Leonard Knott Cavan Monaghan Township staff asked Council at its September 14th meeting to begin negotiations with Towerhill Developments Inc. to acquire approximately four hectares (10 acres) of land for the construction of a new community centre and associated amenities. Council members expressed some concern about the need to buy… Continue reading
Ron Awde From September 9th through the 12th, the Environmental Review Tribunal heard the case against the construction of five additional industrial wind turbines on the Oak Ridges Moraine to the west of Pontypool. The Appellant (SLWT Opposition Corp.) presented arguments against the destruction of existing woodland habitat, in order… Continue reading
September 2015 Get Out! In the fields the goldenrod is already past its prime; the purple of the New England Asters is no longer as glowing; and the leaves of the ash trees are definitely beginning to colour. The oppressive heat of the first week of school is now definitely… Continue reading
Leonard L. Knott (Len to nearly everyone) began his career in journalism at age 17 when he signed on as a reporter for the University of Manitoba’s student newspaper, The Manitoban. On moving over to study journalism at Ottawa’s Carleton University, he took on the editorship of the undergraduate newspaper,… Continue reading
By Glen Spurrell November’s Nuances This “in-between” season–not really fall any longer and certainly not winter yet–often gets treated as simply something to be endured or waited out. This is a great shame because there are many subtle delights; and as climate change rears more and more its ugly face… Continue reading
Excerpt from report by Jordan Pind The past two and a half months have been quite possibly the best months of my life and they have flown by. My first host family has been perhaps the best host family any exchange student could ever have asked for. They truly treat… Continue reading
By Celia Hunter At the Council meeting held November 4, Cavan Monaghan Director of Public Works, Wayne Hancock presented a report recommending the placement of nine 10 kW ground-mounted solar panels on municipal properties, with a suggested reduction by one of the total, it having been noted that a solar… Continue reading
