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The Purina Walk for Dog Guides raises money to help train Dog Guides for Canadians with visual, hearing, medical or physical disabilities. To date the Walk has raised more than $5.7 million for Dog Guides. The Walk is Lions Foundation of Canada’s largest annual fundraising…
This year marks the 25th anniversary of the Purina Walk for Dog Guides. On September 18, at 1 P.M., Sharbot Lake will join people in over 180 locations across Canada who have already participated in this national fundraising event throughout the summer. There is no registration…
With the deadline for nominations still six weeks away, a contested election for at least one council seat in North Frontenac is now assured. Ward 2, the former township of Clarendon and Miller, now has three candidates for two seats on Council. Incumbent Elaine Gunsinger is…
Back to HomeLetters - July 29, 2010Letters: July 29 Re: Solar Energy, Patrick Maloney Re: Clear garbage bags in Central Frontenac (Frontenac News, Central Frontenac Council July 15, 2010) I am compelled to write about Central Frontenac council’s plan requiring residents to use…
The YAK Youth Centre from Perth has been running Skills Link programs in Perth and Smiths Falls for a number of years, and next month the program will be starting up in Sharbot Lake as a pilot program. There is room for 10 participants between the ages of 15 and 30 from the…
Editorial by Jeff Green Most people in Ontario had never heard of Stewardship Ontario until a couple of weeks ago, when the news about a dreaded new eco-tax began to surface. The tax, which is really a fee, was supposed to be applied to all manufactured products that contain…
Council rebuffs expanded transportation study – Steve Carol and Ken Becking, engineers with Jewell Engineering, made a presentation to Frontenac County Council concerning a proposed comprehensive transportation study for the county. The study would look not only at all of the…
Centre,l-r Mykayla Wilson (frog), Kirsten Hawley and Aleris Cronk with some of their swim students Thanks to the efforts of local Red Cross swim instructors Aleris Cronk of Parham and long-time Sharbot Lake cottager Kirsten Hawley there will be over 150 improved swimmers at…
Photo: Dylan and his grandmother Debbie McLeod at the Relay for Life Dylan Walker continues his fight against cancer. The six-year-old, who has been battling Neuroblastma since November 2009, has undergone stem cell therapy, massive doses of chemotherapy, and most recently, a…
Author Margaret Atwood attended a Prison Farm protest in Ottawa in the month of June. It was sometime in the spring of 2009 when the protest against closing the farms at Kingston prisons began to build strength. A public meeting was held at St. Lawrence College. It featured…
