Good news for family history fans
I am always amazed at how popular family history is in Canada. Library and Archives Canada reports that fully 90% of visitors to their...
Competing for Food
The surprisingly warm weather prevails and our Spring birds are returning, as you yourself will probably have noticed when the migrating Canada Geese "honk"...
The Food Corner
by Paul Cormier, Salamanders of Kemptville
Our family likes Mediterranean cuisine, and Tabouli (or Tabbouleh) Salad is a great, fresh take on the traditional greens. Everything...
Life with Connor the Weatherman
featuring Connor Mockett
Hello, everyone! Welcome back to another week of Life with Connor the Weatherman. After not having a column in the last paper,...
The Total Solar Eclipse
by Gary Boyle - The Backyard Astronomer
In a few short weeks on April 8, the long-anticipated total solar eclipse will be upon us. Standing on...
A Leap Year early surprise
Confucius reigns both in our world and that of the birds methinks! With the temperatures being all over the place in this, the early...
New report claims Ford government is pushing private health care
“Robbing the public to build the private”. That is the titular claim of a report released last week by the Ontario Health Coalition which...
Print media – not dead yet
The death of newspapers, magazines, in fact all print media, has been declared repeatedly in the past decade or so. On-line platforms, both social...
Those were the days
There’s a lot of confusion about what, exactly “heritage” is. How is it different from “history”? What is it then, that we’re celebrating in...
Choosers can’t be beggars
About a year ago, I pulled into a gas station near my home and noticed something new, but not surprising. Signage indicated a new...