Landowners will back municipal candidate
Posted Mar 11, 2010 By Chris Must EMC News - The Lanark Landowners Association (LLA) has announced that it will support any candidate in the upcoming municipal election in Lanark Highlands Township who shares its views. At a public meeting hosted by the association March 3 at the Lanark...read more »
Town to award Wilson contract
Posted Mar 11, 2010 By Chris Must EMC News - The Wilson Street corridor rehabilitation project continues to move ahead on a tight schedule. Perth town council has announced a special meeting will be held at 6 p.m. Tuesday, March 23 to consider the awarding of the contract for the massive...read more »
Perth couple express heart-felt thanks
Posted Mar 11, 2010 By Chris Must EMC News - Quick thinking by two staff members at a Tim Hortons restaurant has been credited with saving the life of a Perth man who recently suffered a cardiac arrest. Art Morris is recovering at home following 10 days in hospital after he collapsed...read more »
Perth endorses tourism concerns
Posted Mar 11, 2010 By Chris Must EMC News - Perth shares the town of Smiths Falls' concerns about the establishment of 13 new tourism regions in Ontario. The province announced the formation of the new regions in December, and Smiths Falls has gone on record to express concern over...read more »
Perth News Briefs
Posted Mar 11, 2010 By EMC News INTERNATIONAL ACCLAIM FOR KILT RACE Perth's World Record Kilt Run has rated a mention in Pennsylvania-based Runner's World magazine. The world record run, set for June 26, will be named the race with the "best swag" in the June 2010 issue of Runner's...read more »
Perth plans shutdown of special materials depot
Posted Mar 11, 2010 By Chris Must EMC News - Thanks to a new, enhanced curbside recycling program to be implemented June 1, Perth will close the special materials depot at the town landfill site effective April 3. Councillors voted to approve the closure at a meeting of Committee of...read more »
Keeping kids safe in cars
Posted Mar 11, 2010
By Chris Must
EMC News - Eighty per cent of children traveling in vehicles are not restrained properly, says Deanna Lindsay.
The executive director of Seats for Kids, a non-profit organization based in Ottawa, was in Perth Feb. 25 for a two-day car-seat clinic held...
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Pay back money owed, Perth tells township
Posted Mar 11, 2010 By Chris Must EMC News - Perth town councillors have voted to reject a request from Drummond/North Elmsley Township to waive a portion of the funds owing to the town of Perth due to a miscalculation in the cost-sharing agreement between the three municipalities which...read more »
Perth receives $2,950
Posted Mar 11, 2010 By EMC News EMC News - The Town of Perth has installed a projector and interactive SmartBoard in the Emergency Operations Centre (EOC) that combines the power of a projector, computer and whiteboard. This technology brings a projected image to the SmartBoard's touch-sensitive...read more »
Easter Seals campaign launched in Perth March 8
Posted Mar 11, 2010 By EMC News EMC News - March is Easter Seals Month, and the Paper Egg Campaign for Easter Seals kids is one way to help Ontario's kids with physical disabilities. Easter Seals Ontario launches its milestone 10th annual Paper Egg Campaign, running March 8 to April...read more »
Break-in at Perth business
Posted Mar 11, 2010 By EMC News EMC News - On Saturday, March 6 at approximately 4:53 a.m., Perth Police received information that a break and enter was in progress at a Gore Street East business. Upon police arrival a 16-year-old Perth area youth was taken into custody. A search of...read more »
Temporary location for Health Unit office in Smiths Falls opens March 29
Posted Mar 11, 2010 By EMC News EMC News - The Leeds, Grenville and Lanark District Health Unit office in Smiths Falls is moving from its present location at 52 Abbott St. N. to a temporary location at 94 Beckwith St. N., Smiths Falls. Office hours will remain Monday - Friday 8:30...read more »
Interactive website created by Fraser Institute
Posted Mar 11, 2010 By EMC News EMC News - The Fraser Institute, one of Canada's leading public policy think-tanks, released March 7, its annual report card on Ontario elementary schools, an invaluable tool for comparing the academic performance of schools across the province. The...read more »
Upper Canada District School Board concurs with Ontario Public School Boards' Association
Posted Mar 11, 2010 By EMC News EMC News - The Upper Canada District School Board concurs with the position of the Ontario Public School Boards' Association as outlined in the Association's news release: 'Fraser Institute's School Rankings - A Flawed Picture'. The Ontario Public...read more »
Bowl for Kids a successful 30th annual event for Big Brothers Big Sisters
Posted Mar 11, 2010
By Marla Shook-Johnson
EMC News - Sixty-eight thousand dollars raised, 617 bowlers taking part on 130 teams. These numbers are very exciting for Jennifer Miller, executive director of Big Brothers Big Sisters of Lanark County, as she describes Bowl for Kids, the agency's major...
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Free Mandarin Chinese classes offered
Posted Mar 11, 2010 By Chris Must EMC News - Area residents will have new opportunities to learn international languages, with the help of the Eastern Ontario French language separate board. Port Elmsley resident Janice Ling told the EMC she approached the board about language classes...read more »
Leeds-Grenville remains blue after Steve Clark's overwhelming victory in March 4 provincial by-election
Posted Mar 11, 2010
By Ashley Kulp
EMC News - If new Leeds-Grenville MPP Steve Clark wasn't already overwhelmed by his large victory, the loud chants of 'Steve, Steve, Steve!' as he and his family entered his campaign headquarters at the Royal Brock on March 4, surely must have had an...
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Mississippi Valley Field Naturalists have birding adventure on Amherst Island
Posted Mar 11, 2010
By Cathy Keddy
EMC News - On Feb. 20, a hardy group of seven naturalists, led by Cliff Bennett, boarded the Frontenac II for her 10:30 a.m. shuttle to Amherst Island, a 70 km2, 16.5 km long island in Lake Ontario just west of Kingston.
The thin, open channel marking...
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New program approaches issues such as drug abuse prevention
Posted Mar 11, 2010
By EMC News
EMC News - A partnership between Every Kid in Our Communities, the Leeds, Grenville and Lanark District Health Unit, Country Roads Community Health Centre, Girls Incorporated of Upper Canada and local school boards has resulted in a program called Friendly...
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A stitch in time: monitoring indicator species, such as the Whip-poor-will, to diagnose ecosystem vitality
Posted Mar 11, 2010
By Pauline Donaldson
EMC News - With spring just around the corner, I wonder how many of us will be startled again by the sudden haunting cry of the Whip-poor-will on a warm evening. As the Mississippi Valley Field Naturalists (MVFN) Big Picture Conservation lecture series...
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