COURTNEY McCLURE, The Standard NORTH DURHAM: Last week was Public Safety Telecommunications Week. However, you can celebrate your local...

DAN CEARNS, The Standard SCUGOG: The Township of Scugog has instituted their annual spring burn ban across the municipality. The ban...

DAN CEARNS, The Standard BROCK: The Township of Brock is moving forward with creating a dog park in the municipality. A report,...

DAN CEARNS, The Standard SCUGOG: A company has been given Scugog Township approval to seek grant funding to potentially renovate Port...

DAN CEARNS, The Standard KAWARTHA LAKES: On a warm and slightly breezy day; Tuesday, April 11th, the Boys and Girls Clubs of Kawartha...

Retirement is an opportunity to wave goodbye to the daily grind. Retirees may focus on rest and relaxation, and many make travel a major...

What constitutes a perfect retirement is different for everyone. Some people may imagine spending their golden years fishing their days...

Traffic laws are designed to keep everyone on the road safe. That motivation is also behind laws governing auto insurance, which is...

COURTNEY McCLURE, The Standard SCUGOG: The Port Perry Pet Valu Walk for Dog Guides fundraiser is just around the corner. So lace up your...

Sometimes, when forging through history, seemingly uneventful elements are discovered and often discarded. Occasionally, such components,...

Scat, excrement, faeces, crap, turds, poo-poo, droppings, cow-pies, meadow muffins – well, you get the idea – everyone and everything has...

Last Week’s Blackstock Euchre Club Scores: 1. Heidi Kreig. 2. Bryan Allemang. 3. Pat Currie. 4. Harvey Graham. 5. Barb Blue. Most lone...

Spring-like weather has arrived this week. The snowdrops started to bloom just as the temperature dipped to -10 over a week ago, and the...

The Toronto Maple Leafs' decision on Saturday to put University of Toronto goaltender Jett Alexander into the net in the final minute of...

DAN CEARNS, The Standard SCUGOG: The Township of Scugog is moving forward with a project to create public washrooms in Port Perry’s...

DAN CEARNS, The Standard KAWARTHA LAKES: City of Kawartha Lakes council is expected to continue conversations on the potential regulation...

DAN CEARNS, The Standard KAWARTHA LAKES: The Haliburton, Kawartha, Pine Ridge District Health Unit (HKPR) has issued a Drinking Water...

JESSICA TOPFER, Interim Executive Director, TNDF (Brock Township – April 5, 2023) The Nourish and Develop Foundation (TNDF) is pleased to...

DAN CEARNS, The Standard Durham Regional Police have arrested a suspect for the murder of a Scugog woman in Oshawa. On Wednesday, April...

A few months ago, I wrote an article on the history of some toys which were available when I was growing up. Taking this concept one step...