Victoria Day Tea Party at the Museum Please join the St. Marys Museum in celebrating Victoria Day by attending its annual Victoria Day Tea Party on Sunday, May 22 from 1:30 to 4:00p.m. During this social afternoon the Museum will be offering visitors a delicious cup of tea and other refreshments, sweet treats and an assortment…
“Telling the story of agriculture and food production has never been more important,” writes Ontario Federation of Agriculture (OFA) executive member Mark Reusser, in a press release this month about a new multimedia partnership by the OFA and Bell Media called “Fields to Forks.” “With increasing misconceptions and concerns about agricultural practices, we all know…
By Dan Rankin Regular readers of our “This Date in History” section may remember the tale, featured in our March 18 issue, of the Tolpuddle Martyrs: five English farm labourers and a preacher who were sentenced to be transported to Australia for forming a trade union back in 1834. Their story has an interesting local…
Spring As long as the town insists on tar and chips on town streets I will complain. I fail to see much of an upside. The gravel is a hazard to cyclists (motorized and not) as well as those with disabilities attempting to cross with canes, walkers or wheel chairs. The dust and tar spatter…