Local hooking group celebrates 40 years
The Rideau Valley Boots and Baskets (RVBB) rug hooking group met at the Burritts Rapids locks on Thursday last week to celebrate 40 years...
COVID-19 Assessment Centre is now full treatment centre
On Wednesday, October 7, 2020, the North Grenville COVID-19 Assessment Centre (NGCAC) in Kemptville transitioned to a full assessment and treatment centre while also...
BIA lights inaugural community Christmas tree
The Old Town Kemptville BIA held a virtual tree lighting ceremony on Saturday night in Rotary Park to officially celebrate the start of the...
Ho Ho Home Decorating Contest Winners
by Deron Johnston
I hope everyone enjoyed some much-needed time off for the holidays!
The judges have spoken and it's time to reveal the top 3...
Small town people have changed
by Angela Dorie
Courtesy of Farmers Forum
The September 13, 2023 edition of the 131-year-old Glengarry News was its last, a victim of the changing times...
Self-checkouts not adding up
It seems that the rise and rise of technology is not the inevitability it was once thought. Not too long ago, the introduction of...
Ontario apologizes for 1912 law in French in schools
Premier Kathleen Wynne apologized in the Legislative Assembly last Monday on behalf of the Government of Ontario for a 1912 regulation that effectively outlawed...
Memorial for Victims of Residential Schools removed from grounds of St. Daniel’s Church
by Rachel Everett-Fry, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
Following the discovery of the remains of 215 children at the Kamloops Residential School, Mannie Giles of South...
United Counties reported ready to clear sensitive wildlife habitat
On November 10, 2016, Counties Council, in a private letter, authorized Tomlinson, the Ottawa company seeking to turn the ED-19 site into a province-wide...
Electric vehicle charging stations installed at KDH
by Jenny Read
Kemptville District Hospital (KDH) is pleased to announce that its upper parking lot has recently been equipped with three electric car charging...