April 3, 2008 RSS feed / Regional News

Surviving Summer Drought

To farmers and landscape enthusiasts alike, 2007 was a year most likely to be remembered for drought. Many waited for rainfall that refused to come. For example, the U.S. More...

Area's principals, JPs now on a salary par

The Ontario government's publication of all salaries in excess of $100,000 has revealed, among other things, that salaries for local school principals have escalated to the point of parity with Ontario Court justices of the peace. More...

Pollution Probe demands more data on transmission line

As the interrogatory phase of hearings into Hydro One's proposed 180-kilometre transmission line between the Bruce nuclear plant and its Milton switching station continues, Pollution Probe is bringing a motion before the Ontario Energy Board (OEB) More...

Shelburne woman qualifies for Boston Marathon

When Janet Shannon's son came home from the sixth grade with an assignment to practise long distant running, she offered to join him in his effort, and they began to run in a local Shelburne park. More...