Nelson Zandbergen Nation Valley News IROQUOIS — Former Iroquois reeve John McAllister failed last night to put the brakes on the Upper Canada District School Board’s push to shut down and consolidate many schools in…
NORTH GRENVILLE — The Municipality of North Grenville plans to roll out a Business Retention and Expansion (BR+E) Program to its local business community over 2016-2017. Funded in part by the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture,…
BROCKVILLE — The Upper Canada District School Board will consider a motion tonight that would rescind the board’s Sept. 28 approval for a staff report that has triggered a public process to consider the closure…
SDG & PRESCOTT-RUSSELL — Cover up those precious garden plants because there’s likely to be a damaging frost tonight, Oct. 9, says Environment Canada. A ridge of high pressure will spell clear conditions and the…
BROCKVILLE — Grappling with excess capacity said to be equal to 33 empty elementary schools, the Upper Canada District School Board (UCDSB) has approved the start of a public review to determine the best ways to…
QUEEN’S PARK – MPP Jim McDonell has demanded that the Upper Canada District School Board reject any report involving school closures in Stormont-Dundas-South Glengarry starting in 2017. “Rural education must be supported at all levels…
CHESTERVILLE — The Upper Canada District School Board will ponder the imminent closure of a dozen Eastern Ontario schools, effective the end of this school year, with potentially another 13 to come beyond that. The…
BROCKVILLE — Standardized testing scores in Grade 6 literacy are on the rise in the Upper Canada District School Board (UCDSB). Scores in Grade 9 academic math have also improved, says Stephen Sliwa, Director of…
EASTERN ONTARIO — Shortly before midnight (Sept. 11) Environment Canada ended most of the official storm warnings that accompanied thunderstorms moving over Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry, as well as Prescott and Russell counties and the…
EASTERN ONTARIO — The Ontario Provincial Police are conducting a telephone survey. Beginning this month in the OPP’s East Region, the Community Satisfaction Survey seeks public opinion on the services detachments deliver to communities throughout…
FINCH — South Nation Conservation’s Water Response Team is moving to a level III (severe) drought conditions advisory for two sub-watersheds toward the western and northern ends of SNC jurisdiction. The Bearbrook and Upper South…
Nelson Zandbergen Nation Valley News ORMOND — A century of dedication to Ayrshire cattle was celebrated at a local farm steeped in the history of the red-and-white dairy breed, July 23. Approximately 60 people turned…
