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If the voters in our riding choose you to represent our interests both locally and nationally, can we expect you to do exactly that? Or, will you just "follow the leader" of the party in everything you say or do? For example, if you learned: - that a major lawsuit against the…
Shell Oil wants to drill in the Shelburne Basin just off Nova Scotia. This is near major fishing grounds, Sable Island National Park Reserve, and important marine animals. In the United States Shell Oil must have in place the ability to cap a well blowout within 24 HOURS. The…
No less than 20 steaming pots of chili were the main attraction for hungry guests who attended the second annual Sydenham Chili Fest fundraiser for St. Paul's Anglican Church on September 19. With names like Melt Your face Off, Walk the Dog, Fire in the Hole, Cocoa Loco, Spine…
Close to 60 maple syrup producers from across eastern Ontario attended the Fall Maple Field Day event organized by the Lanark and District Maple Syrup Producers Association, which took place at three different locations in and around Sharbot Lake and McDonalds Corners on…
On October 7 in Arden, the Friends of the Salmon River host a special presentation on Puzzle Lake Provincial Park, a completely unique place, resplendent with rare plant and animal life. Puzzle Lake Provincial Park is located in the Salmon River watershed between Tamworth and…
Over 350 riders took part in the Fall ATV Run in Ompah, a popular ride for ATVers that was founded by Denis Bedard and Rose Boivin of the Palmerston Lake Marina (formerly the Double S) in Ompah. The event is a fundraiser run by and supporting the Ompah Community Volunteer…
Rightly so, Frontenac Park is considered the hidden jewel of Frontenac County. It is located in the midst of an array of communities and cottage lakes within a stone's throw of Sydenham and is a short drive from Kingston; and yet it is a backwoods park in a unique geological and…
There were a number of distinguished Frontenac County wardens from the Township of Wolfe Island during the first 133 years of Frontenac County history, and since municipal amalgamation there have been two more from the Township of Frontenac Islands: Jim Vanden Hoek for two…
The Ontario Festival of small Halls made a big splash in McDonalds Corners and Maberly last weekend, and all the rest of the concerts scheduled for Lanark and Renfrew Counties this soming weekend are sold out, including one at the ABC Hall in Bolingbroke featuring Bealoch and…
(absent: Councillors Robinson, Schjerning, Sleeth, and CAO Orr) By-Law enforcement: Neighbour’s Livestock Trevor Piat of Harrowsmith spoke of his neighbour’s increasing number (currently 6 or 7) of horses on a three-acre residential lot. The horses frequently cross into Piat’s…
