Author Archives: Karen Graham

Celia Hunter It is with pleasure but also with relief that illustrator and author Bill Slavin has the completed set in the Elephants Never Forget graphic novel series now out on bookshelves.

Celia Hunter Countless hours of preparation and patience have been poured into Funfolk Theatricals once again this season, and an excited group of young people are scrambling eagerly into their costumes and going over their lines.

Andy Harjula Grace Buck is the leader of a happy band of 18 people who call themselves The Happy Wanderers because they wander each year during March and April from church basements and seniors’ centres to library basements and Legion halls.

At the recent Rural Ontario Municipalities Association conference, Cavan Monaghan council members were able to meet with John Fraser, assistant to the Minister of Health and Long Term Care. Council members addressed their concern regarding the lack of availability of blood services at the Millbrook Medical Centre. On the advice… Continue reading →

Celia Hunter In February there was one big international news story that wasn’t all gloom and doom, far from it. It was a breakthrough sensation: Miss P., a Canadian-owned beagle had won Best in Show at the Westminster Kennel Club in New York City.

Celia Hunter There are now 40 acres of woodland on the Bruce Peninsula north of Wiarton, where yellow ladyslippers grow in profusion, set aside for preservation as the Williams Nature Reserve, in memory of Harry and Claire Williams.

Andy Harjula Paul Richardson of Richardson Tree Nursery in Pontypool attended the Woodlot Conference held recently in Lindsay. Paul grows both deciduous and evergreens at his family tree nursery on Highway 35. Paul said they will start lifting trees about mid April or as soon as the frost is out… Continue reading →