Franklin freezes all dumping
As of its monthly council meeting on April 3, Franklin has banned the dumping of...
McGill research project exposes severity of waste dumping in the Valley
Editor’s note: The reporter on this article has contributed to the Leadership for the Ecozoic...
MRC moves to restrain illegal dumping
Daniel Green is well-known in Quebec as the head of the Société pour Vaincre la...
Still more dumping in Franklin
Again this month, several concerned citizens reported a new dumping site on a farm on...
Havelock mayor resigns
Although only elected ten months ago, the new mayor of Havelock, Stéphane Gingras, who beat...
Ministry stalls action on proven toxic waste dumping
Stronger protection needed to prevent more poisoning of the Rock Back in 2017, members of...
New zoning, new vision in Havelock
The Havelock town meeting on June 6 included a group of concerned citizens questioning the...
Franklin farm worker’s illness brings pesticide dangers to light
There is a new official health danger and financial liability for farmers using certain pesticides...
The most important election
Citizens in the Valley might think the biggest civic act they can perform this fall...
Covey Hill asphalt plant deemed ‘inadmissible,’ for the time being
Around 150 people turned out once more on August 2 outside the Havelock town hall...
Bygone Places – The Little Green miracle
Huntingdon’s Little Green Library is not only one of the community’s best-used assets, it’s the...
Havelock municipal council opposes the installation of an asphalt factory on Covey Hill
The Havelock municipal council has issued a statement making clear its stance with regard...
Parkinson’s and Pesticides
In early April, Quebec’s minister of labour, employment and social solidarity, Jean Boulet, proposed an...
L’Hermine adapts, gears up for sugar shack season
Céline Ouimet, who partners with her sister Chantal and brother-in-law François Benny in the well-known...
Vaccine varieties and some good news
With vaccine rollout news across Canada changing daily, and with increasing numbers of vaccine varieties...
Virus mutations: how worried should we be?
The word “mutate” has taken on a negative connotation it doesn’t really deserve. It basically...
Mixed messages on masks, more questions on campgrounds
Last Friday, July 10, an Ormstown municipal council resolution passed earlier in the week came...
Lac des Pins campground vows strict virus safety measures
Due to worries about campground openings expressed by their citizens through calls, contacts and petitions,...
COVID-19: Dentists rise to the challenges as they reopen offices
Back before the lockdown, the Association des chirurgiens dentistes du Québec, which is the union...
Mayors raise dilemma of campground tourism
Like many other regions in Quebec with light or stable numbers of COVID-19 cases, in...
