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Kemptville · KemptvilleAn important occasion has turned 30 this year. World Water Day is an annual event that has been held on March 22 every year since 1993. The day is meant to bring awareness to the fact that about 2 billion people around the world still don’t have access to clean water and sanitation. World Water Day is a United Nations initiative. The organization has stated this year that we are “seriously off track” to meet our goal of ensuring that the entire…
World Water Day: Seriously off track - The North Grenville Times
Kemptville · KemptvilleForests play a critical role in the world’s ecosystem given their role in filtering the air around us, keeping water clean, protecting biodiversity as well as helping to mitigate against climate change by absorbing carbon from the atmosphere. Globally, forests house more than three-quarters of the world’s terrestrial biodiversity, food, medicines, and fuel for more than one billion people who would not have access to these resources from anywher…
The Municipality of North Grenville is recognizing the International Day of Forests on March 21, 2023, as proclaimed by the United Nations. - The North Grenville Times
Walmart · KemptvilleIt’s something that certainly doesn’t happen every day in a small town – masked individuals running out of a busy department store with stolen electronics. But it’s something that happened here in Kemptville earlier this week at the local Walmart location. Social media users were initially alerted to the theft in a post by a Walmart employee which was later taken down. Another Walmart employee confirmed for the Times that three male suspects wal…
Theft at local Walmart location - The North Grenville Times
Paris, Brant County · ParisIn a letter to the editor of the Journal of Paris in 1784, Benjamin Franklin wrote, “Early to bed, and early to rise, makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise.” In his advocacy for people to wake up and leverage the day, Franklin joked there should be a tax on window shutters, candles should be rationed, and canons should be fired at sunrise! But it was the small town of Port Arthur in northern Ontario that first changed the clocks by enactment on …
Fire the Canons! It’s Daylight Savings Time! - The North Grenville Times
Kemptville · KemptvilleLong-time fans of Merrickville’s Makers Market and first-time visitors alike will be happy to hear that this popular event is back. They will be holding a spring market in the village on March 25 and 26 from 10 am to 4 pm. Now in its sixth year, the Market has consistently showcased the talent and hard work of over 60 diverse individuals from fine arts, ceramics, fibre arts and handmade clothing, baking, woodworking, soap making, stained glass, …
Spring Makers Markets - The North Grenville Times
Kemptville · Kemptvilleby Theresa Bergeron For international women’s day, I thought I would enlighten the younger generation on how times have changed in my lifetime. I was born in 1951, making me 71 today. Through the 50’s, women were expected to be housewives and mothers and obey their husbands. They were referred to as Mrs John Smith, not Mrs Marie, as women were still considered chattels to men. The roles were very well defined. Well into the 60’s, career choices…
How times have changed - The North Grenville Times
Kemptville · Kemptvillesubmitted by Leeds, Grenville, and Lanark District Health Unit Many health jurisdictions across Canada, including Ontario, are reporting increases in Norovirus and similar gastrointestinal illnesses back to pre-pandemic levels. This increase is thought to be largely in part to the significant lessening of restrictions and precautions which were put in place to control the spread of COVID-19. These restrictions and precautions were also very ef…
Prevention is the key to reducing the spread of Norovirus - The North Grenville Times
International Women's Day · RigaOne of the outstanding women in the history of North Grenville was Rachel Swedlove, who fled Riga, Latvia as a teenager dreaming of a life without oppression. She moved to Markham, Ontario and eventually settled in Stouffville, Ontario with her husband, Zelig. They opened the “Swedlove Wicker Factory”. Their baskets were all hand woven. Unable to compete with machines, they closed the factory and moved to New Lisgard, Ontario, where they starte…
