Red Corner is Always Local
Sarah Sobanski Ringside Management was the first to bring amateur Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) rings to the Kawarthas. Krystal and Brad DaSilva caught the fighting-fever and teamed up with local MMA gyms like Brendan Kalijundic’s Kalsamrit and Joe Elliot’s Big Country to get local kids ring time after traveling with and supporting professional fighter…
Former Beechwood School Students Take a Walk Down Memory Lane
Karen Graham On Sunday Dave and Sue Stewart hosted a reunion of Beechwood School SS4, one of six one-room schools in Cavan Township that was closed at the end of the 1963 school year. The following year, these students were bused to the new school on County Rd. 10, North Cavan Public school which…
Unique and Hardy Plants from Anna’s Perennials
Karen Graham Cacti growing in Cavan? Prickly Pear thriving north of Peterborough? Are these garden phenomena the result of accelerated global warming? You might wonder about climate change when strolling through the display gardens at the entrance of Anna’s Perennials, a half-hour drive north of Millbrook south of Bobcaygeon. The massive front gardens mulched…
Fall Canning
Lorraine Hughes Growing up it was just natural for me to be around a hub-bub of fall activity in the kitchen. Whether it was in my grandparents’ or my parents’ kitchen, I remember the big boiling pots of water, glass jars being sterilized and the cleaning and prepping of seemingly endless mounds of vegetables…
A Passion for Chair-making
Bill Slavin And this time when he looked at the chair, for the first time he noticed the caption – a chair design that was developed in the Irish counties of Cavan Monaghan! Chair-making is Ted Hodson’s passion. A mechanical designer by day, Ted’s evenings and weekends are often spent in his shop and…
Snowy Ridge Environmental Review
Ron Awde On Thursday, September 16, with only twelve days before the commencement of the Snowy Ridge Hearing, The Environmental Review Tribunal issued a decision after several weeks of delay, to grant Capstone Infrastructure’s motion to strike key elements of witness statements dealing with noise. As part of the Snowy Ridge Environmental Review appeal,…