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Posted Feb 2, 2012
By Theresa Fritz
EMC News - It could have been much worse. That is what Carp Agricultural Society general manager Joyce Trafford was thinking after she was able to survey the fire damage done to the agricultural hall building on the fairgrounds Jan. 28. "It happened...
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Johnston resigns from Carp fair board after being asked to, Termination of Holstein show as part of fair comes up for discussion at annual meeting
Posted Feb 2, 2012
By Theresa Fritz
EMC News - A couple of issues cast a bit of a shadow over an otherwise successful year for the Carp Agricultural Society. The dismissal last month of Charlene Johnston, who was to be the co-president during the Carp Fair's 150th anniversary year in...
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Huntley principal wins outstanding principal award, Cindy Beauchamp one of 40 teachers honoured in Canada
Posted Feb 2, 2012
By Theresa Fritz
EMC News - One West Carleton school principal is being honored for going above and beyond the call of duty in the name of education. Huntley Centennial Public School principal Cindy Beauchamp is one of 40 principals Canada-wide who will receive Canada's...
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Generous donation from foundation to help WCFHT X-ray machine go digital
Posted Feb 2, 2012
By Theresa Fritz
EMC News - A healthy injection of funds has helped make the dream of bringing digital X-ray to West Carleton Family Health Team (WCFHT) a reality. June Lemmex, chair of the fundraising committee for the West Carleton Health Access Foundation (WCHAF),...
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Everything for nothing on the web?
Posted Feb 2, 2012 By Charles GordonIf there was a way to sneak into the NHL All-Star Game without paying, some of us would have. Most of us wouldn't. That's the way we were brought up. If somebody is selling something and you want it, you pay for it. But if someone offered us a pirated...
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Short list for new police chief too short
Posted Feb 2, 2012 By EMC NewsThe city has picked up a nasty habit. In the interest of harm reduction, an intervention is in order as our elected representatives appear to have learned little from the Lansdowne reconstruction fiasco. In that case, council voted to accept a proposal...
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Web Poll
Posted Feb 2, 2012 By EMC NewsThis Week's poll question Is the city's police services board right to limit its search for a new chief to internal candidates only? A) They're the experts - if they feel the right person is in-house, hire away. B) No. It should be the city's policy...
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Town of Arnprior fills its CAO position with Goderich native
Posted Feb 2, 2012 By Derek DunnEMC News - Kevin McLlwain is the Town of Arnprior's new top bureaucrat. McLlwain's hiring was made public on Jan. 30, and he will be in Arnprior to observe budget discussions next week, but he doesn't take over as chief executive officer (CAO) until...
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Mississippi Valley Conservation headquarters is moving ahead
Posted Feb 2, 2012 By EMC NewsEMC News Now that Roy Brown Park in Carleton Place is confirmed as the new home of the Mississippi Valley Conservation Authority (MVC) headquarters, the next phase of the building project has begun in earnest. The MVC board of directors has hired...
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Time to comment on Constance Bay Community Plan update
Posted Feb 2, 2012 By EMC NewsEMC News - Based on the spring workshop on March 26, 2011 and the follow up fall meeting in Constance Bay on Nov. 26, 2011, City of Ottawa planning staff have proposed revisions to the original Constance Bay Community Plan. A revised version of the...
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2012 civic events funding applications now available
Posted Feb 2, 2012 By EMC NewsEMC News - Local not-for-profit organizations, such as volunteer-based community or recreation associations, are invited to apply for funding to provide a one-to-two-day civic event and/or civic celebration. The event should foster civic pride, develop...
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Drop in centre needs more volunteers, 'I would be in dream land if I could find a permanent person': volunteer co-ordinator
Posted Feb 2, 2012
By Jessica Cunha
EMC News - The Western Ottawa Community Resource Centre's Ontario Early Years Centre in Carp is desperate for volunteers. The drop-in program for young children and their parents and caregivers at the Carp Memorial Hall is currently staffed by one...
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Ottawa 2012 property tax due dates set
Posted Feb 2, 2012 By EMC NewsEMC News - City council approved interim property taxes and due dates for 2012. The interim property tax billing is due on March 15, 2012 and is 50 per cent of the total amount of adjusted/annualized taxes for municipal and school purposes levied on...
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Ottawa-Carleton District School Board briefs
Posted Feb 2, 2012 By EMC NewsEMC News - This news brief is meant to provide the highlights of the decisions made at today's Board meeting for the benefit of our community, the notes do not serve as the official record of the meeting (Board or Committee minutes). DIRECTOR'S REPORT...
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OPP issue warnings to business owners
Posted Feb 2, 2012 By EMC NewsEMC News - The Ontario Provincial Police (OPP), East Region, would like to warn merchants of groups attending businesses that are either checking it out for future thefts or stealing items that can be carried out. Groups of three to 10 people, men...
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'State of the city' offers a few new ideas, Youth summit and city's sesquicentennial plans get underway
Posted Feb 2, 2012 By Laura MuellerEMC news - A summit for youth, plans for Canada's 150th birthday celebrations and a new award, the Order of Ottawa, are a few of the new ideas Mayor Jim Watson highlighted in his first-ever state of the city address. Delivered to city council the morning...
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What's Happening This Week
Posted Feb 2, 2012 By EMC NewsCARP Until March 8. Once Upon an Adventure Storytimes at 10:15 a.m. and 2 p.m. on Thursdays. Drop in to the Carp branch of the Ottawa Public Library for a delightful half hour of stories, songs, games and more. Feb. 10 and 11. Enjoy Carp Snow Days....
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MRCA hosts meeting on storm water management
Posted Feb 2, 2012 By EMC NewsEMC News - The March Rural Community Association will host a meeting on storm water management issues and the development of the South March Highlands on Feb. 8. The meeting will begin at 7:30 p.m. in the Old Town Hall on March Road at Klondike Road,...
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Young at Art 2012 applications now available
Posted Feb 2, 2012 By EMC NewsEMC News - The City of Ottawa invites young artists to enter Young at Art 2012 - the citywide artist juried exhibition for youth. Applications are now available for young Ottawa artists between 12 and 19 years of age. Young at Art provides creative...
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Babysitter makes the right call ... to the police
Posted Feb 2, 2012 By Const. JeonEMC News - Patrol Officers in the West Carleton area responded to 41 general calls for service from the public for the reporting period of Jan. 15 to Jan. 21. In addition to the calls for service, patrol officers are also proactively enforcing the...
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