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There is a new face at St. Lawrence Employment Services in Sharbot Lake. Debbie Laprade, who resides in Kingston, became the new employment consultant at the centre in April of this year, replacing former staff member Arlene Uens, who retired recently from the post. Laprade is…
The fallout from the ruling by former Justice Chadwick for the Algonquins of Ontario to the effect that the names of 500 members of the Shabot Obaadjiwan First Nation are to be removed from the Algonquin electors' list is just starting to become apparent. A number of those 500…
Time for Stephen Harper to walk the walk "At worst, he [Jean Chretien] personally ordered it done and chose the people who executed the plan. At the very least, he fostered an attitude within the party..., chose the managers of the people who committed these crimes and…
By Steve Blight A couple of weeks ago Wendy Hinch, a reader living in the Sydenham area, e-mailed me a picture of a bird and was wondering if it could be a Brown Thrasher. The picture clearly showed a slim, robin-sized bird with a rich, chestnut-coloured back and tail, dark…
Within the hamlet area of Crow Lake, the Crow Lake road had to be closed on Tuesday night after it was flooded out, The apparent cause was an apparent beaver dam collapse. Crews were on scene all night in an attempt to get the road opened by Wednesday morning. Some homes near…
Citing the impact of a roofers’ strike on the construction schedule, Sharbot Lake High School Principal Heather Highet said last week that the Granite Ridge Education Centre will not be fully operational at the start of the school year in September. “Until the roofers’ strike,…
Jan Miller started her working career as an interpreter with Deaf people, and she says that interpreting what people are really saying when they talk about their lives and relationships remains at the core of her practice as a counsellor. Her patients have ranged from couples,…
Staff and the members of the board of directors from the Ontario Highlands Tourist Organization (OHTO) held a special event at Addison's Restaurant in Northbrook on May 28. The event was part of a two- day exploration and familiarization tour for OHTO board members and staff to…
Addington Highlands Council had to move from their normal meeting room into a room that is usually used for bingo in order to accommodate a number of Flinton residents who were concerned about a proposal to sell off part of a road allowance that leads to the Skootamatta River,…
On June 1 on Parliament Hill, a Rally to Restore The Bank of Canada and demand government-created DEBT-FREE money took place. Gathered was a group of presenters, among them The Right Honourable Paul Hellyer, past deputy prime minister and Canada's longest-serving…
