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Uxbridge looks to Region for assistance with traffic zones
DARRYL KNIGHT The Standard UXBRIDGE: Councillors recently passed a resolution calling on the Region of Durham to implement additional...
Colleen Green
Nov 29, 20191 min read
Community invited to help fire department ‘Fill the Fire Truck’
DAN CEARNS The Standard SCUGOG: Scugog Fire and Emergency Services is once again asking the community to help them support Operation...
Colleen Green
Nov 29, 20191 min read
Willie Popp named Uxbridge’s Deputy Mayor
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Colleen Green
Nov 29, 20191 min read
Scugog approves capital budget
DAN CEARNS The Standard SCUGOG: Scugog council has passed the capital side of their 2020 municipal budget, with projects totaling...
Colleen Green
Nov 29, 20192 min read
Peter Bethlenfalvy MPP, Pickering/Uxbridge: Dog gone red tape
With colder mornings and the first snowfall arriving, it’s clear: Winter is coming. The start of November saw our government announce the...
Colleen Green
Nov 24, 20192 min read
MESSAGE FROM THE MAYOR Mayor Bobbie Drew, Township of Scugog: New Blackstock Community Centre first
Work for the draft 2020 Capital Budget and four year Capital forecast is underway and I would like to thank the residents who took time...
Colleen Green
Nov 24, 20193 min read
Canada’s Clean Energy Capital
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Colleen Green
Nov 21, 20193 min read
Three men arrested after Uxbridge LCBO thefts
UXBRIDGE: Three Toronto men are facing charges in connection with the theft of multiple bottles of alcohol from a local Liquor Control...
Colleen Green
Nov 21, 20192 min read


Uxbridge announces budget timetable
DARRYL KNIGHT The Standard UXBRIDGE: With just a few weeks remaining in 2019, councillors and township staff will turn their attention to...
Colleen Green
Nov 21, 20191 min read


BIG changes at Big Brothers Big Sisters of Kawartha Lakes-Haliburton
KAWARTHA LAKES: Big Brothers Big Sisters of Kawartha Lakes-Haliburton has recently gone through a branding change, as have all Big...
Colleen Green
Nov 14, 20192 min read
Kawartha Lakes considering voluntary ban on single-use plastics
DARRYL KNIGHT The Standard KAWARTHA LAKES: Councillors are considering a recent staff report that would see a voluntary ban on single-use...
Colleen Green
Nov 14, 20192 min read
Canadian heroes of the war in Afghanistan to be honoured at Queen’s Park
Friday, November 8th, the Ontario government unveiled the design for the Memorial to Honour Canadian Heroes of the War in Afghanistan, a...
Colleen Green
Nov 14, 20192 min read


Colleen Green
Nov 14, 20190 min read
Statement by Minister Rickford on Aboriginal Veterans Day
On Friday, November 8th, Greg Rickford, Minister of Indigenous Affairs issued the following statement on Aboriginal Veterans Day: “Lest...
Colleen Green
Nov 14, 20191 min read


Durham Region Transit seeks public input to shaping transit in rural Durham
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Colleen Green
Nov 14, 20191 min read
No charges laid in local RIDE programs
DARRYL KNIGHT The Standard NORTH DURHAM: Local drivers were lauded by police last week after RIDE programs in Port Perry and Beaverton...
Colleen Green
Nov 14, 20191 min read


Getting ready for winter
Have you read your owner’s manual? Read up on safe handling procedures. Review how to operate the controls. You should be able to shut...
Colleen Green
Nov 14, 20193 min read
Man dead after two vehicle collision in Scugog
SCUGOG: A 44-year-old male driver was pronounced dead at a local hospital following a head on motor-vehicle collision in Scugog on...
Colleen Green
Nov 14, 20191 min read


Comfortably Home a unique option for seniors
DAN CEARNS The Standard SCUGOG: A new local business, that launched in July, is looking to help seniors keep their independence....
Colleen Green
Nov 14, 20192 min read


Tow truck driver killed in Scugog
DAN CEARNS The Standard SCUGOG: Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) have identified the tow truck driver who was killed in Scugog after...
Colleen Green
Nov 14, 20192 min read
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