Local Singer-Songwriter, Benj Rowland, Launches Solo Album
After years developing a following in the folk duo Mayhemingways with partner drummer Josh Flewings, Benj decided it was time to try something new. It’s not to say that the group has been disbanded, but experimenting as a solo act gave Benj more artistic freedom. It will also allow him to fill in his…
Community Care Luncheons are Back
Welcome Back! Grace Thom is celebrating the return of Community Care monthly luncheons. We are looking forward to seeing everyone and catching up after two years. Grace will be celebrating her 106th Birthday soon.
Commercial Cannabis to be Explored at Public Meeting
When Trevor Brand heard his neighbour’s greenhouse had been rented to a cannabis grower, he immediately went to the internet to find out what to expect. Brand, a farmer in Lambton County, soon had his worst fears confirmed. Blazing lights that cast a day-like glow over his farm at midnight, a pervasive unpleasant odour he…
Ontario Senior Games Association Hosts Week-Long Hockey Tournament at CMCC
Last week, Cavan-Monaghan’s Community Centre was the site of a major adult hockey tournament. More than 500 players in 27 men’s and women’s senior hockey clubs enjoyed a tournament that spanned eight days. The event was hosted by the Ontario Seniors Games Association (OSGA), which is the provincial division of a national organization which…
An Ocean of Love
Today my heart is crying for the people of the Ukraine. Feelings overwhelm me: helplessness as an individual, guilt for the gratitude of being Canadian. I fear that someday, such chaos and destruction could happen here. And of course, I pray. I desperately want God to do something. I feel as if my pleas…
Local Photographer’s Work Subject of New Exhibit
Twenty photographs from Cavan resident Tim Young’s Minimal Architecture series are the subject of a new Art Exhibition at St. Marys Station Gallery until May 7th. While he has spent that last 35 years living in a rather rural setting in Cavan, his current work honours modern, urban architecture and challenges the view that…