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Posted Feb 16, 2012 By Derek DunnEMC News - Council made a deliberate decision to flat line the 2012 Arnprior budget and wrestle down the municipal property tax increase to 2.49 per cent, says Mayor David Reid. The hike brings $157,500 more into town coffers for everything from road...
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Town's population grows by more than 13 per cent
Posted Feb 16, 2012 By Derek DunnEMC News - After years of sliding back, Arnprior's population in 2011 jumped past the 8,000 mark and rivals Renfrew's for the first time. Mayor David Reid made mention of the news, after Statistics Canada released census data last week, at Monday's...
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Chamber seeks business award nominations
Posted Feb 16, 2012 By EMC NewsEMC News - It's time to roll out the red carpet and nominate the best businesses in Arnprior and Mcnab-Braeside for the 2012 Business Achievement Awards. The Greater Arnprior Chamber of Commerce invites nominations from the public and chamber members. The...
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Needs versus privacy to challenge township
Posted Feb 16, 2012 By Derek DunnEMC News - Balancing the privacy of folks in the township with a looming demand for more services will be the challenge facing MacNab-Braeside, Mayor Mary Campbell said at a Feb. 14 breakfast meeting. Campbell told the crowd of 48 at the Greater Arnprior...
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Year ahead to be one of transition at town hall: Reid
Posted Feb 16, 2012 By Derek DunnEMC News - Last year was the review, this year the transition, and 2013 will be the year of action, Arnprior Mayor David Reid told a roomful of business leaders Tuesday morning. Reid said 2011 was one of observation for the new council, along with...
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ADMH on track to reach 2012 goals: CEO
Posted Feb 16, 2012 By Derek DunnEMC News - The hospital should meet all eight goals set for 2012, Arnprior District Memorial Hospital CEO Eric Hanna said at a business breakfast Tuesday. Hanna, whose pay is now pegged to achieving goals set out by the hospital's board of directors,...
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Love of hockey requires solutions to ice time demands
Posted Feb 16, 2012 By EMC NewsIt's no accident hockey is our national sport. Over the past century the game has become ingrained in our collective psyche well before the introduction of television brought National Hockey League matches into the living rooms of the nations. Canadian...
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Web Poll
Posted Feb 16, 2012 By EMC NewsPOLL RESULTS How will you be celebrating Hockey Day in Canada Feb. 11? A) Playing or watching hockey on an outdoor ice surface. 10% B) Playing or watching hockey in an arena. 10% C) Watching hockey on television. 50% D) Ignoring hockey completely....
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'Shouldn't Hurt' tournament provides support for victims
Posted Feb 16, 2012 By Brittany FaulknerTo the Editor: We would like to thank you very much for your support of the 2011 It Shouldn't Hurt to be a Child Hockey Tournament held this past November in Arnprior. Victims of Violence Canadian Centre for Missing Children is a federally registered...
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Good Samaritans in town
Posted Feb 16, 2012 By Ed CotnamTo the Editor: Good Samaritans, they really do exist. On a recent trip to Ottawa, my wife and I had a flat tire on the highway not far from Arnprior. While we were waiting on the mechanic that CAA was sending, a kind gentleman pulled over and helped...
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Bouquet for the bouquets
Posted Feb 16, 2012 By Erlene McGuireTo the Editor: I'm writing to express 'kudos' to Mel's Flowers in town. My mom passed away Jan. 25 and I only got around to getting flowers on Saturday, Jan 28. The ladies there were very helpful and although it was late morning and I needed them...
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The dreaded 'D' word: A fun column on a cold February day
Posted Feb 16, 2012 By Jim SilyeI heard a country/song on the radio the other day and the initial /lyrics went like this: "I'm going thru the big D an don't mean Dallas. "Of course the singer was referring to Divorce. So after the song was over, I got to thinking what other words...
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Curling club cancels trade show fundraiser
Posted Feb 16, 2012 By EMC NewsEMC News - The Arnprior Curling Club has cancelled what it had hoped to be a major fundraiser in support of its efforts to buy the property on which its ice surface sits. John Wahay, the chairman of the funding raising committee for the Arnprior Curling...
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Firefighters keep Kinburn Side Road shop fire away from fuel containers
Posted Feb 16, 2012
By Theresa Fritz
EMC News - Firefighters waged a defensive battle against a fire in a shop that contained biodiesel, in the hopes of keeping it from spreading to nearby fuel tanks Saturday night in West Carleton just east of Arnprior. And their efforts paid off. According...
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OPP rev up their campaign against distracted drivers
Posted Feb 16, 2012 By EMC NewsEMC News - "No excuses, no exceptions." The Arnprior OPP is reminding drivers they are on the look-out for distracted drivers this week. The local detachment issued a news release advising they will taking the "no excuses, no exceptions" approach...
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Digital mammography campaigners hit the ground running
Posted Feb 16, 2012
By Sherry Haaima
EMC News-The Arnprior and District Memorial Hospital Digital Mammography campaign may have just launched, but with money in the pot and several key people behind it, it is already shaping up to be a good one. Digital mammography is the latest technology...
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Physician-professor joins Champlain LHIN team
Posted Feb 16, 2012 By EMC NewsBy naming Dr. Jacques Lemelin as primary care lead for the Champlain Local Health Integration Network Feb. 2, the LHIN may have taken a major step to strengthen and further integrate primary care into local health planning. Dr. Lemelin is a family...
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Decision-time in Pembroke, Justice Ray to determine sentence for Dugald Jamieson after May 2010 death of Renfrew resident Carol-Anne Brunet
Posted Feb 16, 2012
By Steve Newman
Dugald Jamieson will learn next Tuesday in Pembroke Superior Court the length of the jail term he'll receive after pleading guilty to manslaughter following the May 2010 death of Renfrew resident Carol-Anne Brunet. The sentencing hearing before Justice...
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Man sentenced for sex assaults
Posted Feb 16, 2012 By EMC NewsEMC News - John Paul Cloutier, 45, has received a jail sentence of five years in total following his conviction for sexual assaults occurring in 2009 when he was living in Arnprior. Cloutier, who had served 18 months in jail already, will spend two...
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Public asked to rate local OPP services
Posted Feb 16, 2012 By EMC NewsEMC News - A Community Satisfaction Survey is currently underway to solicit public opinions about the services the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) detachments deliver to communities throughout the province. The Community Satisfaction Survey is a telephone...
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