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Irregularities dog Burridge polling stations

Workers who showed up at the Burridge fire hall early on Election Day, October 6, to work at Polls number 99 and 100 in Lanark Frontenac Lennox and Addington, were surprised to find the building locked up. As the time approached 9 a.m. when the polls were scheduled to open, Eva…

South Frontenac Council - Oct. 11/11

Deputy Mayor Tinlin chaired the meeting Fire Chief Rick Chesebrough presented the Fire Department’s annual report: South Frontenac Fire & Rescue has, as of October 6, responded to 331 emergency calls, done 91 inspections (includes schools, day cares, chip trucks, investigations…

Central Frontenac Council - Oct. 11/11

By Jeff Green and Julie Druker The Young team presents CIP to Council Anne Marie Young and Peter Young (no relation) who both work for Frontenac County, made a presentation about a Community Improvement Plan (CIP) for Sharbot Lake. Frontenac County Council approved the plan,…

LFL&A becomes a torture zone for Liberals

Editorial by Jeff Green Taking a quick look at the online electoral map after last Thursday's election, you would think that the Conservative Party had won the province. The map is almost entirely Tory blue, except for a few pockets of red, and a large block of orange at the…

Land o’Lakes Petting Farm Aviva Hopeful

My aunt and uncle have been running a rescue animal farm at 1228 Road 506, Cloyne for the last three years. They opened it with their retirement funds, opting to keep on working instead of retiring early, due to a love of animals. It may sound simple and corny, but that's the…

NFLT presents a new Canadian play

Maple Lodge is an old family cottage. You know the kind - a wide front porch where people sit and watch the lake. The family has been coming to open the cottage on the long May weekend for generations. It’s the same every summer. But on this particular May weekend, secrets will…

Hoax letter concerns Algonquin Negotiators

Algonquins are not being asked for a $350 “one-time registration fee” from their leadership in order to be members of Algonquin communities. Nor does membership bring eligibility for a $10,000 land claim bonus, free dental care or “full Indian status” A letter, written in the…

Tar Sands sit in Op-Ed

The problem with civil disobedience is that it is a blatant defiance of the “rules” and in a generally moral, law-abiding society like the one we Canadians enjoy, abiding by the rules is ingrained and defiance is seen as counterproductive rebelliousness or mindless insolence…

Storing winter squash

by Paul Pospisil, Lanark County Master Gardeners The centuries’ old practice of putting food by for winter has disappeared from many households for a number of reasons: with an abundance of supermarket food, fewer people are growing their own; the time pressure of having both…

SLHS students launch own canoe

Photo: Ryan Michie, Geoffrey Murray, Justine Olmont, and students at SLHS launch their recently completed canoe This year’s grade 11 students in Geoff Murray’s construction class have just finished building a canoe. The project was begun this past June by Murray and Outdoor…