Feature Stories

It may be small and unassuming at first glance, but there's a reason why the sweat lodge is known for being "one of the most powerful structures in the world."

Michael Looks Twice is a First Nations elder who is the keeper of a sweat lodge on a piece of land located near his home in western Quebec.

He has been a sweat lodge keeper for 20 years and works hard to keep the location of the lodge as secretive as possible.

One week after a fire evacuated their school and left it closed pending three months of extensive repairs, more than 1,000 students from the Polyvalente Lavigne High School in Lachute have been split into three groups – including one that will be attending night classes.

As Parks Canada celebrates its centennial this year and the founding of the world's first national parks service, Canadians who enjoy their country's national and historic treasures might be thinking of one Vankleek Hill native in particular, this coming Sunday, January 30.

The sky was a dark, charcoal-like shade of grey when I woke up at 6:30 a.m. last Wednesday, September 22, a rather unpleasant sight as I prepared myself for the day, which I would spend learning about the (rather fitting) subject of water.

For the second consecutive year, wood lovers are invited to come and enjoy the magic of wood.

The second annual Glengarry Wood Fair and Auction is set to take place on Saturday August 21 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the Glengarry Pioneer Museum.

According to Robin Flockton, one of the organizers of this year's event, plans are coming together well and this year's event promises to be even better than last year.

After a two-year hiatus and a change of ownership, much-loved local haunt and Swiss restaurant The Granary will reopen on Saturday, May 15.

The building, originally a grain barn built sometime in the late 19th century, has been undergoing a series of major renovations in recent months, both to restore its original character and update its structural elements.

A farmhouse in East Hawkesbury was severely vandalized in recent months and spray-painted with the message, "Solar: not on prime farm land."

The farmhouse is on land purchased in mid-July by Solaris Energy Partners Inc., an Ottawa-based company which sold the property to a larger developer, Enfinity Canada, in September.

The damage, reported to Hawkesbury police by Enfinity on October 16, is estimated at more than $25,000.