ROCKLAND — Two Ottawa men have been charged with first-degree murder in connection with the death of Clarence-Rockland resident David Tobin, 42, who was found dead inside a Rockland home. According to Russell County OPP,…
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EMBRUN — A 22-year-old Russell man died of electrocution Monday after touching a wire as he worked on a roof for a firm specializing in solar panel installations. Ontario’s Ministry of Labour, Training and Skills…
STORMONT — This county’s 2019 Farmer of the Year winners are David and Pamela Phillips — as awarded by the Stormont Soil and Crop Improvement Association recently. Dave and Pam run the Avonmore Berry farm…
North Dundas Mayor Tony Fraser at the Aug. 11 meeting, above. Zandbergen photo, Nation Valley News WINCHESTER — Their voices slightly muffled beneath masks, North Dundas Mayor Tony Fraser and his township colleagues held their…
Tom Van Dusen Nation Valley News RUSSELL — A woodlot at the Embrun roundabout will be cleared, not merely to satisfy the visibility needs of a commercial developer, but to meet the mandate of Russell…
Tom Van Dusen Nation Valley News KEMPTVILLE — Two months into it and a retired OPP sergeant is swamped making fundraising decorative buoys in support of victims of the Nova Scotia massacre in April. Craig…
Watch the Aug. 9, 2020, procession (above). John Cinnamon leads the annual tractor parade through Winchester this afternoon (Sunday, Aug. 9, 2020), including a detour through the Dundas Manor Parking lot. The parade went ahead,…
But you can still contribute to all of the involved charities! WINCHESTER — The display of bovine athleticism for good causes got underway Aug. 8. The wooden replica cows and their intrepid riders entered the…
WINCHESTER — James Pitruniak has a long connection with Winchester District Memorial Hospital (WDMH). And now he is taking it one step further as the new Chair of the WDMH Board of Directors. James was…
Nelson Zandbergen Nation Valley News EASTERN ONTARIO — False positives for COVID-19 are not included in Ontario’s official case count, according to the office of the province’s top doctor, and those who are told they…
CORNWALL — Homes in Cornwall and the United Counties of SDG will receive copies of ‘staycation’ guides to help round out their 2020 holiday plans enjoying some of the amenities in and around the region. …
Above, Cheryl Cooper and husband Hugh McEwen have become first on the wall with a barn quilt at their Heather Crest Farm, part of a new project coordinated by Osgoode Township Museum, which to date…
WINCHESTER — Six charities are in the running during this Saturday’s Great Canadian Cow Race — set for broadcast on Nation Valley News at 3 p.m., Aug. 8. Reconfigured as a live-streamed, socially-distanced event in…
HANESVILLE — Fire destroyed a vacant house under construction in this South Dundas community last night. Surrounding neighbours called 9-1-1 after noticing the fire at the chipboard-clad structure between 10:15 and 10:30 p.m. A neighbour…
Tom Van Dusen Nation Valley News VANKLEEK HILL — A third tractor parade has been announced for Eastern Ontario this month, this time as a partial replacement for the annual Vankleek Hill Fair crushed like…
