […]

Minor operational cuts kick-off budget talks

December 26, 2019 R. Comfort – Leader staff

SOUTH DUNDAS – December 19 and 20th South Dundas council was deliberating a $7.5 million draft budget. This is the earliest the Municipality of South Dundas has ever held budget deliberations, which is something council […]

Recycling costs increasing fivefold

December 19, 2019 R. Comfort – Leader staff

SOUTH DUNDAS – South Dundas, if it stays with its current recycling service provider, is going to see a huge increase in recycling processing costs. South Dundas, along with South Stormont, South Glengarry and North […]

Swank offering up new Iroquois rink building

November 21, 2019 R. Comfort – Leader staff

IROQUOIS – Iroquois has secured a volunteer to operate the community outdoor rink building this winter, but that’s not the best news council received about the Iroquois outdoor rink last week. South Dundas council will […]

New team takes aim at better customer service for developers

October 28, 2019 R. Comfort – Leader staff

SOUTH DUNDAS – Over the years, South Dundas has developed a reputation of not being development friendly. No matter what the basis for that label was, South Dundas municipal staff have put in place a […]

South Dundas wants to talk about rural schools, meeting slated for October 2nd

October 1, 2019 R. Comfort – Leader staff

SOUTH DUNDAS – The Municipality of South Dundas is serious about its rural schools and the education that students are receiving in those schools. That’s why they are hosting an open discussion meeting about the […]

Final loan payment forgiven

September 26, 2019 R. Comfort – Leader staff

MORRISBURG – After a tour of Community Food Share’s Morrisburg facility where they learned all about how the local food bank works, South Dundas council decided to forgive the remainder of that organization’s loan. South […]

UCDSB opens communication lines with SDG

September 19, 2019 P. Blancher – Leader staff

SDG – Senior officials from the Upper Canada District School Board were at the SDG County Council meeting, attempting to open lines of communication between the two government bodies. The deputation by UCDSB chair John […]

Cannabis industry buys into Morrisburg

August 22, 2019 P. Blancher – Leader staff

MORRISBURG – Fifteen to 60 jobs in the Cannabis extraction field may be coming to South Dundas via a new Cannabis company that purchased four acres of land in the Morrisburg Industrial Park. South Dundas […]

Council ready to endorse patio bylaw

July 11, 2019 R. Comfort – Leader staff

MORRISBURG – From the sounds of it, South Dundas council can hardly wait to endorse allowing outdoor patios in the municipality’s two plazas. Outdoor patios are something that a couple of local restaurant owners have […]