Retirees dig into Dutch roots and come up with tulip farm
Tom Van Dusen Nation Valley News EDWARDS — What happens when an accountant and a librarian — not always seen as the most exciting of professions — put their heads together to come up with…
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Vanderlaand the Barnyard Zoo hosts virtual field trip for a Gloucester Kindergarten class
Kelsey Smith Nation Valley News WINCHESTER SPRINGS — A Gloucester Kindergarten class was surprised to see some cute furry, and feathery animals on their screens during their weekly web chat last Friday. Ruth Vanderlaan owner…
Cideries win one after COVID-19 sours operations
Above, Upper Canada Cider Company founder Matthew Cameron (left) and co-worker Zach Pyke promote the firm’s “Three County Cider” — made from apples sourced in Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry — at ‘Tastefest’ in Moose Creek…
Against all odds: Farm couple reopens gutted abattoir
Above, Brian Vandenberg poses at Desormeaux Meats, a local Eastern Ontario abattoir recently recovered from a fire and reopened for business just as large industrial meat packing plants — hard-hit by COVID-19 outbreaks — are…
Winchester BMR to open Garden Centre this Saturday with a number of precautions for everyone’s safety
WINCHESTER — Earlier this week the Ontario Government and Health Authorities have announced the opening of essential retail hardware and garden centre outlets as of Saturday May 9. Although stores will be opened to the…
Duncan, McDonell co-host second SDSG Business Community Town Hall
STORMONT-DUNDAS-SOUTH GLENGARRY — Watch the proceedings, above, running live until 9:30 p.m. on April 23.
Prescott and Russell counties launching $36-million ‘food hub’ with federal slaughter plant
L’ORIGNAL – A $36-million federally licensed slaughterhouse and vegetable processing facility will be constructed by the United Counties of Prescott and Russell (UCPR) in partnership with the private sector. The upper-tier municipality announced its intended…
Winchester Foodland employee transcends borders with kindness
Above, Winchester Foodland employee Archel Imperial and owner Dan Pettigrew. WINCHESTER — The COVID-19 crisis has gripped humanity the world over, and for one local grocery store employee, the pandemic has spurred a very personal…
Inspiring signs for challenging times
NORTH DUNDAS — In their own ways, a South Mountain-area dairy farmer and a Winchester bridal shop are signalling optimism with signage in the face of the COVID-19 crisis. At Yann Bossel’s dairy farm, a…
IDP Group of Chesterville assembling isolation ICU ‘pods’ for nursing homes, other critical uses
Nelson Zandbergen Nation Valley News CHESTERVILLE — The owners of the former Nestlé plant here have swung into action in the battle against COVID-19, with plans to build mobile intensive-care isolation pods aimed at nursing…
Labouring through COVID-19 at a North Grenville family farm
NORTH GRENVILLE — Put Oxford Mills-area farmer Luke Swale in the official COVID-19 “recovered” column after enduring a three-week infection with the virus that included a nine-day wait for a positive test to confirm the…
Grocers’ group warns of rising food costs to come
EASTERN ONTARIO — In a letter to Ontario Premier Doug Ford today, Senior Vice President of Canadian Federation of Independent Grocers (CFIG), Gary Sands, extended his concerns about an inevitable spike in grocery prices across…
Shopify spotlights Cornwall’s Kelly Bergeron for her website initiative assisting local businesses during COVID-19 crisis
Listen to the podcast here CORNWALL — Through Shopify, local creative technologist Kelly Bergeron very quickly launched a collective online gift-certificate retailing tool to help Cornwall businesses reach their customers during the COVID-19 crisis. The…
Gatherings capped at five people in Ontario; premier announces new penalties for price-gouging
TORONTO — Premier Doug Ford announced Saturday that the cap on “non-essential” gatherings of people has been dropped to just five. The precipitous decrease from the previous mark of 50 people took effect Sunday, as…
Cornwall local uses Shopify skills to help support community small businesses
CORNWALL — After seeing a need to support businesses in the midst of a pandemic, the website www.cornwall-gift-certificates.ca was launched to help local small businesses connect with their customers while dealing with COVID-19 and physical…
