Walk, run or cycle at Terry Fox Run in Lanark Village
Posted Sep 2, 2010 By EMC News EMC Events-Every year on the second Sunday after Labour Day, more than one million Canadians will participate at Terry Fox Run events, in approximately 6,000 communities across Canada, and Lanark Village is no exception! This year marks the 15th consecutive...read more »
Arborists to show off skills at Stewart Park
Posted Sep 2, 2010 By EMC News EMC Events - Stewart Park will be the scene of an unusual competition Saturday, Sept. 11 as Perth hosts the 22nd annual Ontario Tree Climbing Championship. Held in a different city in Ontario each year, the event allows arborists and tree workers the...read more »
Join the Tay Valley Community Choir
Posted Sep 2, 2010 By EMC News EMC Events - Do you love to sing - in the shower, in the car, with others? If your answer is yes, why not join the Tay Valley Community Choir. This group of singers practice weekly and are directed and accompanied by well known Perth musicians, Ann McMahon...read more »
Walkers to 'give the gift of life'
Posted Sep 2, 2010 By Chris Must EMC Events - The Kidney Foundation of Canada is hoping Perth residents will lace up their walking shoes to help fund research and support for patients living with kidney disease. After several years of holding an annual Round Up for Research event...read more »
Local residents walk for those who can't in the 2010 Smiths Falls Walk for ALS Sept. 11
Posted Sep 2, 2010
By EMC News
EMC Events - Local residents are lacing up their walking shoes for the annual Smiths Falls Walk for ALS, a walk to support those living with this paralyzing disease which leaves you unable to move, speak and eventually breathe, on Sept. 11.
ALS, also...
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Lots to relish at Smiths Falls Lions Club Pickle Festival
Posted Sep 2, 2010
By EMC News
EMC Events - Certainly not a novice when it comes to pickling, Wilf Toop made 229 quarts of pickles of "every type of pickle" in 1998.
While he now only makes dill pickles, he still relishes pickling and sharing the joys of this briny tradition with...
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Mississippi Mills hosts Doors Open Sept. 11
Posted Sep 2, 2010 By EMC News EMC Events - We are opening the doors to 23 of our community's beautiful and historic heritage buildings. The event takes place Saturday, Sept. 11 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. So why not plan a fall driving tour and stop by to see us? You can walk along...read more »
Canada 55+ Games brings in visitors from across the country
Posted Sep 2, 2010
By Dianne Pinder-Moss
EMC Events - While Sheldon Kraus had seen television footage of the Rideau Canal, he had never seen the waterway up close.
So it was a special treat for the Saskatchewan resident to be able to stay at the Comfort Inn in Smiths Falls overlooking the...
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Fibrefest returns for 15th annual edition Sept. 11-12
Posted Sep 2, 2010 By EMC News EMC Events - Fibrefest is making its highly anticipated return to the Mississippi Valley Textile Museum (MVTM) Sept. 11-12. Fibrefest locations - the Norah Rosamond Hughes Gallery and the North Lanark Agricultural Hall (NLAH) - will feature fibre art...read more »
