EASTERN ONTARIO — Have you been identified as a “high-risk contact” of someone who has tested positive for COVID-19? Members of your household are now required to go into self-quarantine with you, under a new…
ORILLIA — The Ontario Provincial Police say they have saved the lives of 210 people from opioid overdoses since officers were first equipped with the medication naloxone in 2017. Naloxone is used to rapidly but…
Nelson Zandbergen Nation Valley News NORTH DUNDAS — Deb Marriner of South Mountain watched as colleagues and other supporters paraded by her place on a chilly morning last week, led by a contingent of First…
by Jamie Wilson NDDHS Minister of Communications North Dundas has had some interesting changes in the last week. As of Wednesday, February 10, all grade 9-12 students must now complete the online Covid-19 Self-Screening test…
Natascha Wood Nation Valley News EASTERN ONTARIO — As the region comes to the end of its first day in Orange-Restrict Zone following the provincial shutdown, Dr. Paul Roumeliotis delivered the latest updates about the…
Tom Van Dusen Nelson Zandbergen NORTH GOWER — With the Nation Rise Wind Farm gearing up again after lengthy delays caused by ministerial intervention and COVID-19, an anti-turbine side effects lobby group says it’s time…
Around the Nation by Tom Van Dusen Well that’s a hair-raising surprise! Not in a scary way… in a startling development when it comes to grooming way! Russell has a new barbershop, Trieste, about to…
CORNWALL — Officials with the SD&G OPP update members of the Council of the United Counties of Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry on the detachment’s successful inclusion of a mental health nurse on staff — to…
EASTERN ONTARIO — Last night’s significant snowfall has nixed the buses this morning — but it’s definitely not an old-school snow day! Thanks to the pandemic, students are expected to shift back to remote learning…
A Comics Column by Patrick R. Burger Neal Adams is back! After waiting what seems to be a lifetime to see legendary comic artist Neal Adams do a regular series and be able to keep…
WINCHESTER — See this morning’s live virtual service marking Valentine’s Day — an initiative of the Winchester United Pastoral charge involving congregants from Winchester United Church and Hope Springs United Church in Winchester Springs. The…
EASTERN ONTARIO — The website of the local health unit shows “more accurate” COVID-19 case numbers to the public than its provincial counterpart, Eastern Ontario Medical Officer of Health Dr. Paul Roumeliotis asserted during a…
EASTERN ONTARIO — Dr Paul Roumeliotis delivered the latest updates about the local COVID-19 situation in his February 11th media briefing, predicting that Eastern Ontario will likely go into Orange-Restrict zone on February 16th. The…
EASTERN ONTARIO — Having barely returned to their classrooms, the kids won’t be pulled from school for the usual March break next month. “In support of our collective efforts to keep schools safe, we are…
Sweet experience sours again because of pandemic Tom Van Dusen Nation Valley News ORMOND — South Nation Conservation has pulled the spigot on its 2021 Maple Education program at 18-acre Oschmann Forest Conservation Area in…
