North Frontenac
What Came Through the Fence
On Saturday a resident tagged three candidates under an NFNM article and asked them to account for talking to this paper. It was theory until then. Now it is a record.
Oct 26, 2026North Frontenac
Reporting on North Frontenac Township — Plevna, Ompah, Ardoch, Fernleigh, and surrounding communities. Council coverage, public records, and accountability journalism.
North Frontenac
Checkmate, Sue MacGregor: your template is in the council agenda.
The Kashwakamak Lake Association's president called NFNM's reporting a misrepresentation, then posted the email that proves it and banned the paper. The council agendas have the rest.
Oct 22, 2026
North Frontenac
Why Some Women Said No
An Election/Voting themed article to read. This article is a celebration of voting and why we need to all go out and do it. People have fought long and hard, for a long time, to give you this right. Enjoy 🙂
Oct 22, 2026
North Frontenac
North Frontenac's gas tax money mostly went to roads. What isn't it paying for now?
North Frontenac's 2026 budget expects $214,834 in federal gas tax money. The Township's budgets call it the Canada Community Building Fund,
Oct 21, 2026
North Frontenac
Learn, Earn, Return
Denzel Washington describes life in three stages: learn, earn, return. In North Frontenac, the last stage isn't letting go, and the young people and tradespeople we will all depend on are paying for it.
Oct 20, 2026
North Frontenac
By-law says minutes record amendments; two sets of North Frontenac minutes leave them out
North Frontenac's own rulebook says the minutes of every council meeting must record each motion, whether it carried or lost, "as well as
Oct 15, 2026
North Frontenac
He Gave Back Strong Mayor Powers and Kept the Gavel
By the time council met on June 12, 2025, Mayor Gerry Lichty had chosen to give back three of the powers Ontario had just handed him.
Oct 15, 2026
North Frontenac
The Year He Held Both Chairs
For one year, Gerry Lichty sat in two chairs. He was North Frontenac's mayor and Frontenac County's warden. In that year the
Oct 15, 2026
North Frontenac
Road 509 carries about 615 vehicles a day. The Webequie road to the Ring of Fire, estimated at $900 million, is predicted to carry fewer than 500.
The province's Webequie Supply Road is estimated at about $8.4 million a kilometre. Its infrastructure grant for the township's 344 kilometres of road comes to about $2,589 a kilometre this year.
Oct 11, 2026
North Frontenac
Council Writes Frontenac News Into Votes, Not This Desk
In the records we searched, when North Frontenac council or its staff name a newspaper for a notice, it's the Frontenac News, never North
Oct 1, 2026
North Frontenac
North Frontenac keeps selling public shoreline without an appraisal
North Frontenac council will be asked on Friday, October 2, to sell three more strips of public road allowance at Mississagagon Lake to the owners next
Oct 1, 2026
North Frontenac
Fire department gives October a week on lithium-ion batteries
North Frontenac's volunteer fire department is giving Fire Prevention Week, October 4 to 10, to the battery in your phone. The department is running
Oct 1, 2026
North Frontenac
Six years, the same thousand dollars
The Back Roads Studio Tour ran on September 26 and 27, and the Township of North Frontenac gave it $1,000, the same as every year
Oct 1, 2026
North Frontenac
Council gives volunteer astronomy club camping at every future festival
Gary Colwell asked North Frontenac for one weekend of camping at the astronomy club's Festival of Stars this year. On August 13, council approved
Oct 1, 2026
North Frontenac
Fire committee cut cancer testing, then heard cancer rules cited for truck
On June 12, the Joint Fire Committee for the Kaladar/Barrie Fire Department instructed its fire chief to remove cancer testing from the firefighters' health
Oct 1, 2026
North Frontenac
The next council inherits an unsold mine already written down
On August 13, North Frontenac council approved a second 40 per cent tax write-off on a mine site the township doesn't own, and paid
Oct 1, 2026