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Railway Crossings need Repairs Council was made aware of improvements that need to be undertaken at the Eagle Lake and Crow Lake railway crossings after Canadian Pacific railway staff deemed both unsafe. The concerns raised by CPR staff at the Eagle Lake crossing were about…
The most recent data released by Statistics Canada from the 2011 census shows that not only are fewer people living in Frontenac County and neighbouring municipalities, but also that the median age of the population is getting higher, in some cases dramatically so. The oldest…
Waste Disposal Site Review Proposal Public Works Manager Mark Segsworth and Guy Laporte of AECOM brought a draft review of waste disposal site operations for Council’s consideration, prior to seeking public input. The report listed three primary options: 1) Status Quo - maintain…
Photo: Gray Merriam, vice president of the Friends of the Salmon River at Crooked Creek with John and Angharad Holmes. Rivers are the life blood of our watersheds and it was with that in mind that the Friends of the Salmon River (FSR) organized a number of events on June 10 in…
“Never criticize a man until you've walked a mile in his moccasins.” (Native American proverb) At Come Walk in My Moccasins events for early learning and childcare professionals, Spiritual Elder and Healer David Jock explained to mainstream educators how Seven Grandfather…
Photo: Daylia and Ayden Peterson, and Natalie and Hailey Coutts at the petting zoo at the Sharbot Lake Great Outdoor Adventure A steady stream of outdoor adventure seekers gathered for the fourth annual Sharbot Lake Outdoor Adventure at the Sharbot Lake High School on June 2 .…
Addington Highlands Council opts to build fire hall first, office later Councilors did not agree about when they should build what, but at their meeting in Flinton on Monday, June 4, they still set in motion a spending plan that will impact taxes for 30 years. Armed with…
by Judy Wall, Lanark county Master Gardeners Millions of years ago, dinosaurs as big as houses ate their way through ginkgo groves in North America, munching on the trees’ leathery fan-shaped leaves as they went. Today, we only know about dinosaurs because of their fossils, but…
by Margaret Inwood, Lanark County master gardeners Earwigs live for only one year and may die during the winter months. In early spring, any surviving females lay their eggs in tiny nests in the top 5 cm of the soil. It is a good time to dig around all plants to disrupt the…
Photo: Shelley Lacelle (far right), owner and operator of Wilton Creek Fabrics serves customers at her 10-year anniversary sale in Harrowsmith on June 2 On June 2, a long line of customers waited for the doors to open at Wilton Creek Fabrics in Harrowsmith, which has become a…
