Author: Karen Graham
Farms at Work Encourage Bringing Idle Land Back into Production
Ontario farmland is extremely productive, with the agriculture and food sector contributing more than $51 billion to the provincial GDP each year. Last week, Farms at Work hosted an event featuring a variety of…
Millbrook South Cavan Students Show Compassion
As part of their character development program, each month local public schools celebrate specific values. The program focuses on 10 positive character attributes that encourage everyone to work together to create a community of…
Now & Then – March 2026: Backwoods Bankers
By Dan Bourgeois Known as the Bank Apartments, this building was originally home to the Millbrook Banking Co. The impressive two story buff brick building at 14 King St West in Millbrook is nicknamed…
Double Gold for the Millbrook Synchronized Skating Team!
The Millbrook Shooting Stars Synchronized Skating Team is celebrating an outstanding achievement in just their second competitive season. Skating out of the Millbrook Skating Club and led by Synchro Coach Jody Jones, the team…
Millbrook Figure Skating Club Hosts Local Clubs for Simulated Competition
Fifty figure skaters hit the ice at the CMCC on Saturday, February 21st to compete in a low key event in preparation for upcoming competitions. Members of the Port Hope and Baltimore Figure Skating…
Saint Thomas’ Anglican Church Pancake Supper Feeds a Multitude
Pictured here are three of the many volunteers who helped out at the annual Shrove Tuesday pancake supper at St Thomas’ Anglican parish hall on February 17th. Guests were served pancakes hot off the…
St. John’s Ida Launches Spring Lecture Series
The series will begin with Dr. Stephen Scharper, who will address one of the most significant crisis in our world today, in a lecture at 3 pm on Sunday March 8th entitled: AI, Ethics,…
Common Ground – March 2026
By Jill Williams “March is mostly a winter month….this is a month of promise, but also one of caution.” – Bob Thomson The New Victory Garden At this time of year I always look…
Today’s Faith – The Necklace is Not Finished
By Rev. Janet Stobie Smiles, scars, and the sacred beads that shape our lives. My phone keeps offering me “memory” albums. Photos from years past. Smiling children. Tender moments. When I stop to look,…