Wood Stoves by Tom Black
A couple of weeks ago, we got a call from a man from Renfrew County, who sells outdoor wood stoves. He was very concerned that he may not be able to sell them any more in that area. He had heard rumours…
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OLA Hosts Public Meeting in Lindsay on October 22 2016
Have you ever been to a Landowner meeting? No? Then maybe it’s time. If you live in or around Lindsay, Ontario near Peterborough, we recommend you come to the OLA Public meeting and dinner being held on Saturday October 22.…
No Silver Lining: The Black Cloud Behind Justin Trudeau’s “Sunny Ways” by Brad Salzberg
This article is reprinted with the kind permission of the author and the Canada Free Press. For those born and raised in Canada, it is with shock and amazement that we come to understand our current Liberal government’s social agenda…
The Essa Canadian National Draft Horse Exhibition by Elizabeth Marshall
Hey folks – I finally took a day off and this past weekend, August 31, I went to the Canadian National Draft Horse Exhibition, in Essa Ontario. And what a show it was! Two or three years ago I had…
Official Plans. A Blueprint to Shut Down Rural Ontario by Donna Burns
The FINAL public meeting on the Renfrew County Official Plan Amendment 25 (OPA 25) was held on Tuesday, Aug. 23rd in Renfrew at the Horton Twp. Community Centre. The last of seven such meetings…. this was the LAST CHANCE to…
To Lawyer or Not to Lawyer. That is the Question by Bob Pattison
How many of us have awoken in the middle of the night with a slight pain in our lower right abdomen? As brave men, although somewhat naive in the self-diagnosis department; we—ignore it. Then in the middle of the following…
Dufferin Landowners Association Meeting – Pig Roast August 9 2016 by Elizabeth Marshall
Mark and Cynthia Tijssen hosted a pig roast on August 9th for the members and potential members of the Dufferin Landowners. To me, it was a great success. A general count put it over 50 adults and they brought their…
There is a Better Way by Tom Black
While driving home a couple of weeks ago, I passed a field with beef cattle contentedly grazing on green pasture and then a field of corn. The best field of corn in the area, four feet high on the first…
Extinction and Biodiversity by Tim Ball
The entire objective of environmentalism is to mislead the people in order to impose a political agenda. Former Czech Republic President Vaclav Klaus wrote in his book “Blue Planet in Green Shackles” that: “Environmentalism is a movement that intends to…
Brexit by John Robson
It was remarkable to be in the UK when the Brexit referendum results were announced. We stood on a high hill looking out over Blake’s pleasant pastures and verdant green where the spirit of self-government lived on to the dismay…