ST-ALBERT — Covid kiboshed this year’s Curd Festival but it can’t curtail these colourful cows. With their regular summer event cancelled because of the pandemic, Festival organizers are instead adding a dash of colour to…
WINCHESTER — Whether embraced as a sign of economic lifeblood or endured as a source of irritation and inconvenience, those big milk trucks won’t be rumbling through Winchester’s downtown core on their way to Canada’s…
EMBRUN — Embrun’s Francois Latour is all smiles (photo above) after learning that one of his dreams has come true. His name has been included in the Guinness Book of World Records — the actual…
Tom Van Dusen Nation Valley News KEMPTVILLE — A revamped, almost theme-park style Kemptville Campus as described in a Regeneration Plan released last week can co-exist with a provincial prison across the way… especially with…
VANKLEEK HILL — A take-off on Beau’s popular farm-tractor-themed brew, Lug Tread 2.5% is a low-alcohol lagered ale that riffs on the award-winning recipe of the local craft beer maker’s flagship label. At only 2.5%…
KEMPTVILLE — Several years after the University of Guelph’s pullout from the site, a revival of skilled trades training is taking place at the former Kempville College campus here. Unveiled yesterday by provincial cabinet minister…
Tom Van Dusen Nation Valley News JOHNSTOWN — Construction will begin shortly on a $75 million expansion to GreenField Global’s ethanol plant here, primarily to capitalize on the growing demand for high-grade corn-based alcohol for…
Above, Henry Staal holds a Minneapolis Moline Model U model tractor. Van Dusen photo, Nation Valley News Tom Van Dusen Nation Valley News RUSSELL — In the wake of the cancellation of next year’s Ottawa…
FINCH — A little over five years after this North Stormont Township village was abuzz with thousands of International Plowing Match visitors, a colourful afterglow remains in the community’s collective memory — as reflected in…
Tom Van Dusen Nation Valley News WINCHESTER — Two fundraisers organized to help the fire-stricken Porteous family north of Winchester rebuild their dairy barn and acquire some new stock are going gangbusters, with family, friends…
Potential seed show competitors should collect samples anyway OTTAWA — The longer the pandemic runs, the further into the future extends the wreckage of ruined plans: Latest case in point is the Ottawa Valley Farm…
EASTERN ONTARIO — Cranberries have been a staple at family gatherings ever since Indigenous people introduced the bitter berry to European colonists in the 15th century. Now they warm the hearts of millions of Canadians, especially…
ORMOND — Half the production herd and the main barn at Ayrporte Farms were lost in a devastating fire here yesterday morning. Local firefighters remained on scene until early Sunday evening, spraying down the burned…
Last vestige of Berry’s Feeds Tom Van Dusen Nation Valley News SOUTH MOUNTAIN — Once head office and distribution depot for a well-known Eastern Ontario livestock and pet food chain of more than 50 stores,…
Around the Nation A column by Tom Van Dusen RENFREW — There are those who might dismiss Renfrew County dairy farmer Don Russell as a little bit whacky, quirky, a zealot who can become obsessed…
