North Dundas mayor fires off letter to the premier WINCHESTER — Small businesses are the only local shopping option in the small towns of rural North Dundas Township — so why should their customers be…
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WINCHESTER — Far from extinguishing the initiative, the pandemic stoked the annual Heat for the Holidays campaign to greater heights. In fact, the fourth-annual edition spearheaded out of the Boje family’s Winchester BMR store distributed…
WINCHESTER — Cathy Burns was a long-time community volunteer in South Mountain, helping with everything possible—from Nationview Public School to the South Mountain Fair. Whatever it was, Cathy was there to support it. Cathy was…
Nelson Zandbergen Nation Valley News HALLVILLE — A self-confessed “farmer at heart,” Ian Drew still plants about 200 acres of crops in the Osgoode countryside each year. But the former dairyman is really a grower of…
Nelson Zandbergen Nation Valley News CHESTERVILLE — Mike Dean’s Super Food Stores’ flagship King Street location is where it all began for the small-town grocer, and where the next generation of this Eastern Ontario family…
Tom Van Dusen Nation Valley News IROQUOIS — With one of the most devastating years in history kicking its way out the door at midnight Dec. 31, the St. Lawrence Seaway beat it to the…
Christmas Trees for Critters WINCHESTER SPRINGS — The popular North Dundas petting zoo operation continues the Yuletide tradition of accepting cast-off Christmas trees as munchies for its menagerie of goats, llamas and other critters. The…
Natascha Wood Nation Valley News WINCHESTER — It’s been a long year for small businesses across the country. People have had to face incredible difficulties and undergo drastic change just to reach the end of…
Tom Van Dusen Nation Valley News KEMPTVILLE — Christmas tree farmer “Pud” Johnston, 95, agrees with the broad impression there’s been an early run on natural trees this season, partly attributable to the stay-at-home-and-decorate mood…
VANKLEEK HILL — Beau’s Brewing Co. and Dunrobin Distilleries were honoured last week at the Best Ottawa Business Awards, for efforts in Social Entrepreneurship in 2020. The award comes in recognition of the local brewery…
SOUTH DUNDAS — The Municipality of South Dundas is celebrating and shining a spotlight on the local business community with its Second Annual Awards of Excellence. Due to the challenges presented by the COVID-19 pandemic,…
Should be standard practice, says Birket Foster Nelson Zandbergen Nation Valley News NORTH DUNDAS — Rural roads are routinely dug up for repair — yet, while the trenches are open, municipalities never think to throw…
Tom Van Dusen Nation Valley News KEMPTVILLE — Closed down tight after University of Guelph pulled out four years ago, the Kemptville Campus Power & Equipment Building workshop is to get a new lease on…
Tom Van Dusen Nation Valley News BRINSTON — A Quebec-based company which specializes in reducing the risk of costly, emotionally draining barn fires is making inroads into Ontario, including at five-barn Thurler Farms. Operated by…
Above, North Dundas Mayor Tony Fraser (fourth from left) and North Dundas Deputy Mayor and Fire Commissioner Al Armstrong (third from right) pose with township firefighters and Firehouse Subs Public Safety Foundation of Canada representatives….
