Farm Show Features Local Agri Business
by: Karen Graham The 34th East Central Farm Show hosted by the Soil and Crop Improvement Association took place over two days last week in the Farmers Mutual Exhibition building at the Lindsay Fairgrounds. Participants were eager to see neighbours, customers and friends at what looked like the beginning of spring. Show attendance was…
Ben Leckie Wins Top Honours
Ben Leckie, son of Daryl and Karen Leckie of Cavan ward, recently graduated from basic training at St. Jean Richelieu with top honours.
Turbines Loom Despite Stoneboat Cancellation
The Stoneboat Wind Turbine project proposed for the vicinity of Dranoel Road directly above Devil’s Elbow Ski Resort and in view of the Cham Shan Temple currently being constructed, was officially cancelled this week. However, celebration was guarded, given the history of the FIT contracts and the determination of the current provincial government to…
A Treasure for Landowners, A Treasure for Ontario
Workshop This Weekend on Managing Private Woodlots: You’ve seen the stands of trees standing so unnaturally in evenly-spaced, soldierlike formations south along County Rd. 10 and Highway 115. These “forests” are likely the product of the Ministry of Natural Resource’s Woodland Improvement Program of the 1970’s and 80’s, when 100,000-150,000 seedlings were planted annually…
Journey to a Meaningful Life, Disability and All
Lucinda Hage, a woman unable to have her own child and anxious to adopt, was overjoyed when a newborn baby was granted to her and her husband. Distress and devastation followed, however, when the baby, Paul suffered seizures, and was eventually diagnosed with Tuberous Sclerosis Complex, a serious genetic disorder that meant that her…
Journey to a Meaningful Life, Disability and All
Lucinda Hage, a woman unable to have her own child and anxious to adopt, was overjoyed when a newborn baby was granted to her and her husband. Distress and devastation followed, however, when the baby, Paul suffered seizures, and was eventually diagnosed with Tuberous Sclerosis Complex, a serious genetic disorder that meant that her…