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What will the Algonquin Land Claim accomplish?

Shabot Obaadjiwan Chief Doreen Davis presenting former Ontario minister of Aboriginal Affairs Brad Duguid with a memento of his attendance at the opening of the Algonquin consultation office in Pembroke on January 11th. The Algonquin Land Claim process is 20 years old. While…

Daffodil Days coming up

The daffodil is the official emblem of the Canadian Cancer Society and the society’s symbol of hope. Every year volunteers sell and deliver the cheery yellow flowers, and in 2009 daffodil sales raised $2.9 million in Ontario for the fight against cancer. In the article “History…

Shipping out supplies to Haiti

Volunteers gathered at the Lions Hall in Verona last Friday, March 12 to load up a tractor-trailer with medical supplies destined for rural Haiti. Linda Bates, who coordinated the collection of the supplies, which she says are “enough to outfit a clinic”, has a history working…

Jowls, feet, trotters, & hearts featured at Slow Food event

Participants enjoy exotic meat dishes prepared by Tibrata Gilles and her students at Meat Matter, a Lanark County Slow Food event Convivial and curious foodies, members of the Lanark County Slow Food group, gathered at the Maberly Hall on March 14 for “Meat Matters” to learn…

Mural project celebrates the past

The mural is available for viewing during business hours at the Child Centre. A trio of local artists have worked with students from St. James Major Catholic School, and Sharbot Lake, Hinchinbrooke and Land O'Lakes public schools to complete “The Living Mural Project”, which was…

North Frontenac Township – Mar. 11/10

Several years ago the waste sites in North Frontenac were filling up at such a rate that the township was faced with the possibility of shipping garbage away by the middle of this decade. The township entered into a long-term management plan for the six currently active sites…

NFLT - Nunsense

Four dead nuns in the convent freezer? Believe it or not, that's the problem that must be solved in the hilarious musical Nunsense, now in rehearsal at Sharbot Lake high school by North Frontenac Little Theatre. The Frontenac County health inspector is on the way, so a dedicated…

South Frontenac Township – Mar. 16/10

Rutledge Road Study Public Works Manager Mark Segsworth brought a recommendation that a transportation and intersection improvement plan be developed for the 4km of Rutledge Road from east of Sydenham Road to the Loughborough/Portland border. There are several planned and…

Two new retail businesses open their doors in Verona

Heather Fox and Nicole Van Camp recently opened their side-by-side retail gift stores in Verona Newly opened on Main Street in Verona are two side-by-side retail gift stores that occupy what was once the former auto parts store. The building, owned by Chad and Nicole Van Camp of…

Tapping & sapping comes early

Carmine and Laurel Minutillo of Parham show their son Richard the ins and outs of maple syrup making Last week’s sunny days and chilly nights had maple syrup makers out in force tapping trees and gathering sap prior to this week’s weather taking a wet and mild turn. For the…