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Editor’s note: To help voters to be better informed, Brockvilleist has sent invitations to profile all of Gananoque’s mayoral candidates in advance of the municipal election, which will be held on Monday, Oct. 26, 2026. We will publish the profiles as we receive responses. Below is our profile of candidate
Read MoreEditor’s note: To help voters to be better informed, Brockvilleist has sent invitations to profile all of Gananoque’s mayoral candidates in advance of the municipal election, which will be held on Monday, Oct. 26, 2026. We will publish the profiles as we receive responses. Below is our profile of candidate
Read MoreThe United Counties of Leeds and Grenville have four new primary care physicians on the job. Dr. Pournamathi Kandeeswaran, Dr. Muhammad Saqib and Dr. Zohal Saiq have all relocated from the United Kingdom, while Dr. Ben Ladowski relocated from the United States. Kandeeswaran has been working at Brockville Family Medical
Read MoreElizabethtown Kitley council voted this week against signing into a confidential sharing agreement with Alto, the crown corporation tasked with building Canadian high-speed rail between Toronto and Quebec City.The decision comes after the township considered independent legal review regarding the proposed agreement. Signing the agreement would have effectively gagged the
Read MoreEditor’s note: To help voters to be better informed, Brockvilleist has sent invitations to profile all of Gananoque’s mayoral candidates in advance of the municipal election, which will be held on Monday, Oct. 26, 2026. We will publish the profiles as we receive responses. Below is our profile of candidate
Read MoreEditor’s note: To help voters to be better informed, Brockvilleist has sent invitations to profile all of Gananoque’s mayoral candidates in advance of the municipal election, which will be held on Monday, Oct. 26, 2026. We will publish the profiles as we receive responses. Below is our profile of candidate
Read MoreUpper Canada Family Health announced late last month that its Unattached Patient Clinic in Mallorytown will be closing on Oct. 30. Ainsley Charles, executive director of Upper Canada Family Health, said in a statement that when the clinic opened in 2024, its mandate was to support the provincial priority of
Read MorePrivate woodlot owners across Leeds and Grenville could gain new opportunities to generate revenue from underused wood through an $865,000 provincial investment announced Thursday. MPP Steve Clark was joined by Associate Minister of Forestry and Forest Products Kevin Holland at Limerick Forest in North Grenville on Thursday to announce the
Read MoreA summer-long strike involving Leeds and Grenville-area mental health and developmental workers is officially coming to an end after OPSEU Local 441 struck a deal with Lanark Leeds and Grenville Addictions and Mental Health (LLGAMH) staff to end their strike and return to work, according to CEO Kim Gifford in
Read MoreConcerns about confidentiality surrounding the Alto high-speed rail project are mounting among municipal officials, property owners and others along the proposed route. At their Monday meeting, Elizabethtown-Kitley Township Council discussed whether they would sign an non-disclosure agreement (NDA) that municipalities and contractors along the proposed Alto corridor are being asked
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