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Green Donkey Tea Room open for Tourism Week.

May 16, 2013 by Louise Livingstone

In connection with the Tourism Awareness Week in Hastings County, we are opening the Green Donkey Tea Room this Thursday, Friday & Saturday, May 16, 17 & 18th between 10 a.m and 4 p.m. We will be serving Tea and Scones only (no lunches). We will also have the Black River Farm preserves for sale. Fresh rhubarb and maybe asparagus (Sunday and Monday nights really hurt it). Hopefully we will have new growth. We also have some potted plants - rhubarb; chives and iris for sale. A reminder that we still have some places available on the Father's Day Weekend. Reservations are required for this event.

Event Date and Time:

May 16, 2013 - 10:00 - 16:00

May 17, 2013 - 10:00 - 16:00

May 19, 2013 - 10:00 - 16:00

Planning application submitted for largest UK rural Passivhaus scheme

Churchman’s rural masterplan for developer Archihaus has been submitted for planning in Herefordshire. The scheme is the UK’s largest Passivhaus housing scheme in a rural setting and constitutes the first stage in realising an ambitious vision to transform both the quality and the sustainability of developer housing in the UK.

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Growing a healthy environment with native trees

University of Toronto PhD student uses Mitacs-Accelerate to discover the huge benefits of planting native trees in urban areas

Less than half of all tree species now growing in urban areas around the world are native to the local environment. While imported tree species are chosen for aesthetic reasons, it has a huge impact on wildlife.

Native trees are known to support local ecosystems much more effectively, providing a home and food source for local insects and wildlife. But the exact benefit of using native trees has never been studied in Canada.

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Liberal government urged to bring back home economics in Ontario high schools

The president of the Ontario Federation of Agriculture says many young people in Ontario don’t know how to prepare a meal from scratch because they have never been shown how.

“We’ve almost got a generation or more who really don’t know how to prepare a meal,” Mark Wales told Premier Kathleen Wynne on Wednesday, when she attended a breakfast meeting at Queen’s Park with federation representatives.

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David R. Maracle and Friends at The Amazing Coffee

April 2, 2013 by Louise Livingstone

Be prepared for an evening of intrigue by David, dubbed “the mood master” by many of his fellow musicians. Lasagne dinner available before the concert from 6 to 7 p.m. - $12.

Call now to reserve 613) 473-9994

Event Date and Time:

April 25, 2013 - 19:00 - 21:00

Location

The Amazing Coffee

162 Russell Street

Madoc, ON K0K 2K0

Canada

44° 30' 24.984" N, 77° 28' 30.5796" W

See map: Google Maps

Easter Supper at Sunny Side Up

March 23, 2013 by Louise Livingstone

Easter Supper

Event Date and Time:

March 31, 2013 - 16:30 - 19:00

Location

Sunny Side Up

231 Durham Street

Madoc, ON K0K 2K0

Canada

44° 30' 1.35" N, 77° 28' 19.7076" W

See map: Google Maps

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M.A.C.K. fest White Water kayaking

March 9, 2013 by Louise Livingstone

Join us at the Cedar Ridge Roadhouse in Marmora, on Saturday morning at 8h30am in the parking lot. Members of the Kawartha Whitewater Paddlers (www.kwpclub.ca) will be there with put-in and take-out directions, as well as information about each set of rapids for those of you new to the rivers.

To help you get your day started, our friends at Tim Horton's will have fresh coffee for everyone, chocolate milk from Kawartha Dairy and home baked croissants and carrot cake from the owner of the Marmora Inn.

Should you have any questions, please contact Rob at r [dot] clive [at] hotmail [dot] com or Manny at mannyfergie [at] hotmail [dot] com

Event Date and Time:

April 6, 2013 - 08:30 - April 7, 2013 - 12:00

Maynooth Winter Market

March 9, 2013 by Louise Livingstone

Come and enjoy the many vendors at the Maynooth Winter Market on March 23 and April 13.

Event Date and Time:

March 23, 2013 - 10:00 - 16:00

Location

Maynooth Municipal Hall

33011 Highway 62 North

Maynooth, ON K0L 2S0

Canada

45° 13' 51.3228" N, 77° 56' 18.6" W

See map: Google Maps

Harper government again at war with UN envoy over Canada’s fight against poverty

The Harper government is once again engaged in a war of words with a United Nations agency.

Canada can’t credibly preach human rights on the international stage when too many of its own citizens are going hungry, the UN’s right-to-food envoy, Olivier De Schutter, told The Canadian Press in an interview.

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UN food envoy: Canadian government failing Indigenous peoples and the poor

Following the mission he conducted May 6-16, 2012, theUN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food, Olivier De Schutter, presented hiscountry report on Canada to the United Nations' Human Rights Council in Geneva on Monday.

The report contains the findings and recommendations of the Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food in a clear, digestible 21-page document, which the civil society organization Food Secure Canada hopes will catalyze Canadian society and affect policy at all levels of government.

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