New provincial legislation aimed at encouraging municipalities to manage their infrastructure assets in a sustainable manner set a July 2025 deadline for the creation of an Asset Management Plan that includes clearly defined proposed levels of service, the activities required to achieve those service levels and a comprehensive financial strategy… Continue reading
Last Monday I learned that the Canadian Union of Postal Workers had decided they would stop delivering community newspapers as part of their work action. It felt like a personal attack. What did they have against community newspapers? Then it dawned on me that perhaps this was not an insult… Continue reading
The Millbrook and Cavan Historical Society is excited to present “A Dynamic Talk about Indigenous Peoples Then and Now; Here and Beyond” on Thursday, October 23rd, 7 pm at the Millbrook Royal Canadian Legion Branch 402 Hall, 9 King St East, Millbrook. Our speaker is David Beaucage Johnson, artist, geographer,… Continue reading
William Henry Sowden was bornin 1823, the eighth of 16 children of Willaim Sowden and Maria Louisa Varley. The elder Sowden was a corn miller in Yorkshire, England before migrating to Upper Canada in 1818. He must have been successful a she purchased 600 acres of land outside of Port… Continue reading
In July, municipal staff sought direction from the Independent Electricity System Operator (IESO) about the role of the municipality in the development of additional electricity capacity. Staff was seeking clarification to help staff and council respond appropriately to requests to establish new electricity facilities like the one they received from… Continue reading
On September 21st, seven new veteran banners were revealed to the five families who sponsored them. They include members of the Harding, Palmer, Shaw and Tinney and Retallick families who sponsored the banners as recognition of their loved ones who served in the military. These new banners have joined the… Continue reading
Tyler grew up in Peterborough where he found his calling early in life, beginning to work in chiropractic clinics while still in high school. He has spent ten years working in the field, the last five practicing as a licensed chiropractor in a Peterborough clinic. After marrying a Millbrook girl,… Continue reading
