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Six obstacles small businesses often face
Rewarding but tough may be the general consensus established entrepreneurs use to describe owning a small business. When working for...
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The Standard
- Apr 28
- 2 min
Lots of Angels in the house
SHAWN LACKIE, Special to The Standard SCUGOG: The multiple generations and teams from the Port Perry Angels Softball group enlivened the...
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Lauren Walker
- Apr 28
- 2 min
The Artist Within
Let's celebrate! I have so much to be thankful for the last few months. I am so thrilled to be sharing my latest adventures! Port Perry...
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The Standard
- Apr 28
- 2 min
Something Big is coming to Scugog!
SCUGOG: Get ready for this year's art festival, 'small town BIG.' The festival will kick off with the Lake Scugog Studio Tour, on...
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The Standard
- Apr 28
- 1 min
Spring Concert at St. Paul's Anglican Church
KAWARTHA LAKES: Randy Read is a versatile veteran of the Canadian music scene. He has entertained throughout North America, over a career...
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The Standard
- Apr 28
- 2 min
AgEx Conference heads to Guelph!
DENISE ROBERTSON, Project Manager, FMC OTTAWA: Farm Management Canada's (FMC) flagship Agricultural Excellence Conference (AgEx) is...
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Dan Cearns
- Apr 28
- 1 min
Farm 911 project launched in Scugog
DAN CEARNS, The Standard SCUGOG: The Township of Scugog is partnering with 'Farm 911: The Emily Project' to make firefighter response...
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The Standard
- Apr 27
- 2 min
Pine Ridge Garden Club News
HELEN NICOLAOU, Special to the Standard Last week's temperatures in the mid 20's just happened to be what we all needed, as an early...
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The Standard
- Apr 27
- 2 min
Kawartha Conservation launches three new garden guides
KAWARTHA LAKES: Kawartha Conservation has launched three new native garden guides to help gardeners create healthy, natural, and...
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The Standard
- Apr 27
- 5 min
4-H Ontario Announces New 2023 4-H Ontario Ambassadors
LAURA GOULDING, Manager, Communications, 4-H Ontario GUELPH: 4-H Ontario is proud to announce the selection of five ambassadors who will...
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The Standard
- Apr 27
- 3 min
Ontario Increasing Support for Homelessness Prevention
OFFICE OF LORNE COE, MPP Whitby DURHAM: The Ontario Government is investing an additional $202 million annually in the province's...
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The Standard
- Apr 27
- 1 min
Letter to the Editor: Musical Donation To Loaves And Fishes Food Bank
In February, local vocalist Bob Burrows was working on a project at Chalet Studio, just outside of Claremont, with another local musician...
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Geoff Carpentier
- Apr 27
- 3 min
Another crappy column
Last time I spoke about poop and how animals use it to stay healthy, excrete waste, have a snack or mark territories. Let’s dig a bit...
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Jonathan van Bilsen
- Apr 27
- 2 min
A Rose By Any Other Name
I was glancing through some notes I made many years ago, when collecting stamps, and noticed a reference to Tanganyika, an African...
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Dan Cearns
- Apr 27
- 3 min
Kawartha Lakes sets up a task force to discuss a short term rental bylaw
DAN CEARNS, The Standard KAWARTHA LAKES: The City of Kawartha Lakes is moving forward with a licensing program for short-term rental...
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Colleen Green
- Apr 27
- 1 min
Scugog businesses express transit concerns to provincial officials
DAN CEARNS, The Standard SCUGOG: The Scugog community is stressing transit as a concern to provincial officials. At a meeting, on Monday,...
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Dan Cearns
- Apr 27
- 2 min
Province announces a provincial park project in Uxbridge
DAN CEARNS, The Standard UXBRIDGE: The Ontario provincial government announced their plans to create an urban provincial park in Uxbridge...
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The Standard
- Apr 27
- 4 min
ZEPHYR & SANDFORD by Pat Asling
When you read this, we will almost say goodbye to April, not apparently to the April showers. That one wonderful week of summer sure...
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Dan Cearns
- Apr 27
- 1 min
HKPR health unit thanks Kawartha Lakes for contributions during the COVID-19 pandemic
DAN CEARNS, The Standard KAWARTHA LAKES: The Haliburton, Kawartha, Pine Ridge District Health Unit (HKPR) thanked the City of Kawartha...
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Colleen Green
- Apr 27
- 1 min
Brock hires their next treasurer
DAN CEARNS, The Standard BROCK: The Township of Brock has hired a former Scugog employee, to be their next treasurer and director of...
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