CHESTERVILLE — Dignitaries gathered with the owners of Doyle’s Pub & Eatery yesterday to officially cut the ribbon at the Main Street North establishment that has already proven itself a survivor and success. Proprietors…
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BONVILLE — Fat Les’s has expanded again — into mini-golf. True to their word, the operators of Eastern Ontario’s ninth Fat Les’s location in Bonville have revived the disused mini-putt attraction that came with…
SPENCERVILLE — Joe Moulton is ready and willing to construct a new JoeComputer building on the same footprint in downtown Spencerville… but he may not be able to do so any time soon because of…
Tom Van Dusen Nation Valley News RUSSELL — Cochrane’s Dairy has changed names… and owners. While the old signs are gone, no new ones have yet been erected. When they are, they’ll identify the landmark…
‘Fall in Love with Maple’ event set for autumn Nelson Zandbergen Nation Valley News SOUTH DUNDAS — Beyond the immediate hurdles posed by the pandemic, Ontario’s maple syrup industry must confront the longer-term challenge of…
Tom Van Dusen Nation Valley News EMBRUN — A local entrepreneur has been given a clear path by United Counties of Prescott & Russell to instal overnight cabins in part of increasingly popular 18,000-acre Larose…
VANKLEEK HILL — The newest ale by Beau’s Brewing Co. is touted as Canada’s most sustainable beer. Brewed with green electricity and featuring 100% Ontario hops and 100% Quebec malts, the new brew — dubbed…
Tom Van Dusen Nation Valley News ST. ALBERT — It could have been so much worse, said the manager of St. Albert Cheese Factory Monday after the regionally famous production plant reopened following a four-day…
Nelson Zandbergen Nation Valley News NORTH DUNDAS — The Weagant family name has been a staple of North Dundas agribusiness for nearly 70 years. In 1953, Fred and Anita Weagant sold their farm and opened…
Nelson Zandbergen Nation Valley News WINCHESTER — This village’s latest collection of planned dream homes are beginning to emerge at Winchester Meadows’ nine-acre site off Ottawa Street. Developer Prem Arora finds that prospective buyers are…
ONTARIO — Hydro prices will cease to be fixed at lower off-peak rates later this week — unless the Ford government again extends the pandemic-related policy at the last minute. Higher peak rates are otherwise…
Nelson Zandbergen Nation Valley News CHESTERVILLE — Members of the Pavlounis family have cooked up tons of delicious food and served multitudes of patrons since taking over the eatery at the corner of King and…
Nelson Zandbergen Nation Valley News CHESTERVILLE — It’s not a stretch to say that Dundas Power Line (DPL) has strung high-voltage wire in quantities measurable on a planetary scale. “I wouldn’t doubt twice around the…
Tom Van Dusen Nation Valley News GUELPH — Two men with deep roots in Eastern Ontario and strong leadership qualities are among the latest all-male batch of inductees into the Ontario Agricultural Hall of Fame,…
Tom Van Dusen Nation Valley News CHESTERVILLE — When a fire Jan. 20 caused serious damage to the Arctic Co-Op, one of Igloolik, Nunavut’s, two grocery stores, wiping out about 40 per cent of supplies,…