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Three ways to support Home Hospice North Lanark’s hike for hospice this October

This October, Home Hospice North Lanark (HHNL)...

Live show at the Legion, September 26

Johnny Spinks and Koolwater and Whisky Sour...

For sale: battery-powered fans. deck box

Two Ryobi 18 V battery-powered fans with...

Science & Nature

Backyard Birds

by Brent Eades

Environment

For the Birds

Bird photography by Cheryl Baxter.

Green Talk

Nature

Shady Characters

What is That?

A series about local wildlife.

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What Is That … White Plant Part?

In the ‘green’ world of plants, white parts can be seen sometimes in flowers, in seeds and fruit, and in stems of some plants. We start our survey with our...

Explore Ontario’s highlands with Upland Nature Guides

Official launch of Upland Nature Guides Outdoor business offers guided day hikes across Ontario’s highlands Griffith, Greater Madawaska: August 2026 marks the official launch of Upland Nature Guides Inc., a new...

What Is That … on the Ditch Daisy?

The common white and yellow flowers of the ox-eye daisy are a familiar sight along the roadside and in the ditches near our cottage.  We begin to see them...
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Backyard Birds

by Brent Eades

Environment

For the Birds

Bird photography by Cheryl Baxter.

Green Talk

Nature

Shady Characters

What is That?

A series about local wildlife.

Mississippi Mills offers electric vehicle owners free recharge

Join us on May 25, 2017, at 1:30 PM for the official unveiling of Mississippi Mills’ first public electric vehicle (EV) charger. A public-private partnership...

What Is That… African Animal?

We recently spent a couple of weeks in South Africa, Zimbabwe and Botswana. We visited three wildlife reserves: Entabeni in the Limpopo province of South...

Wildlife reserve in the heart of Ottawa

Mud Lake is one of the city's best-kept secrets. by Brent Eades You'd be forgiven for thinking the scene above was somewhere in the Gatineaus or...

Snowbirds

Bob Lesser sends us these lovely photos of some birds around town yesterday, who were presumably wondering just what on earth was going on...

What Is That… Shock of  Yellow?

The ice is out and the daffodils are blooming at our cottage.  (Fortunately, deer do not eat daffodils.)  As we get ready to move...

County describes “no-spray” weed options

Lanark County Public Works has developed “no-spray” options related to control of noxious and invasive plant control and urges interested residents to review the...

For the Birds: Another Spring!

by Cheryl Baxter Good Morning!  I pretty much just came out of hibernation. I do have something to admit.  I have been suffering a lot...

Update on County’s roadside spraying program

Talk to the hand, 'cuz the face ain't listenin': Lanark County's stance on roadside spraying By Theresa Peluso Back in the '90s, this was a saying in...

MVCA Flood Watch

Water levels to increase again on Dalhousie Lake, will remain high throughout the system for at least the next week. APRIL 18, 2017 MISSISSIPPI VALLEY...

What Is That … Spring Duck?

Last year the ice was out at White Lake by April 12th, so when we visited the cottage on Three Mile Bay on the...

MVFN to award $1000+ for nature studies

Spring is the time for the Mississippi Valley Field Naturalists (MVFN) to accept student applications for the Cliff Bennett Nature Bursary Awards. This year, one...

Debt by a thousand (billion) cups

Part 4:  Money and Our Planet:  How do we squander them?  Let us count the ways by Theresa Peluso In my October column I said that...

What Is That … Canadian Beastie? (part 2)

We dealt with some ‘Canadian’ birds and mammals in our March 5, 2017 article and today we are turning your attention to some ‘Canadian’...

Spring is… here?

Bev Relfe sends these lovely shots of local wildlife. Says Bev: I guess Spring is here, but looking outside today no one would know it. ...
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