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For Pikwakanagan, the land claim is also about self governance

Jim Meness has been a member of the Pikwakanagan First Nation Council since 1999. Apart from all of the other duties of council members, members of the Pikwakanagan Council are also Algonquin Nation Representatives (ANR) who sit at the Algonquin Land Claim table with…

Are we ready for the end of COVID protocols?

Kingston Frontenac Public Health (KFLAPH) , Public Health Ontario, and the Public Health Agency of Canada, have all been front and centre for the last two years providing information, advice, and directives to follow as we have collectively dealt with the COVID-19 pandemic. We…

Oso Rec Committee on a Roll!

Central Frontenac’s District 3 Recreation Committee – also known as the Oso Rec Committee - is comprised of an energetic group of volunteers whose goal it is to organize seasonal events for all to enjoy. Be it on Canada Day or Hallowe’een; Heritage Weekend or Trail Day, the Rec…

Central knocks tax increase down to 3.29 per cent from previous 6 per cent

Central Frontenac Council held a doubleheader of meetings March 8, convening at 2:30 p.m. to accept a revised 2022 draft budget. In his presentation, Treasurer Michael McGovern said this latest version “is levying 3.29 per cent ($297,477) more dollars than in 2021, of which…

Rideau Valley Conservation Promotes Flood Preparation

The current short-term weather forecast indicates warm daytime temperatures this week, with Thursday’s temperature above 10 degrees Celsius, and night-time low temperatures near zero. The short-term forecast also indicates that a substantial rain event could occur on Sat. March…

New phone number for Food bank and stuff the cruiser

The North Frontenac Food Bank (NFFB), which serves residents in Central and North Frontenac from its base in Sharbot Lake, has a new contact phone number. “We had a good deal on an old cell plan, but the quality was declining and it only held a few messages. Our numbers have…

ATV Driver Charged With Impaired Driving Charge

On March 10, 2022, at approximately 6:10 p.m., police from the Sharbot Lake Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) responded to an All Terrain Vehicle (ATV) collision on Mosque Lake Road, North Frontenac Township. The investigation indicated that the driver had driven…

Community Columns - March 17, 2022

These columns from our community reporters are updated every week. Table of Contents Arden Battersea/Storrington Cloyne - Northbrooke Denbigh Godfrey Harlowe Harrowsmith Henderson Inverary Maberly-Bolingbroke Mississippi Mountain Grove Ompah Parham-Tichborne Perth Road Plevna…

Popularity vote in

Now with the presentation of the 2022 North Frontenac budget , if said fast, the amount can be slurred that the sting can be deflected. During discussions once again council chose to accept that a new position was required as the job of collecting money, for use permits, was not…

Woods, Brian J.

After a lengthy illness at Brockville General Hospital on Friday March 4, 2022. Brian Woods of Brockville in his 66th year. Husband of Nanette Woods. Twin brother of Brenda Mackesey. Predeceased by parents Lewis Woods and his wife Pearl Bonner, brothers Edward, Winfred, Walter,…