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Perth will not ‘roll over and play dead’: Algonquin College closure sparks council into action

Laurie Weir - January 20, 2025

LAURIE WEIR Perth’s Algonquin College campus has been a cornerstone of the small rural town since 1970, but the looming closure of the 50-year-old institution...

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Stafford-Wilson’s fall release, ‘Lanark County Classrooms: Remembering Our School Days’

Hometown News - September 24, 2024

Nostalgic reflections of rural Ontario’s one-room schoolhouses by local historian LAURIE WEIR For many Baby Boomers who grew up in rural Ontario, the memory of one-room...