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Ontario government unveils the 2024 provincial budget
DAN CEARNS The Standard DURHAM/KAWARTHA: The Ontario government released the 2024 provincial budget on Tuesday, March 26th. This year’s...

Dan Cearns
Apr 2, 20242 min read


Update from the Scugog Sports Hall of Fame
SHAUN LACKIE Special to The Standard SCUGOG: With this year’s induction ceremony quickly approaching it is only fair to advise of all the...

The Standard
Apr 2, 20242 min read


Scugog to purchase new clocks from local resident for Town Hall 1873
DAN CEARNS The Standard SCUGOG: Port Perry’s Town Hall 1873 will be getting a new installation soon: four heritage-style clocks. At a...

Dan Cearns
Apr 2, 20241 min read


Greenbank news
LARRY DOBLE Special to The Standard The Greenbank Lions are selling 55 pound bags of lawn and garden fertilizer for $45 including tax and...

The Standard
Apr 2, 20241 min read


CREATIVELY SPEAKING - Out of the Darkness
By Robin Van Der Vleuten While searching for a gift for my son, I was captivated by the beautifully created works of local artist Darlene...
Robin Van Der Vleuten
Apr 2, 20242 min read


Easter spirit returning to Port Perry
DAN CEARNS The Standard SCUGOG: The Port Perry community is once again invited to show their Easter pride later this month, with the...

Dan Cearns
Mar 27, 20241 min read


Ontario government announces new investments in housing related infrastructure funding
DAN CEARNS The Standard DURHAM/KAWARTHA LAKES: The Ontario government is making new investments, to try to get more housing built across...

Dan Cearns
Mar 27, 20242 min read


Scugog council costs over $319,000 in 2023
DAN CEARNS The Standard SCUGOG: A report on council member salaries and benefits was included in the agenda for Scugog council’s meeting,...

Dan Cearns
Mar 27, 20241 min read


Top trends in gardening
Helen Nicolaou, Pine Ridge Garden Club With the first day of spring behind us, we can now enjoy the extra daylight hours planning how to...

The Standard
Mar 27, 20242 min read


2024 Sunderland Lions Music Festival
NORTH DURHAM: The 64th edition of the Sunderland Lions Music Festival gets underway on April 3rd and 4th at Port Perry High School,...

The Standard
Mar 27, 20241 min read


Epsom & Utica news
FAYE ASHTON Special to The Standard Congratulations, to the PPHS Curling Club for excelling in Kingston this past weekend. They showed...

The Standard
Mar 27, 20241 min read


Scugog Council for the Arts to benefit from a $153,000 grant
DAN CEARNS The Standard SCUGOG: The Scugog Council for the Arts (SCA) had a big reason to celebrate on Friday, March 15th. At the SCA’s...

Dan Cearns
Mar 21, 20242 min read


Judy Anderson, All About Giving Back: The Story Behind the Person
by Jonathan van Bilsen Anyone who lives in North Durham, and has had the pleasure of being involved in any theatre or musical production,...

Jonathan van Bilsen
Mar 21, 20243 min read


Put up Your Paddles With the Dragon Flies
COURTNEY McClure The Standard NORTH DURHAM: The main focus of the Dragon Flies Breast Cancer Survivor Group is to raise awareness about...
Courtney McClure
Mar 21, 20242 min read


Scugog cell tower application process sent to dispute resolution
DAN CEARNS The Standard SCUGOG: The Township of Scugog is sending a decision on the process for the creation of a cell tower on Scugog...

Dan Cearns
Mar 21, 20242 min read


Watoto children’s choir launches new album
Join the Watoto Children’s Choir, as they sing, dance, and share their stories of restoration and hope. Hope Church in Port Perry is...

The Standard
Mar 21, 20242 min read


Election review
DAN CEARNS The Standard The federal by-election, in the Durham riding, has been completed now, and, Jamil Jivani has been named the new...

Dan Cearns
Mar 21, 20242 min read


Four years later
by Jonathan van Bilsen I looked at the calendar, last Monday, and realized it has been exactly four years since the world shut down for...

Jonathan van Bilsen
Mar 21, 20242 min read


Scugog blood donor clinic
JAMES J. GREEN The Standard 1st time donor Rachel McArthur, left, and donor Nick King, right, show thier donor bandages, after donating...

James J. Green
Mar 13, 20242 min read


Scugog council sees 2.47 percent increase in operating budget
DAN CEARNS The Standard SCUGOG: Scugog councillors got their first look at the 2024 draft municipal operating budget, at a meeting on...

Dan Cearns
Mar 13, 20241 min read
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