Reporting on North Frontenac Township — Plevna, Ompah, Ardoch, Fernleigh, and surrounding communities. Council coverage, public records, and accountability journalism.
North Frontenac council called its chief building official vacancy an emergency on September 11 and appointed Chris Beeg to fill the job. By the township'
Oct 1, 2026On the morning of October 22, 2021, North Frontenac council ordered a COVID-19 vaccination policy written for its own people. Two items later, on the same
Sep 29, 2026North Frontenac council wrote a COVID-19 vaccination policy into the rules for itself and its committees in December 2021, and took it out fifteen weeks later.
Sep 29, 2026North Frontenac council voted this year to sell the public shoreline in front of two next-door lots on Kashwakamak Lake, and the two land prices came
Sep 29, 2026
North Frontenac council put $97,294 of tax money into an Ontario business corporation it part-owns. Three years and $6.9 million of public money later: no housing built, no exit before 2029, and the mayor who endorsed it from the chair also chairs its board — and didn't say so.
Jul 15, 2026
North Frontenac brands itself Canada's first dark-sky municipality. The designation asks the township to fix its own lighting, and asks nothing of residents.
Jun 29, 2026
Addington Highlands' draft rules would warn residents they could be sued for speaking and move committee appointments behind closed doors. Public comment closes June 30.
Jun 22, 2026
Clarendon Central has lost a teacher, an EA, a reading program and a senior teaching position over a decade. The students it serves come from the poorest corner of Frontenac County. North Frontenac council voted unanimously to back the parents fighting to hold the line.
Jun 15, 2026
A four-lot Sand Lake severance came back before North Frontenac’s planning committee, and a neighbour found out by accident.
Jun 1, 2026
North Frontenac Council, May 21 2026: Councillor Hermer challenges the housekeeping path that produced the April 10 Public Forum restriction; ALTO process motion; Compliance Audit Committee discrepancy.
May 25, 2026
AI Is in Our Civic Conversation Now. Here Is How to Tell Honest Use from Laundered Authority. And a Notice from NFNM to the People Doing
May 11, 2026
North Frontenac's Communications: A Report Card By Donald Morton North Frontenac News Media May 4, 2026 At the council meeting of April 10, 2026,
May 4, 2026
Integrity Is Alive in North Frontenac By Donald Morton North Frontenac News Media April 20, 2026 A few days ago I posted a short video on
Apr 20, 2026
North Frontenac Set Bid Rules Behind Closed Doors. Six Days Later, It Posted the RFP. By Donald Morton, NFNM North Frontenac council went behind closed doors
Apr 17, 2026
North Frontenac Council Has Closed the Public Out of Its Official Record By Donald Morton, NFNM On April 10, 2026, North Frontenac council passed a new
Apr 15, 2026
North Frontenac Council Killed Democracy on April 10 By Donald Morton North Frontenac News Media April 13, 2026 Disclosure: I am the operator of North Frontenac
Apr 13, 2026North Frontenac · Election 2026