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Toronto man arrested in Port Perry for assault, impaired related incident
DAN CEARNS The Standard SCUGOG: Durham Regional Police arrested and charged a 29-year-old Toronto man in Port Perry, on Saturday,...
Dan Cearns
Oct 10, 20231 min read
TLDSB director uses Thanksgiving message to reflect on start of 2023/2024 school year
DAN CEARNS The Standard KAWARTHA LAKES: Trillium Lakelands District School Board’s (TLDSB) Director of Education, Wes Hahn reflected on...
Dan Cearns
Oct 10, 20231 min read
MNRF investigate and seize animals at local raccoon rescue
DAN CEARNS The Standard KAWARTHA LAKES: A local animal rescue has become the target of an investigation by the Ministry of Natural...
Dan Cearns
Oct 10, 20231 min read
Season wasted
Another chapter of Toronto Blue Jays baseball is over. This chapter has to be one of the more embarrassing ones in recent history. For...
Dan Cearns
Oct 10, 20232 min read
Lumberjacks win both Thanksgiving weekend games
DAN CEARNS The Standard The Port Perry Lumberjacks found success over the Thanksgiving weekend, winning back-to-back games against North...
Dan Cearns
Oct 10, 20232 min read
Lake Scugog Enhancement Project hits a snag
DAN CEARNS The Standard SCUGOG: The Lake Scugog Enhancement project is heading back to the drawing board after tenders came in well above...
Dan Cearns
Oct 3, 20232 min read
City of Kawartha Lakes adopts province's housing target
DAN CEARNS The Standard KAWARTHA LAKES: The City of Kawartha Lakes has accepted the Ontario provincial government's housing creation...
Dan Cearns
Oct 3, 20232 min read
Chief Keith Knott speaks ahead of the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation
DAN CEARNS The Standard KAWARTHA LAKES: Curve Lake First Nation Chief Keith Knott spoke to a number of orange-clad attendees of a flag...
Dan Cearns
Oct 3, 20232 min read
Enrolment and potential need for new schools among topics at recent TLDSB meeting
DAN CEARNS The Standard KAWARTHA LAKES: Trillium Lakelands District School Board trustees received an update on enrolment and the...
Dan Cearns
Oct 3, 20232 min read
Ontario government expands list of ailments pharmacies can prescribe and treat
DAN CEARNS The Standard DURHAM/KAWARTHA LAKES: The Ontario government is allowing pharmacists to prescribe and treat a number of...
Dan Cearns
Oct 3, 20231 min read
OSSTF ratifies bargaining structure for provincial talks
DAN CEARNS The Standard DURHAM/KAWARTHA LAKES: Members in the Ontario Secondary School Teachers Federation (OSSTF) ratified a bargaining...
Dan Cearns
Oct 3, 20232 min read
Lumberjacks get a win and a loss over the weekend
DAN CEARNS The Standard SCUGOG: The Port Perry Lumberjacks had mixed results over the weekend, losing to the Uxbridge Bruins but...
Dan Cearns
Oct 3, 20232 min read
DDSB Governance Committee to recommend rescinding COVID-19 tracking procedures
DAN CEARNS The Standard DURHAM: The Durham District School Board’s (DDSB) Governance Committee recommends rescinding their COVID-19...
Dan Cearns
Oct 3, 20232 min read
DDSB report shows board will need to increase space investments to accommodate enrolment uptick
DAN CEARNS The Standard NORTH DURHAM: A new report has found the Durham District School Board (DDSB) has been seeing a steady increase in...
Dan Cearns
Sep 26, 20232 min read
Ontario government changes course on the use of Greenbelt lands for housing
DAN CEARNS The Standard DURHAM: The Ontario government is reversing course on their original plan to develop the Greenbelt. Earlier this...
Dan Cearns
Sep 26, 20232 min read
Kawartha Lakes health unit looks ahead to the autumn illness season
DAN CEARNS The Standard KAWARTHA LAKES: With the autumn season now here, Haliburton, Kawartha, Pine Ridge District Health Unit’s (HKPR)...
Dan Cearns
Sep 26, 20232 min read
Local Journalism
Some readers may have heard the news that Metroland Media is being put into Bankruptcy Protection, consequently they are shifting the...
Dan Cearns
Sep 26, 20232 min read
Lumberjacks lose a blow out game to Eagles
DAN CEARNS The Standard SCUGOG: The Port Perry Lumberjacks fell harder than a tree in a game against the Clarington Eagles at Scugog...
Dan Cearns
Sep 26, 20232 min read
DRPS looking for a budget increase of 9.47 percent in 2024
DAN CEARNS The Standard DURHAM: The Durham Regional Police Service (DRPS) is looking for an increase of 9.47 percent in their 2024...
Dan Cearns
Sep 26, 20232 min read
Durham's MPP promoted to Minister of Public and Business Service Delivery
DAN CEARNS The Standard DURHAM: Durham’s MPP Todd McCarthy has been given a promotion by Ontario Premier Doug Ford. In a cabinet shuffle...
Dan Cearns
Sep 26, 20231 min read
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