By Jim Poling Sr. Bad information vomited across social media is so prevalent that it’s even showing up in U.S. presidential addresses.Newly-sworn President Joe Biden’s inaugural speech last week contained a bad piece of social…
Lockdown pauses storm season
By Darren Lum This story was filed prior to the provincial announcement related to further measures to reduce the spread of COVID-19. A follow-up article about the latest development will appear in a future edition. The…
Baby Boesveld the county’s first of the year
By Sue Tiffin At 3:55 on the morning of Jan. 8, just a few hours after his due date, Hunter Paul Boesveld was born at home, making him Minden’s youngest resident and the first baby…
Trees that say when autumn is done
By Jim Poling Sr. Still six weeks to go before the calendar says that autumn is over. But the calendar doesn’t have to click over to Dec. 21 to tell me that.Tamaracks, non-conformists in our…
Land registry offices close to walk-in traffic
By Chad Ingram As of Oct. 13, the public service counter at the Minden land registry office, along with those at the other 52 land registry offices throughout Ontario will close, as the provincial government…
Humorous message at heart of new detective novel…
By Darren Lum Sitting at author Kevin E. Buckley’s kitchen table at his Minden residence located on a country road where chipmunks and squirrels dominate traffic, is a little like getting into the mind of…
Mary McKelvey keeps herself and others active
By Sue Tiffin Six times a year, in the pre-pandemic days, Mary McKelvey would greet more than four dozen guests as they arrived to the parking lot of the Minden Curling Club, and give them…
Artist hopes paintings inspire others to follow creative…
By Darren Lum Down a country road close to Carnarvon, the Boathouse Studio offers a glimpse of the world as seen through artist Harvey Walker’s eyes, one painted canvas at a time.“It’s always a good…
AH cancels Dorset Snowball amid pandemic
By Chad Ingram Algonquin Highlands council has cancelled popular winter festival the Dorset Snowball amid the COVID-19 pandemic.Councillors made that decision during a Sept. 17 meeting after hearing a report from parks, rec and trails…