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Alliston Herald
See Simcoe.com
Contact: herald@interhop.net
Almaguin News (East Parry Sound)
Publisher: Peter Barr
Editor: Allan Dennis
E-mail t: anews@onlink.net
Amherstburg Echo
Publisher/Editor: Alan Glaser
E-mail: aecho@wincom.net
Arnprior Chronicle-Guide
Requires Adobe
Contact Page here.
Publisher: Derek Walter
Editor: Jason Marshall
jmarshall@igs.net
Senior Reporter: Peter DeWolf
dewolfp@igs.net
acgedit@runge.net

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Brabant Newspapers
This collection of contact information for the following papers is no longer active. Includes:

  • Ancaster News
  • Dundas Star News
  • Hamilton News
  • Stoney Creek News
  • Flamborough Review

Bancroft Times
Contact Page here.
Publishers: David & Dean Walker
Contact: bancroft-times@sympatico.ca
Barrhaven Independent
Contact: Just an e-mail form for comments. You can reach it here.
Barrie Advance
Part of Simcoe.com
Barrie Examiner
Contact: mbeaudin@bar.southam.ca
Beacon Herald
Contact Page here.
John Kastner
, Managing Editor.
jkastner@bowesnet.com
Larke Turnbull, City Editor
lturnbull@bowesnet.com
Editorial Page Editor, Diana Loveless
dloveless@bowesnet.com
Belleville/Quinte Community Press
Interesting experiment in paid, on-line community news. Presently offering a free preview which will end "soon."
Two offices:

  • Head office
    Stirling, 14 Demorest Rd.
    613-395-3015
    1-877-883-3030 (toll free)
    fax 613-3952992
    Contact: compress@reach.net
  • Campbellford
    "Behind the post office"
    705-653-3472
    Contact: compress@redden.on.ca

The Belleville Intelligencer
Part of Canada.com
Bracebridge Examiner
Contact Page here.
Edward Britton, Publisher
Walter Franczyk , News Ed.
Andrew Wagner-Chazalon, Muskokan Ed.
News: examnews@muskoka.com
Website: examweb@muskoka.com

Brampton Guardian:
Contact Page here.
Publisher, Ken Nugent
k.nugent@thebramptonguardian.com
Editor in Chief, Lorne Drury
l.drury@thebramptonguardian.com
(Brantford) The Expositor
Contact Page here.
Newsroom: expnews@brt.southam.c
Publisher mpearce@brt.southam.ca
(Brighton) Independent
Contact Page here.
Letters to editor
letters@eastnorthumberland.com
Brock Citizen
Now up and running, this site just lists the key contacts and a few details about production.
Publisher: Bruce Danford. General Manager: Mayra Futa. Editor: Jeff Bower.
Contact: editor@brockcitizen.com
(Brockville) Recorder & Times
Letters to the Editor: editor@recorder.ca

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Cambridge Reporter
Contact Page here.
Managing Editor: Kevin Swaze
519-621-3810, ext. 260
kswayze@cambridge-reporter.com
Letters to Editor or community events:
news@cambridge-reporter.com
Cambridge Times
Not responding when I checked April 6, 2002. I have sent an inquiry to the previous contact e-mail: times@sentex.net
Canada.com
Umbrella for numerous Canadian news sources. For general inquiries about Canada.com contact feedback@canada.com
Many community newspapers have space here.
Some papers, such as Brantford's Expositor, have their own independent home pages, while others like the Barrie Examiner, don't.
Here is a list of those newspapers which I could find only on Canada.com:

Chapleau Express
(No contact page)
E-mail editor: jprince@onlink.net
Chatham Daily News
See Canada.com.
Chatham This Week
Contact Page here.
Publisher, John Weese
Editor, Peter Epp peterepp@bowsnet.com
Clinton News Record
Contact Page here.
General Manager, Gary Haist
Editor, David Emslie
Contact: clinton.news@bowesnet.com
Cobourg Daily Star
Found at Canada.com
Collingwood Connection
@ Simcoe.com
Publisher: Joe Anderson
705-726-0573, ext. 248
E-mail: publisher@barrieadvance.com
Editor-in-chief
John Devine
705-726-0573, ext. 257
Email: editor@barrieadvance.com
Collingwood Enterprise-Bulletin
Contact: iadams@col.southam.ca
(Cornwall) Seaway News
Contact Page here.
info@cornwallseawaynews.com
(Cornwall) Standard Freeholder
Changed its location - but I found it!
Managing Editor, Alf Lafave
maned@standard-freeholder.com
Pub. & Gen. Manager, Milton Ellis
publisher@standard-freeholder.com

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Dehli News Record
Contact Page here.
deleditorial@annexweb.com
Dibaudjimoh
The Chippewas of Nawash
ontact: David McLaren
d.mclaren@bmts.com
Dryden Observer
Contact. awcl@awcoldstream.com
Durham Post
Presently not responding. I'll give it a month and if it doesn't come back I'll take it off the list. You might try contacting them through this e-mail, but I don't know if if works: durhampost@canada.com
Durham Times
Comes with its own fanfare (providing your speakers are turned on)
news@thedurhamtimes.com

DurhamRegion.com
This is an umbrealla group which gives online space to news from the following regions:

Here are some contact names &e-mails
Tim Whittaker, Publisher
twhittaker@durhamregion.com
Todd Blayone M. A., Online Editor and Web Publishing Manager
tblayone@durhamregion.com
Joanne Burhardt, Editor-in-Chief (News)
jburghardt@durhamregion.com

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Eastern Ontario AgriNews
Publisher, Robin R. Morris
rm@agrinewsinteractive.com
Tom VanDusen, Writer
vandusen@cyberus.ca
JC Kenny, Writer
jckenny@kingston.net
Elmira Independent
If anyone can find an e-mail for this site please let me know. In the meantime, you can phone them:
General Manager, John Roberts
Editor, Gail Martin
Toll Free phone:
1 (800) 645-7355
(Elmira) Woolwich Observer
Contact: observer@woolwich.com
Elkford Homestead
Editor, Eriki Filipe
editorial@elkfordhomestead.ca
Contributing Editor, Barb Filipe
barb@elkfordhomestead.ca
(Exeter) Times-Advocate
Publisher & Editor, Jim Beckett
jbeckett@southhuron.com

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Fergus Elora News Express
Publisher, John Roberts
jroberts@centrewellington.com
Fort Frances Times & Rainy Lake Herald
James R. Cumming, Publisher
jcumming@fortfrances.com
Mike Behan, Editor
mbehan@fortfrances.com

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Glengarry News
Publisher, J. T. Grossman
Editor, Greg Peerenboom
The e-mail is for editorial/subscriptions
gnews@glen-net.ca
(Goderich) Focus
Editor, Shelley McPhee Haist
focus@bowesnet.com
Goderich Signal Star
Publisher, Dave Sykes
Editor, Tim Cumming
gssnews@bowesnet.com
(Grand Bend) Lakeshore Advance
Publisher/Ad Manager, Neil Clifford
Editor, Nellie Evans
ladvance@bowesnet.com
Grand River Sachem (Caledonia)
Editor & Publisher, Neil Dring
sachem@sachem.on.ca
Grimsby Lincoln News
Contact: Mike Williscraft,
Lori Concroft
info@thegrimsbylincolnnews.com

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(Haliburton) Echo
Editor, Martha Perkins
echo@halhinet.on.ca
HaltonSearch.com Network
An umbrella for several regional news sources (below). For general inquiries contact:
Bill Angus, Internet Co-ordinator:
wmaster@haltonsearch.com

Hanover Post
See Canada.com
Huron Expositor
Publisher, Tom Williscraft
Editor, Scott Hilgendorff
seaforth@bowesnet.com

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Ingersoll Times
Contact: ingersoll@annexweb.com

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Kanata Kourier/Standard
Publisher, Bryan Wiltsie
Managing Editor, Sally Smith
kksedit@runge.net
(Kapuskasing) Northern Times
Publisher, Wayne Major
News Editor, Mark Gentili
kaptimes@bowesnet.com
(Kenora) Daily Miner & News
Managing Editor, Lloyd Mack
News Editor, Bob Stewart
minerandnews@norcomcable.ca
Kenora Enterpise
Contact: info@kenoraenterprise.com
Kincardine Independent
Publisher & Editor, Eric Howald
indepen@bmts.com
Kincardine News
Publisher, Ron Wassink
Editor, Marie Wilson
kincardine@bowesnet.com
Kingston This Week
Publisher, Cam Inglish
cam@kingstonthisweek.com
Editor, Dan Donohue
news@kingstonthisweek.com
(Kingston) Pic Press
Still under construction (as of April 2, 2002)
Kingston Whig-Standard
Publisher, Fred Laflamme
Editor, Steve Lukits
kinwhig@thewhig.com
(Kitchener Waterloo) Record
Contact: letters@therecord.com
Kirkland Lake Gazette
The Gazette ceased publication in September, 2001. You can read comments and memorials as well as add your own here.
Katchewanooka Herald
Publisher, June Helwig
Editor, Neil Boughen
Toll free: 1 (877) 652-6594

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Leamington Post
ContactPage here.
Publisher, Don Gage
Editor, Mike Thibodeau
leampost@wincom.net
Lindsay/Kawartha Lakes This Week
Publisher, Bruce Danford
bdanford@peterboroughthisweek.com
Managing Editor, Paul Rutherford
newsroom@lindsaythisweek.com
Listowel Banner & Independent Plus
Contact Page here.
Editor, Marion Duke
(519) 291-1660 ext. 109
Not toll free.
London Free Press
Contact Page here.
City Editor, Julie Carl
jcarl@lfpress.com
News Editor, Chris Nixon
cnixon@lfpress
Editor In-Chief, Paul Berton
pberton@lfpress.com
Lucknow Sentinel
Contact Page here.
Publisher, Patricia Livingston
lucksent@bowesnet.com

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Manitoulin Expositor
Letters: expos_ed@etown.net
Manitoulin Recorder
Discontinued, but they've set up an archive of past articles.
Manotick Messenger
A contact form available here.
Midland Mirror
Part of Simcoe.com. For contact info go here.
Mid-North Monitor (Espanola)
Publisher, Judy Skidmore
Staff Listing here.
monitor@cyberbeach.net
(Minden) Times Online
Appears to have gone 404. The Publisher & Editor was Jack Brezina available at this e-mail: editor@mindentimes.on.ca. I am presently trying to find out what's up.
Mirror Guardian
Well, The Mirror, Guardian & Villager have a new home at CommunityNewsroom.com. The Contact Page is here.
Or for information without leaving this page, See (Toronto) CommunityNewsroom.com below under "T".
Mississauga Booster
Still down for "redesign." (You can see the notice here.) It's been a couple of months, so who knows.
Publisher, Paul McCallion
booster@idirect.com
Mississauga News
I used to have a warning about how slow and unreliable this page was - but it is now being hosted by Mississauga.com and looks really good. No more pop-ups either.
They're not really up on e-mail, however.
Contact Page here.
Publisher: Ron Lenyk
Mitchell Advocate
Contact Page here.
The Publisher, Andy Bader
abader@bowesnet.com
Mount Forest Confederate
Contact Page here.
Publisher & Editor, Lynne Pinnegar
lpinnegar@mountforest.com
(519) 323-1550
Not toll free
The Muskokan
Contact Page here.
Publisher, Edward Britton
Editor, Andrew Wagner-Chazalon
muskokan@muskoka.com

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New Tecumseth Free Press
Billing itself as "Canada's first community hard news site published exclusively for the Internet," this is definitely not your average community paper. Owned and operated by Tony Veltri, whose stated objective is to "own at least 61 per cent of the converging New Media universe" ("converging"?), it promises "Local News You Won't Read Anywhere Else.
Contact page (which is also Mr. Veltri's resume) is here.
Editor, Tony Veltri
tony.veltri@sympatico.ca
Niagara Falls Review
Contact Page here.
Publisher, David Beattie
davebt@nfreview.com
Managing Editor, Joe Wallace
editor@nfreview.com
City Editor, Gord Howard
citydesk@nfreview.com
North Bay Nugget
Contact Page here.
E-mail: nugget@nugget.ca
North Huron Info. (by The Citizen)
Publisher & Editor, Keith Roulston
norhuron@scsinternet.com
North Kent Leader
(Updates few and far between)
Publisher, Denise Thibeault
Managing Editor, Cynthia Lockrey
editor@northkentleader.com
North Renfrew Times
Contact Page here.
Editor-in-Chief, Terry Myers
drcanrt@magma.ca
(North Umberland) Independent
Letters to editor:
letters@eastnorthumberland.com
Webmaster:
webmaster@eastnorthumberland.com
Northumberland News
Previously down for redesign, now it's just down. I've sent an e-mail inquiry to the last known address below.
Contact: nnews@eagle.ca
Northumberland Today
Contact Page here.
Portal site for:
Northumberland Today
Managing Editor, Don Horne
dhorne@cds.southam.ca
Port Hope Evening Guide
Managing Editor: Francis Baker
fbaker@pheg.southam.ca
Colborne Chronicle
Editor, Mandy Martin
cdsletters@cds.southam.ca
Apple Gazette
Editor, Mandy Martin
cdsletters@cds.southam.ca
Northumberland Weekly
Editor, Don Horne
cdsletters@cds.southam.ca
Norwich Gazette
Contact Page here.
tilledit@annexweb.com

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Orangeville Banner
No Contact Page. You can try this e-mail:
banner@ora.southam.ca
Orangeville Citizen
Contact Page here.
Publisher, Pamela A. Claridge
mail@citizen.on.ca
Editor, Sheila Duncan
sheila@citizen.on.ca
Orillia Packet & Times On-Line
Contact Page here. (Phone messaging numbers and "Electronic Feedback Form.)
Orillia Today
See Simcoe.com
(Orleans) Star
(Frames - can't give you contact page, but there is one)
Publisher, Caroline Andrews
Editor, Fred Sherwin
thestar@transcontinental.ca
Orleans Weekly Journal
No Contact Page. Try this e-mail:
theweeklyjournal@transcontinental.ca
Oshawa/Durham Central
Contact Page here.
Publisher & Editor, J. L. Ingo
newspaper@ocentral.com
Ottawa Business Journal
Contact Page here.
obj@ottawabusinessjournal.com
Ottawa Citizen Online
See Canada.com
Ottawa X Press On-line
Not operational at the moment
(Owen Sound) Sun Times
(Frames - can't give Contact Page)
Publisher, Clyde Wicks
Editor, Jim Merriam
Owstimes@southam.ca

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(Palmerston) Minto Express
General Manager, Paul Teahen
(519) 291-1660. ext. 103
Not toll free

Paris Star
Contact Page here.
Publisher, Andrea DeMeer
Editor, Beth Gurney
pstar@bis.on.ca
Parry Sounding Line
No Contact Page.
Contact: psonline@parrysound.comt
Parry Sound Online
Contact: nstar@parrysound.com
Perth Courier
(Frames - can't give you Contact Page, but it's there)
Publisher, John Clement
Editor, Maureen Pegg
courier@perth.igs.net
Pembroke Daily Observer
@ Canada.com
Peterborough This Week
Publisher, Bruce Danford
bdanford@peterboroughthisweek.com
Editor in Chief, Paul Rellinger
editor@peterboroughthisweek.com
Petrolia Topic
Contact Page here.
Publisher, Denise Thibeault
Managing Editor, David Pattenaude
editor@petroliatopic.com
Port Elgin Shoreline Beacon
I'm not sure how operational this site is. Most of their links are 404, including thair Contact Page, but they do have current headlines.
Here is the information I had from the site previously, when it was called Port Elgin Shoreline Banner:
General Manager, Carol McKnight
Editor, Tracey Cassidy
shoreline@bmts.com
Prescott Journal
Contact Page here.
Publisher & Managing Editor, John Morris
journal@stlawrenceprinting.on.ca

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(Sarnia) The Observer
Contact Page here.
Editorial general mailbox:
editorial@observer-sarnia.com
Sarnia This Week
Contact:
sarniathisweek@cgocable.net
Sault Star
Contact Page here.
Publisher, Lou Maulucci
Editor, John Halucha
ssmstar@southam.ca
Schalsun Inc.
Contact information Only
Includes:
Angus-Borden Sun
Stayner Sun
Wasaga Sun
Contact: schalsun@bmts.com
Simcoe.com
Includes:
Alliston Herald
Barrie Advance
Collingwood Connection
Midland Mirror
Orillia Today
Wasaga Connection
Contact: Publisher Joe Anderson
publisher@barrieadvance.com
Simcoe Reformer
Contact Page here.
Editorial refedit@annexweb.com
(St. Catherines) Standard
(Frames - can't provide contact page)
Editor: jharding@scs.southam.ca
News: akriluck@scs.southam.ca
St. Marys Journal Argus
Contact Page here.
Editor, Laura Payton
(519) 284-1155 ext. 103
lpayton@stmarys.com
General Manager, Bill Huether
ppayton@stmarys.com
St. Thomas Times-Journal
Contact Page here.
Brent Spilak, Publisher
bspilak@bowesnet.com
Stittsville News
Moribund.
Last update Jan.3, 2001
Stittsville Signal
Gone 404. My last information lists:
Publisher, Bryan Wiltsie
Managing Editor, John Curry
stittnews@magma.ca
(Strathroy) Age Dispatch
Meet Our Staff page here.
Publisher, Steve Down
Editor, Dave Cameron
agedispatch@strathroyonline.com
(Sudbury) Northern Life
Currently under construction
Publisher, Karsten Johansen
kas@ontarionorth.com
Managing Editor, Vicki Gilhula
vgilhula@ontarionorth.com
Sudbury Star
E-mail: sudburystar@thesudburystar.com

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Temiskaming Speaker
Feedback form on site, but frames won't allow me to give the URL here.
MyThunderBay.com
Technically it's a portal, but it's loaded with information about the Thunder Bay area -- including transit schedules. No contact information, however, outside of a "feedback form."
(Thunder Bay) Chronicle Journal
No contact? None?
Thunder Bay Source
Has a "News Tips" button which is a great idea.
EDITORIAL DEPARTMENT
Publisher: Leith Dunick 346-2538
Fax: 345-9923 - Email: ldunick@dougallmedia.com
Reporter: Linda Maehans 346-3558
Fax: 345-9923 - Email: lmaehans@dougallmedia.com

Tilsonburg News
Contact: tilledit@annexweb.com
(Timmins) Daily Press
Contact Page here.
Dan Johnson, Publisher & General Manager
Managing Editor: Dave McGee
tdp@nt.net
(705) 268-5050
Timmins Times
Frames - I can't give Contact Page.
Publisher, Linda Leblanc
Managing Editor, Don Biggs
times@ntl.sympatico.ca
Timmins News
Publisher, Linda Leblanc
Managing Editor, Don Biggs
times@ntl.sympatico.ca
(Toronto West) VillagerNews.com
About Us Page here.
Contact: info@villagernews.com
(Toronto) CommunityNewsroom.com
Contact Page is here.
Editor-in-Chief: Deborah Bodine: dbodine@mirror-guardian.com
Sections For:

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(Vankleek Hill) The Review
Contact: review@hawk.igs.net

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Walkerton-Herald Times
Contact Page here.
Patrick Raftis, Editor & General Manager
(519) 8811600
praftis@walkerton.com
(Wallaceburg) Courier Press
Contact Page here.
Publisher, Karen Moran
kmoran@kent.net
Wasaga Connection
@Simcoe.com
Wellington Advertiser
No contact or staff page.
Comments: info@wellingtonadvertiser.comt
West Carleton Review
Requires Adobe
Contact Page here.
West Elgin Chronicle
Contact Page here.
Publisher, Shirley Slaats
Editor, Keith Peever
chronicle@bowesnet.com
Wingham Advance Times
Contact Page here.
General Manager, Kathy Steele
(519) 357-2320 (no e-mail)
News Reporter, Margaret Stapleton
mstapleton@wingham.com
Windsor Star Online Edition
(Frames - can't give contact page)
Contact: letters@win.southam.ca
(Woodstock) Sentinel Review
Contact Page here.
Editorial Department: sentinel@annexweb.com
Woolwich Observer Online
Contact: observer@woolwich.com

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YorkRegion.com
Contact Page here.
Editor-in-Chief
Brenda Larson
blarson@erabanner.com
With sections for:
Aurora
Tracy Kibble, Editor
tkibble@erabanner.com
East Gwillimbury Georgina
John Slykhuis, Editor
editor@georginaadvocate.com
King Township
Markham
Jim Mason, Editor
jmason@econsun.com
Newmarket
Richmond Hill
David Teetzel, Editor
dteetzel@theliberal.com
Stouffville
Jim Mason, Editor
jmason@econsun.com
Vaughan
David Teetzel, Editor
dteetzel@theliberal.com

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Ontario Newspapers


Ontario Newspaper Spotlight

Arnprior
Chronicle-Guide
(& Co.)

The things we do for love

Over the course of more than 25 years in journalism, Peter DeWolf has followed news stories through the steaming heat of Central America, the surrealistic chaos of Bosnia-Hergozvina, and the interminable tribal feuds of the Arnpior Town Council.

Then, in March of 1997, he decided to take on a real challenge: putting Runge Newspaper Group papers online starting with the Arnprior Chronicle-Guide.

And he did it with WordStar.

I started the site in March of 1997... though I had been posting some of my internet columns on my personal site since 1994.

When it began, I did most of the work on my personal time, using raw HTML, and translating the raw Wordstar from floppies provided by the other reporters ... by cut and paste. An interesting note: Any quotes had to be edited because the translation would change the quotation mark to %.

For the first year there was no Internet service available at the newspaper, making it necessary to do all the uploading from his own home. The next year, however, the Chronicle-Guide improved its connectivity (as they say in the IT field), and the entire job could be done from their offices.

Next DeWolf changed the site from HTML to PDF. On the plus side, this enabled him to retain the "look" of the actual paper. On the negative side, a secondary software program was required to view it online.

I was surprised there was little resistance from our on-line readership to the change ... and all but a few liked the new approach. Last year I did a survey based on those who had indicated an interest in the site with 90 percent completely satisfied with the format. The larger files are a problem for those with slow access, but overall they still preferred the look and feel of a real newspaper. They were seeing exactly what was in the "real" paper. Most of those responding indicated they visited and used the site several times a month ... about 25% visited faithfully every week.

The site now acts as the online presence for three Runge papers: The Anrprior Chronicle-Guide, the Arnprior Weekend News, and the West Carleton Review. Readership is growing, and best of all, the site only takes a couple of hours a week to maintain.

The success of Peter DeWolf's efforts also serves to illustrate the largely untapped potential of Web-based news.

It has been an interesting journey.. but what it all means in the end is that in one form or another, we have been offering weekly updated news on the Internet from the Ottawa Valley for almost six years.

A record to be proud of.

But really — WordStar?


Peter DeWolf: Personal site.

Arnprior Chronicle-Guide: Home page of the Chronicle-Guide, Weekend and West Carleton Review.

Staff Page: The staff of the Arnprior Chronicle-Guide.


The Runge Newspaper Group

  • West Carleton Review
  • Arnprior Chronicle-Guide
  • Arnprior Weekend News.
  • Renfrew Mercury
  • Renfrew Weekender
  • Almonte Gazette
  • Carleton Place Canadian
  • Stittsville Signal
  • Stittsville Weekend
  • Kanata Courier Standard
  • The Weekender

An Unavoidable Tangent To The Subject:

David Bowie narrates Prokofiev's Peter & the Wolf: BMG records, 1992. Available at Amazon.com.