Around the Nation by Tom Van Dusen It feels like about a dozen years since the Raisin-South Nation Source Protection Committee started beavering away to ensure that communal drinking water in a large region of…
by Jamie Wilson NDDHS Minister of Communications The Grade 12 students are hard at work this week on the North Dundas Holiday Show. They are busy filming and editing the virtual show that will be…
by Jamie Wilson NDDHS Minister of Communications OFSAA, the Ontario Federation of School Athletics Association, has been hosting a free throw competition for the last week. The challenge is to achieve the highest possible average…
Around the Nation A column by Tom Van Dusen At Nation Valley News, we pay most of our attention to Eastern Ontario territory defined by the South Nation River and its tributaries. But we aren’t…
by Jamie Wilson NDDHS Minister of Communications This month is Movember, a month dedicated to raising awareness of men’s health issues such as prostate cancer and male mental health and suicide. Due to the pandemic,…
Around the Nation A column by Tom Van Dusen I’ve recently plunged into the fascinating and extravagant world of pet “aftercare”… actually, it’s more daughter Victoria who’s plunged while I’ve been caught in the backwash….
Around the Nation A column by Tom Van Dusen Back in the summer, I pulled out of my laneway in Prescott and headed west along King Street, arriving a block and a half away at…
by Jamie Wilson NDDHS Minister of Communications Friday, November 6 was our Hawaiian Day spirit competition against Seaway HS. Over half of our students took part which brought us to 53% participation rate; however, we…
Mental Wellness: A personal journey A column by Tammy Zollinger It’s taken me more time than I care to admit to decide what to write about in my second column. A three-hour conversation with my…
by Craig Stevenson Special to Nation Valley News On a snowy day in 1955, in downtown Cornwall, my grandfather took a photograph of Second Street. That act was itself unremarkable. Sixty-odd years later, I scanned…
Around the Nation A column by Tom Van Dusen We’ve all done it, including me and I know a fair amount about farm equipment and its safe operation. You fall in, maybe 10 cars back,…
Last Friday, October 30, students wore their Halloween costumes or black and orange to school. It was wonderful to see the school filled with scary and creative Halloween costumes. This has been our best spirit…
Around the Nation A column by Tom Van Dusen Reg McIlvenna, 94, has a staccato delivery no doubt acquired from two years as a WWII reservist, a year on rotation in the Korean War, and…
by Jamie Wilson NDDHS Minister of Communications Last Friday’s Pink Day was very successful. Two grades got to 50% participation; Grade 9 had 51% and Grade 12 had 52%. T Thank you to everyone who…
Around the Nation A column by Tom Van Dusen A doff of the mask to the Eastern Ontario Medical officer of Health for choosing the common sense approach when implementing further restrictions (effective Monday of…
