What a wonderful world
Louis Armstrong sang a lovely song, one that makes people smile and sigh happily, no doubt. These days, I find myself saying the words...
Winter is coming
Our community has been dealing with the realities of COVID-19 for eight months now. In March, none of us could have predicted how long...
Dazed and confused
The Ford government has had to do a major climb down on some of their budget proposals after meeting stern opposition from the general...
Are you ready?
It didn’t take a prophet to predict that 2018 was going to be a really interesting year in politics. With both a provincial election...
Not on the radar
by Deron Johnston
I sat down with a downtown Kemptville resident this week in a local coffee shop. I asked him what subject was important...
Please, Mister Postman
Some weeks are worse than others. This past week or so brought some complications to my life that I thought I would share with...
Blowing in the Wind
A small act of resistance was offered by the North Grenville Municipal Council recently to the tidal wave that has been sweeping renewable energy...
Standing on guard
In late June that year, word got round that there was a young foreign family newly-arrived in town. They were staying in a hotel...
A thought on Democracy
As you may have noticed, the North Grenville Times has dedicated a section of the paper to Merrickville-Wolford. It was, of course, the idea...
Everybody hurts
Before Covid, before Brexit, before Ukraine, before Trump and all the other disasters that have hit the world, it seems we were all sleep-walking...