NORTH FRONTENAC

MVCA Addresses Watershed Issues Most of the populated areas of North Frontenac are contained in the Mississippi River watershed, as are the bulk of the larger lakes in the township, including Mazinaw, Shabomeka, Mississagagon, Kashwakamak, Big Gull,...

“More moves than a can of snakes.” Mayor Davison made no secret of his disapproval that all townships except South Frontenac will now be using the County planners. He pointed out that South Frontenac Planner Lindsay Mills’ comments on the...

Tappin's Landing dock to be upgraded The Mazinaw Property Owners' Association (MPOA) has been meeting with North Frontenac staff to develop a plan for the expansion of the township-owned docking facility at Tappin's Landing, which is a major access...

A small but enthusiastic group of star gazers gathered at the North Frontenac Star Gazing Pad near Plevna on May 10 to learn about how Aboriginal Canadians interpret the dark skies. Avid astronomer Frank Dempsey made a special trip from Pickering to...

This year’s Spring ATV Run in Ompah on April 26 attracted over 700 participants to the scenic wilds of the north country for what has become an annual event for avid ATVers. Riders from as far away as Renfrew, St. Catharines, Hamilton, Orillia,...

North Frontenac passes budget amid looming OPP cost crisis After several months of budget-crunching sessions between staff and council, North Frontenac managed to square the circle - almost, coming up with a 2014 budget that established a reserve...

NAEC once more demonstrated a determination to end bullying at their Day of Pink on April 9. Students gathered for an assembly, wearing pink or Day of Pink pins. This year, several community members were a welcome addition to the assembly. The...

North Frontenac tax levy to go up by 3% Most of increase devoted to long-term needs While the levy to ratepayers in North Frontenac is going up by 3% this year, the operating budgets of township departments have been trimmed. As part of the asset...

Statistics show slight drop in diversion rates  In his annual report on the state of the waste management sites in North Frontenac, Guy Laporte from AECOM engineering said that environmental monitoring of the active and closed sites in 2013...

North Frontenac to build new township office A report, which was commissioned and completed before a heating oil leak caused the North Frontenac office to be vacated a few weeks ago, was received by North Frontenac Council this week. The engineering...

Community Improvement Plan coming to NF Anne Marie Young and Peter Young (no relation) are the Frontenac County Community Improvement Plan team. They appeared before a meeting of North Frontenac Council on Monday to talk about setting up a Community...

The Frontenac Addington Trappers' Council are counting on good weather, and a good turnout, for their annual fund-raising fishing derby on Big Gull Lake on Saturday, March 1. Not only do they want the event to be as enjoyable as possible for the...

Portable office coming as township works to maintain service The oil furnace leak that led to the evacuation of the North Frontenac Township office last week is still being investigated. In the meantime temporary offices have been set up in the...

Septic re-inspection program Ed Gardiner, from Kingston Frontenac Lennox and Addington Public Health, made a proposal to council for a mandatory septic re-inspection program. Until now the township has been contracting with the Mississippi-Rideau...

Sometime on Monday night (February 3) an oil furnace located on the mezzanine of the North Frontenac Township office and public works garage started leaking oil. No one knows exactly what happened, but the speculation is that a pilot light went out...

North Frontenac Council Mississippi bridge set for construction in 2014, if the price is right For a number of years, North Frontenac Council has identified building a two-lane bridge on Road 509 at the Mississippi River as a priority. The township...

North Frontenac pulls back from hall redundancy. After meeting with user groups from the Snow Road, Harlowe, and Clarendon and Miller halls, North Frontenac Council decided to rescind part of a bylaw they passed last July, which stipulated that the...

“I don't know yet,” said Bud Clayton when asked if he was planning to seek re-election as mayor of North Frontenac after one four-year term. “If things remain the way they are now, I would say it would be no, but things can change.” Clayton...

Sunday Lake Road to get full township service. Residents from the Sunday Lake Association received an early Christmas present this week when Council reversed their long standing refusal to consider providing maintenance on the Sunday Lake Road. The...

Students at NAEC are working hard to help the local Food Bank again this year, with a repeat of the Empty Bowls Project. The Empty Bowls Project will culminate in a supper on November 19 at the Northern Highlights craft show, combining bowls and...

The K&P Snow Trails Association invited anyone interested in trails in the Ompah/Plevna area to their meeting on Oct. 27 at the Clar-Mill Hall in Plevna. Without local support and volunteers, there is a risk that snowmobile trails in this area will...

Long Term Asset Management Plan It has been several years since the Ontario government decided that they would like to see local municipalities put together long-term plans to ensure their own viability. Knowing that municipalities are not in a...

Colin Edwards, a long time staff member at the North Addington Education Centre in Cloyne, was not someone who craved the limelight. However, to this day, he has been remembered as someone who lived his life to the beat of his own drum while also...

Tanker Purchase In a split vote, North Frontenac Council decided to purchase a 2013 Watermaster Vacuum Tanker for $262,000. The vehicle will be located at either the Snow Road or Clarendon and Miller Fire Station, at the discretion of the fire chief...

Late this summer, when members of North Frontenac Township staff found out that they were not in a position to issue licenses for contests where there is any element of skill involved in determining a winner, it caused the Conservationists of...

In an open house held at the Ompah fire hall on October 8, staff and volunteer firefighters with the North Frontenac Fire Department educated visitors through a number of hands-on demonstrations after feeding them barbequed burgers and dogs. North...

"If I had two wooden legs they'd be knocking together up here," was how Bonnie Ray described her nervousness in giving her testimony at the River of Life Christian Fellowship's first anniversary. Since Bonnie had been introduced by the church's...

NAEC’s students presented a sea of pink on April 10, the International Day of Pink. It is estimated that at least 90% of the students wore some form of pink, be it a pink shirt, pink shoes, or other pink items. This is the biggest turn-out of pink...

Long before it officially became a provincial park in 1965, the flavor of Bon Echo Park had begun to take shape decades earlier, thanks to the influence of three distinct personalities. In a presentation titled "The Dentist, the Feminist and The...

North Frontenac Service Delivery review With more than a little bit of a push from the Province of Ontario, municipal councils throughout Ontario are completing service delivery reviews and asset management plans. North Frontenac is the first local...

Snow Road Hall repairs reinstated The phone lines were buzzing last week in Snow Road and Mississippi when residents found out about a decision that North Frontenac Council has made at a budget meeting a couple of weeks earlier. After receiving word...

Ompah fire station site gets clean bill of health The property where North Frontenac Township is considering locating a fire hall in Ompah has finally been given the green light from the engineering company that was hired to complete environmental...

Robbie Burns would have been proud of the Birthday Celebration held in his honour in Northbrook on January 26. Gordon Sparks, enthusiast of all things Scottish, and Ian Brumell arranged the high spirited, sold-out  evening of fine dining,  poetry...

North Frontenac to request community paramedicine As part of a push to make more use of the skills of paramedics while they are between calls, North Frontenac Council is making a formal request to include community paramedicine as an added service...

Frank's Park order to be upheld North Frontenac Council has decided to uphold the order that add-on rooms on 6 trailers at Frank's Park be removed and that a 15 metre setback for the trailers be enforced. Frank's Park is located on Centennial Lake...

It is the wooly-headed mop tops of the 35-member alpaca herd that first attract the attention of visitors at the 5th annual Natural Fibre Festival, which took place this Labour Day weekend at Robert and Hanne Quigley' s farm near Ompah. Robert and...

Everyone knows the stresses that are being felt by small rural communities in the current climate of dwindling opportunities and an ageing population. Numbers of local institutions and churches have been diminished or have disappeared altogether...

The over 300 anglers who participated in the Land O'Lakes Tourist Association's premiere large and smallmouth bass fishing tournament on August 17 came together at Oso beach in Sharbot Lake following what proved to be a great day for fishers of all...

While the construction site in the former parking lot of Sharbot Lake High School still looks more like a construction site than an almost completed building, school board officials remain confident that construction will be completed in just over...

Once again this week North Frontenac Council found itself looking with concern to Norcan Lake, in the north-east corner of the township. At their late July meeting Council heard from trailer owners at Frank's Park, who have been ordered to remove...

Cathy Owen is another local artist who has every reason to say that she is “living the dream”. On August 3 Cathy, who has been painting and teaching for over 20 years, officially opened the doors of her brand new “Red Dragon Studio” which is...

In a talk at the amphitheater in Bon Echo Provincial park on August 10, Dr. Robert McLeman, Associate Professor of Geography and Environmental Studies at Wilfred Laurier University in Waterloo and partner at the Environmental Research Laboratory at...

It is not every day that you can hear first-hand stories about iconic Canadian artists, especially members of the Group of Seven. On Saturday, August 3, two very special guest lecturers, Margaret Hall, daughter of A.J. Casson, the youngest member of...

The official grand opening of North Frontenac Dark Skies Preserve took place on August 3 and attracted a good crowd of enthusiasts, many of whom set up some very sizable telescopes in preparation for a evening of spectacular night viewing. North...

There were two items on the agenda at a special meeting of North Frontenac Council on Monday night (July 29). The first was relatively non-controversial, an amendment to the township's procurement bylaw. The bylaw currently calls for bidding...

From epic to whimsical, the 2013 Bon Echo Art Show and Sale had something for everyone - especially for those who enjoy landscape painting. The annual show, which takes place under the towering pines of Bon Echo Provincial Park, continues to draw an...

Catch 22 In addition to the east-west divide in North Frontenac politics, there is a lesser known north-south divide. Up at the top of the township, accessible only by ATV, snowmobile or by travelling by road up to Renfrew County and back, there are...

For a brief few years in the 1880s, Robertsville was a thriving mining town, with a population of up to 300, with 28 duplex houses, a boarding house, and a store. There was also a blacksmith shop, a shoemaker, two wood dealers and a carpenter in...

One of the cornerstones of the Community Support programs for seniors that are offered by community service agencies in Frontenac and L&A Counties, with funding support from the South East Local Health Integration Network, is the Meals on Wheels...

North Frontenac will be getting an ambulance base after all, although not in the location that many had originally hoped for. In a report to Frontenac County Council, Chief of Paramedic Services Paul Charbonneau confirmed that all conditions have...