The devil in the details
By September of 1996, the amalgamation project seemed to be going nowhere. Although there were regular meetings of the Tri-Council Committee delegated with coming...
The Windows of St. James
by Doug Macdonald
On July 25, 1880, St. James the Archdeacon Patton Memorial Church, designed by distinguished Canadian Architect William Tutin Thomas, was officially opened....
An Established Church
When the Province of Upper Canada, later Ontario, was established by the Constitutional Act of 1791, it was assumed that the Church of England...
A century of remembering
This is our annual Remembrance Day issue, and, after remembering each year of the First World War, we have finally come to that last...
The Mysterious Mr. Henderson
Part 4: The legacy
The letter from John Henderson in Ogdensburg to William Lyon Mackenzie which started this inquiry into the mysterious Mr. Henderson was...
Silas Huntington: Apostle of the North
North Grenville has never been short of colourful characters throughout its history, but Silas Huntington must rank as one of the most colourful of...
Spanish Residential School: the good one
The Times is publishing a series of articles on Indigenous History as part of Indigenous History Month.
Many of us have heard the terrible stories...
The other North Grenville Premier
Most people living in North Grenville today have heard about the native son who grew up to become Ontario Premier. G. Howard Ferguson is...
The Harp and the Maple Leaf
The impact of the Irish on Canada goes well beyond the immigrants who arrived here in droves throughout the Nineteenth Century. Most of those...
Finders Keepers – The Doctrine of Discovery
Imagine a typical Canadian family packing up and heading off to the cottage for a few days. Naturally, it’s beside a lake, very rough...