Province announces $40,000 to help create local food plan for Hastings County

Click here for more information about local farming in Hastings County.
Click here to view a news story on the Nov. 12 announcement in Stirling.

Two men rescued after boat sinks near Lakefield

CAPSIZED VESSEL
SMITH-ENNISMORE-LAKEFIELD – On Saturday November 14, 2009 at approximately 9:30 P.M. Smith-Ennismore-Lakefield Fire Department, Peterborough County Ambulance and police responded to the report of a capsized vessel on Lake Katchewanooka near Youngs Point Road.
Patrick BARIN age 51 years of Mississauga and Paul SCHEMBRI age 56 years of Brampton, had gone fishing on the lake [...]

Hunting group happy with progress to scrap long gun registry

Bill to scrap long gun registry passes next hurdle
O.F.A.H. applauds M.P.’s for supporting legislation
Bill C-391, An amendment to the Criminal Code (repeal of the long gun registry), passed a major hurdle in the legislative process Nov. 4 when it was approved at Second Reading in the House of Commons.
For 14 years, the Ontario Federation of [...]

Hunting group not happy with plan to allow farmers to ‘harass, capture or kill’ wild nuisance elk

On October 27, 2009, Attorney General Chris Bentley introduced Bill 212, Good Government Act, 2009, an omnibus bill that bundles together hundreds of legislative and regulatory changes impacting on a number of Ministries.
Among these changes are amendments to several Acts under the Ministry of Natural Resources, including one under the Fish and Wildlife Conservation Act [...]