A Comics Column by Patrick R. Burger Comics are the very real inheritors of the pulp fiction legacy, and the first appearance of the original Green Lantern in 1940, four years after pulp fiction master…
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Around the Nation A column by Tom Van Dusen As a veteran agriculture and rural life reporter, I don’t know how I missed the barn quilt phenomenon bordering on cult. Imported from Ohio, it took…
A prescription for transparency The Full Nelson by Nelson Zandbergen Some time has passed, and it would be worthwhile for Eastern Ontario Medical Officer of Health Dr. Paul Roumeliotis to take another look at releasing…
Around the Nation A column by Tom Van Dusen So, except for buffet restaurants and karaoke bars, we’re pretty much back in business in Stage 3 of Ontario’s pandemic recovery, almost on the other side…
Around the Nation A column by Tom Van Dusen An online farm fair with no sights, sounds and delightful smells! It obviously won’t be the same… but at least it’s something, says the Spencerville Agricultural…
Op/Ed by Harry Valentine Much of Eastern Ontario is currently experiencing a prolonged drought with farmers expressing concern over their 2020 crop yield. Amidst the summer drought, the regulatory agency that oversees water levels along…
The Editor: Fellow Business Owners, I am writing today on behalf of the North Dundas Fire Service, as we are actively recruiting new members for all four stations at this time. We are looking for…
Cannabis 101: CBD vs THC A column by Dr. Pierre Milot, PhD. In a previous article, I talked about the cannabinoid CBD, what it is and what it can do. Now, in this article, I’m…
Around the Nation A column by Tom Van Dusen Augusta Township recently considered the important environmental question: To bee, or not to bee! Township council unanimously decided to bee, setting aside vacant municipal property to…
Around the Nation A column by Tom Van Dusen It’s well known today for a profitable St. Lawrence Seaway port, with it’s massive elevator, it’s nine shiny big grain storage bins lining up along Highway…
By Peggy Brekveld, Vice President, Ontario Federation of Agriculture ONTARIO — Essential foreign workers are valued members of Ontario’s farming community. Do you know them? These men and women are integrated into the fabric of…
Around the Nation A column by Tom Van Dusen While we’re handing out kudos to everyone from first responders to grocery store clerks and truckers for helping us through the pandemic, let’s not forget to…
Around the Nation A column by Tom Van Dusen There was always something a little unsatisfying, even unnerving about the name Russell… and it just wasn’t the fact it caused confusion by being applied simultaneously…
By Keith Currie President, OFA Ontario farm families depend on the safety and security of their farms to raise livestock and grow and produce food to maintain a strong, reliable food supply for all Ontarians….
Queen’s Park Update – June 12 By Jim McDonell MPP for S-D-SG Our collective effort, led by our front-line workers, to reduce the spread of COVID-19, continues to be successful. As a result, the Premier…
