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North Frontenac keeps tax increase to 1.71 per cent

When North Frontenac Council began its 2021 budget deliberations at a special meeting Friday morning (February 19), they were 50 minutes late (technical difficulties) and looking at a 1.81 per cent or $112,240 increase over last year. Some four hours later, they’d whittled that…

Timely report on Aging Well

One of the public policy outcomes of the COVID-19 pandemic has been a renewed focus on the long term care system in Ontario and across Canada. When the virus infiltrated long term care homes, it caused very high death rates, in very short order, not only because people in long…

$6.5M Investment in County Paramedicine

It was almost 10 years ago when Mike Nolan, Chief of Paramedic Services in Renfrew County, was invited by then Frontenac Paramedic Services Chief Paul Charbonneau, to make a presentation to Frontenac County Council about community paramedicine. Nolan’s talk about an entirely new…

No law against renting out your cottage in Addington Highlands

Addington Highlands has no provisions in its Zoning Bylaw to address the issue of short-term rentals, Deputy Clerk Patricia Gray told Council at its regular (online) meeting Tuesday. The comment came in response to Council’s question, which was initiated by a number of calls and…

Goodbye Percy

Nobody could maneuver an earth-moving machine more delicately and accurately than Percy Snider. Percy was a complicated person: he was gruff, loudly outspoken and opinionated, yet he could also be very, very kind in a quiet unassuming way. His death last week leaves a big gap in…

Ontario Cottagers to Meet March 6

Waterfront property owners – cottagers and year-round residents alike – will gather online next moth for the Annual General Meeting (AGM) of the Federation of Ontario Cottagers’ Associations (FOCA). To be hosted on the morning of March 6, the webinar costs $30 and you must…

Frontenac Phantoms coming in September (CW*)

*Covid willing. Just about a year ago, in early March, the announcement was about to be made that a team, based at the Frontenac Arena. would be joining the one year Eastern Ontario Super Hockey League (EOSHL). The new team would be bringing competitive hockey back to the arena,…

The South Frontenac Museum: Bringing Our History, Art and Culture To Life

At the South Frontenac Museum, our job is to fascinate and educate residents and visitors by bringing our history, creativity and culture to life. Please enjoy these articles featuring artifacts found at the Museum. For more information or to book a tour at the Museum please…

South Frontenac Council Feb 16/21

Minute of Silence Mayor Vandewal opened the meeting by asking for a minute of silence in memory of Percy Snider, who had passed away earlier that day. Percy’s trucking firm has had many contracts with the Township’s Public Works Department over the years: particularly waste and…

Percy Snider: Wonderfully Wild

Wonderfully Wild by Kate Kristiansen Monday, February 22, 2021 – On a wild wintery day, the village of Sydenham gathered on Mill Street, slightly past noon, to bid farewell to a beloved member of their community, Mr. Percy Snider. Percy passed away peacefully in Kingston on…