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Photo: SLHS students were given the opportunity to safely demonstrate proper techniques for rappelling trees. On March 4, students in the Specialist High Skills Major (SHSM) – Forestry program at Sharbot Lake High School experienced this old adage first hand. Two representatives…
Photo: NAEC students gather core samples from Lake Mazinaw. Courtesy of Dave Deacon Grade nine students from North Addington Education Centre in Cloyne had a chance to get to the bottom of things when on Feb.23 they assisted Queen’s University geographer Scott Lamoureux and…
Photo: David Buckley and Cam Allen inf front the the new seniors housing project. A construction project that has seen its share of controversy will be home for five individual seniors or couples later this spring. Construction crews started work on the project early last fall,…
“What I like most about Verona is that is it mainly located on Road 38, and how narrow the street is,” said Mike Keene (photo left) of Fo-Tenn Consulting at a kick-off meeting for the Verona Community Improvement Plan (CIP) that was held at the Verona Lions Hall last Thursday,…
Photo: Tafelmusik at St. James Major Catholic Church hall on February 18. Tafelmusik has achieved national and international renown since they were formed 32 years ago, performing in venerable concert halls in Europe, the United States, and Asia. On February 13, 2009, they had…
Photo: Gary Clarke “Sustainable tourism” just happens to be the fastest growing sector of tourism today, and in an effort to develop a county-wide strategy for sustainable tourism, a first workshop put on by the Frontenac Arch Biosphere Reserve (FABR) and Frontenac County…
LOLTA looking to community revitalization - The Land O'Lakes Tourism Association (LOLTA) has been serving a diverse group of tourism-related member businesses in Frontenac and L&A Counties and the Municipality of Tweed for over 60 years. It receives funding from membership fees…
By Fred Barrett This month let’s have a look at where White Dwarf stars come from. We learned last month that stars under 8 times the mass of our Sun do not blow up as Supernovae. Stars with less than 8 solar masses fuse hydrogen to helium in the star’s core until all the…
Back to HomeLetters - March 3, 2011Letters: March 3 Re: OUCH! That was a slap in the face! Leo Ladouceur Re: Ompah Firehall, Brent Dunstan AH & NF Energy Survey, Helen Forsey Re: Ompah Fire Hall, Brian Moffitt Polar Bear Plunge, Art Holloway Re: Ompah Firehall, Leta Kirkwood Re:…
Guest speaker Dr. Peter Frise recieves an Oconto paddle from Mayor Janet Gutowski Ever since the Frontenac Heritage Festival was started up, the opening ceremonies of the festival have been held at a Business Over Breakfast event. This year the ceremonies featured Children of…
