February 20, 2019
February 20, 2019
Are you ready to party? It’s never too early to think of summer. Stewart Park Festival and the Downtown Heritage Perth BIA announce this year’s Kick-Off to Summer party – “Welcome to Margaritaville” Happening on Saturday June 22 at the Crystal Palace in Perth, “Welcome to Margaritaville” is a two-part event beginning with a tailgate […]
Submitted Get the answers to your maple syrup production questions at the Lanark & District Maple Syrup Producers’ Association (LDMSPA) Information Day and Annual General Meeting (AGM) on January 26, 2019. This annual, all-day informational event is intended to provide resources and education for new and existing maple syrup producers in the region. “The annual […]
Submitted Fulton’s Pancake House & Sugar Bush is very excited to be celebrating Fifty Flippin’ Years in the Pancake House! Our family has been in maple syrup production for more than 150 years. Fourth and fifth generations owners are busy at the helm and sixth generation grandchildren are making a contribution to production, customer service […]
Sally Smith Grant Machan, Director of Environmental Services, brought an update on the landfill expansion to Committee of the Whole in Perth Tuesday. “Construction activity will take place in 2020 after the planning and design work is completed in 2019,” Machan said, at an estimated cost of $2.3M pending the completion, tendering and bidding of […]
Sally Smith Jeff Kohl, Executive Director of YAK Youth Services, the Youth Centre in Perth, addressed Perth Committee of the Whole Tuesday asking for money. He didn’t want a whole lot, just $12,000. And, he added quickly, even with that amount, their annual tireless and exhausting fundraising efforts wouldn’t stop. He pointed out that, unlike […]
Submitted Between Monday January 7, 2019 and Monday January 14, 2019 officers from the Lanark Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) responded to 338 calls for service. The calls included: Motor Vehicle Collisions Total. – 31 – Including. Car / Deer – 16 Parking Lots – 2 Single Motor Vehicle off Road (“In Ditch”) […]
Submitted The first day of school is a big milestone for children and their families, especially for parents who are sending a child to school for the first time. Even for experienced parents, knowing the steps to take to register for school or what to expect in Kindergarten may leave some asking questions. Here is […]
Sally Smith Councillor Judy Brown took a step forward Tuesday night to bring the Town of Perth into the 21st century. She tabled a motion to look at the benefits of the Town having a presence on social media, and the costs to administer it. “We need to do a better job of engaging our […]
Stacey Roy Country music singer, Kelly Preston and Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR) invites the communities of Merrickville, Smiths Falls and Perth to join them for a Christmas tradition of harmony and helping others Nov. 28 when the CP Holiday Train pulls into our communities this anniversary year. This annual holiday event will be moving into […]
Submitted In 2019, a group of local doctors will welcome nearly 1,000 physicians to the ice pads across Lanark County – and they need your help. Docs on Ice is an annual fundraising hockey tournament for physicians that first started in Peterborough in 1983 with just eight teams. Today, the event has since grown to […]
Political correctness is suffocating free speech. I wonder if Seinfeld or The Office, two hilarious shows that poked fun at ethnicity, gender and sex would even be produced in this today’s politically correct climate. Censorship is a slippery slope. There are alarm bells going off on higher education that the liberal arts progressives are […]
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Column: Am I The Only One Life is a gift and it should not be taken for granted. We must accept the challenge to improve the quality of our life. We should not wait for a brick to fall out of the sky and land on our head before we make a change. I’m a […]
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Carrie Wynne In April of 1994 on the front page of the New York Times there’s an infamous picture of 9 tobacco executives standing in court declaring under oath that Cigarettes Aren’t Addictive. In November of 2017, after successfully delaying for 11 years, the tobacco companies began a court-ordered advertisement campaign admitting the variety of […]
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Stacey Roy stacey@pdgmedia.ca Operating a successful chiropractor clinic in Smiths Falls is great, but operating such a clinic that also offers guided and scalable fitness programs for those in need is optimum. This is what Rob Rodine and his staff at Optimum Health Clinic (33 Ferrara Drive, Smiths Falls) have achieved in their new, fully […]
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