SMITHS FALLS — Recently, at Lower Reach Park in Smiths Falls, the Ontario Provincial Police’s East Region Snowmobile, ATV and Vessel Enforcement (SAVE) Unit, alongside local Police and other emergency services, gave a demonstration of…
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…
STORMONT — Regardless of the pandemic, this county’s fields still produced a bounty in 2020 — the best of which was recently judged and recognized by the Stormont Soil & Crop Improvement Association. First-time exhibitor…
WINCHESTER — See this morning’s live virtual church service — an initiative of the Winchester United Pastoral charge involving congregants from Winchester United Church and Hope Springs United Church in Winchester Springs. It’s the second…
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…
OTTAWA — Canada will finally get a much-needed boost to the national vaccine supply, after Health Canada approved the long-awaited AstraZeneca Oxford vaccine for distribution Feb. 26. Additionally, it approved a different version of the…
CANADA — Turns out, it takes a pair of skates to really believe you can fly. Ottawa resident Robin Worling posted video of himself yesterday nailing a massive 25-foot slam dunk after skating over a…
CORNWALL — The Ontario and federal governments are ponying up $127,000 to support Meat and Poultry Ontario (MPO) research that aims to spur the processing industry. Local MPP Jim McDonell welcomed the Feb. 17 announcement…
TORONTO — Provincial elections could look a little different next year, if a new bill introduced by the Ford government passes the legislative assembly in Queens Park. According to the governing Progressive Conservatives, the Protecting…
MORRISBURG — The Economic Development Association of Canada has put a smile on the face of South Dundas. The municipality’s ‘Welcoming Facemask Project’ took top honours Feb. 23 in the Association’s Promotional Item Marketing Award…
EASTERN ONTARIO — The Eastern Ontario Health Unit (EOHU) is confirming its first cases of COVID-19 variants of concern (VOCs) in the region. Suspected variants have been detected in three staff at the St. Albert…
Tom Van Dusen Nation Valley News ST. ALBERT — The manager of Eastern Ontario’s premier cheese factory and sales outlet is “shocked and disappointed” that three cases of COVID-19 have been identified at the facility….
Natascha Wood Nation Valley News EASTERN ONTARIO — The region has seen a slight increase in new cases from yesterday compared to previous days, according to the Eastern Ontario Public Health Unit’s website. In his…
SOUTH STORMONT — Family Earth’s innovative new program, Growing Families, will walk 100 families through the process of starting a garden indoors to plant outside this spring. All members of the family will learn from…
NORTH DUNDAS — Police are investigating a case of vandalism that occurred at a business on St. Lawrence Street in Winchester. On February 19th, shortly before 4 p.m., SD&G OPP officers received a report about…
