Have you been thinking about adding native plants and pollinators to your property? The Kawartha Conservation 2017 Native Plant Distribution Program is a great way to purchase low-cost native plants for a variety of landscape, garden and shoreline projects within the Kawartha watershed. “Native plants are a beautiful addition to… Continue reading
To be a fact something has to be proven time and time again with the same end result. Gravity is a fact. You can prove it once by jumping off a tall building. Or numerous times by dropping eggs on the floor. So where did the term “alternative fact” come… Continue reading
It’s a switch from her social work background, but Adrianne Colby is eager to start her new career as a Registered Massage Therapist. She has just received her provincial certification after completing Trillium College’s twenty two month Massage Therapy program where she learned a variety of soft tissue manipulation techniques… Continue reading
What do bats, raccoons, skunks, squirrels, rabbits and foxes have in common? They live in our natural environment and they all have bitten humans in the last year, according to our records at Peterborough Public Health. Animal bites are reportable to public health and we follow up closely to make… Continue reading
My wife was in the operating room getting prepped for the caesarean section. I sat outside waiting for the call to come join the team of eight, including an OB/GYN, a medical resident, numerous nurses and even a few volunteers. I heard steps coming down the hallway. A man in… Continue reading
This has been quite a year for Jade Eagleson, and the recognition keeps on coming. Last fall, he took second place in the 28th Aurora Magna Hoedown Showdown country music competition, during the winter months he took his band to Bethany’s Next Country Music Star contest at the Ranch… Continue reading
The Royal Canadian Legion #402 has been housed in the former armories building at 9 King Street East in Millbrook since 1970. Serving veterans, current and former members of the Canadian Forces and their families, the not-for-profit organization is also a significant contributor to the community, and not just on… Continue reading
I woke last Sunday morning at 5:55. My alarm was set for six. My first thought, I love my body. God has gifted me with an inner alarm. I usually don’t trust it so I set my clock alarm, but I don’t have to. I automatically wake up just before… Continue reading
Attempts to look younger usually focus on skin tone, wrinkles and obvious evidence of aging above the neck, and perhaps the sight of sagging skin under the arms. But no matter how good we look in the mirror, once we start to move, our secret is out, because the most… Continue reading
