Cornwall ON – You don’t see a lot of Peyote up here in Canada, but due to environmental changes and over cultivation without care for the roots they grow on The Peyote is in danger of becoming extinct! There are actually legal distributors of Peyote in the US for religeousContinue Reading

Cornwall ON – Leave, leaves everywhere.  This is an amazing free resource that you can be put to use in your vegetable and flower gardens over the growing season and coming winter.  These little gems can feed and protect your trees and bushes as well. Leaves can be composted andContinue Reading

SIDNEY BC — Green Party of Canada Leader Elizabeth May and Deputy Leader Adriane Carr to head to Ottawa soon to push for legislation to protect BC’s coast against Alberta Tar Sands tankers ploughing through marine waters by Vancouver, the Gulf Islands, Saanich, and Victoria. Today from the Sidney Pier,Continue Reading

Cornwall ON – I was reading through the “Living Planet” a quarterly magazine and e-zine published by the World Wildlife Federation-Canada and found myself wondering how much orangutan habitat was put at risk due to the worlds combined chocolate and candy consumption this past Halloween.  The third or fourth ingredientContinue Reading

Cornwall ON – The Water Efficiency Team (W.E.T.) has been actively providing educational materials and in home support for local residents over the past few months again this past summer and have attained their goal. One hundred and fifty-five (155) homes throughout Stormont, Dundas & Glengarry, Prescott & Russell andContinue Reading

Cornwall ON – Raisin Region Conservation Authority will again this fall be homeowner workshops on your Well and Septic System. The Workshops run from 7:00 PM – 8:30 PM November 8th is at the Cooper Marsh Visitor Centre in Lancaster Ontario. November 9th is at The Vernon Community Centre inContinue Reading

Cornwall ON – Repurposing your disposables into ‘one of a kind’ wearable art. As we have had a couple of municipal public debates recently on the environment and the arts I thought it timely to present some information on one of our home grown talents who produces original art withContinue Reading

Cornwall ON – It was a scary night for those candidates that braved the topic and focus on the Environment and it isn’t often that a Federal Leader tosses a question into the mix as Green Party Leader Elizabeth May did for the Cornwall Ontario Candidates last night at theContinue Reading

Cornwall ON – Following the recent public outcry about the so-called eco-fees, designed to divert hazardous waste from landfill sites, the government has decided to scrap the new program. The program, introduced last July 1, put what was in effect an “environmental tax” on certain potentially hazardous goods, such asContinue Reading

Cornwall ON – Now is a great time to plant those bulbs for that wonderful spring colour.  Tulip, daffodil and crocus bulbs are currently available at your local garden center and hardware store. Planting now can reward you with wonderful waves of colour and fragrance in the spring.  Before goingContinue Reading

Cornwall ON – The Discovery Channel’s “Daily Planet” will run a story tonight on the migration of the American eel and its climb up the improved eel ladder at the R. H. Saunders dam in Cornwall, Ontario. The show’s producer,  Jeffrey Berman, contacted local videographer, Kevin Lamoureux of KAV Productions to filmContinue Reading

Cornwall ON – About a week and a half ago I was driving along the highway with my window half open as it was a marvelous warm sunny afternoon.  Suddenly I felt a sharp stabbing pain in my back under my left shoulder blade.  The pain was such that itContinue Reading

Regarding Bruce Nuclear’s application to ship decommissioned reactors to Sweden via the Great Lakes and St. Lawrence River System, there are pressing reasons for adjoining communities to just say no. The Great lakes are the source of drinking water for cities and towns with over 40 million people, including 45,000Continue Reading

Cornwall ON – Pierre Bourque asked the question this morning. What the devil’s going on with Tory MP Lauzon? Well that’s a very good question.   The video clip connected to the story sums up most of it. httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UFurAYoGkY8 This stems from a post made on the Standard Free HoldersContinue Reading

Cornwall ON – I can’t believe the summer is truly over this Thanksgiving weekend as the Cornwall Farmers’ Market in George Assaly lane ends it season with a bang! The Agapé Centre will be the beneficiary of a Buy Local, Share Local initiative. The Ontario Association of Food Banks (OAFB) is bringing itsContinue Reading