By: Bill Kilpatrick, staff reporter Powerlifters Joey Kilpatrick and his coach, Barry McEvoy continued their winning streaks and record breaking lifts at the World Powerlifting Congress’ Heavy ...

By Michael Riley, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter The Carlow Mayo Snowman Building Contest organizer Erin Gabourie’s kids Evelyn (in the purple) and Owen (in the green/yellow), and their dog ...

Council votes to allow aerial spraying of herbicide in South Algonquin By Nate Smelle South Algonquin Township council has reversed its earlier stance on aerial herbicide spraying, voting on Jan. 14 ...

The volunteers for the WoodShare program have decided to separate from the North Hastings Community Trust. The program has provided emergency firewood to residents of North Hastings for the last 10 or ...

In his 1978 book entitled The Book of Laughter and Forgetting, Milan Kundera spoke about how to resist powerful forces through the simple act of remembering and preserving the past. He said “The ...

By Bill Kilpatrick, reporter At the Feb. 10 meeting of Wollaston Council, the Treasurer Matt Walker presented the first draft of the 2026 Wollaston Township budget to council as part of his ...

At their Feb. 4 council meeting, Faraday Township council endorsed the forthcoming Alto high speed rail corridor coming soon which will link Toronto, Peterborough, Ottawa, Montreal and Quebec City, ...

Watersheds Canada, in association with several local lake associations, deployed brush bundles on several lakes during what they called “fish week” last week, the first time they did multiple programs ...

On Dec. 14, “the cutest little parade you ever did see,” as it’s called, wound its way through downtown Whitney beginning at 1 p.m. In previous years, Tarrah Hovinga, Ramona Brown, Gloria Beauclair ...

It was a day of firsts on Nov. 15 as the Canadian Peace Museum hosted their first official event celebrating the release of ‘Twas A Sunny Day a memoir of 93-year-old Wollaston resident artist Arne ...

It appears that enough Ontario voters showed up to hand Doug Ford and the Progressive Conservative Party a third majority government in the 2025 provincial election. It was just after 9 p.m. when it ...

WoodShare, a local organization that provides emergency firewood to those in need throughout North Hastings, are holding their first fundraising concert called Woodstack, a play on the 1969 Woodstock ...