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Mississippi Mills to reap rewards of future taxes, fees from land sale
By Desmond DevoyEMC News - What Mississippi Mills may lose in land, it will gain in revenue. The municipality has sold about 20 acres of vacant land to Carleton Place which will become...
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McRae won't contest next school board election
By Desmond DevoyEMC News - Ward 1 school board trustee Anne McRae will not be contesting the next election. "I'm looking at other things," admitted McRae during her trustee's comments...
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Personal stories needed in drug talks
By Desmond DevoyEMC Editorial - "Hey, hey, hey, hey - smoke weed every day." You can't expect every single minute of a three-hour workshop to be scintillating and engrossing. Like...
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Third place finish for CPHS animating duo
By Desmond DevoyEMC Entertainment - When the credits roll on an upcoming Disney or Dreamworks animated movie, don't be surprised to see Amanda Burn's name listed amongst the animators. While...
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CP council to election mappers: hands off Lanark County
By Desmond DevoyEMC News - Lanark County is not a pie to be cut up, which is why Carleton Place town council does not want the county cut up any more than it already is by the electoral...
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Notre Dame athlete enjoys strategy of the long-distance runner
By Desmond DevoyEMC Sports - Life is a marathon, not a sprint, for Alex Wilkie. Wilkie is this month's athlete of the month for Notre Dame Catholic High School in Carleton Place, and he's...
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A long way down - one woman's tale of the dark side of drugs
By Desmond DevoyEMC News - It's a long way down. Stephanie Fergusson, 29, of Brockville, is now two-and-a-half years clean and sober, but for more than half of her life, she has known...
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CP Italian eatery under investigation by Ministry of Labour
By Desmond DevoyEMC News - Follow the bouncing cheque. For one Carleton Place restaurant employee, the cheque should bounce right back to Ponticello's Trattoria Italian restaurant on...
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People First leader reveals bullying past, even in his own family
By Desmond DevoyEMC News - People First of Ontario President Kory Earle grew up being judged, bullied and called "retard" (the R-word), which left him feeling suicidal, and undermined his...
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Giving voice to the victims of child sexual abuse
By Desmond DevoyEMC News - Child abusers don't wear badges. They aren't the creepy old man in the black trench coat down by the park, or sitting in his van parked beside the elementary...
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Music society donates $4,000 to town hall auditorium fund
By Desmond DevoyEMC News - The Ballygiblin's Music Society has donated $4,000 to the town hall auditorium renovation fund so that future generations can enjoy the performance space in the...
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Hens cause pilot project feather flap at council
By Desmond DevoyEMC News - Feathers were flying at Carleton Place town council last week as weeks of debate drew to a conclusion to allow a homeschooled child to raise eight hens on his...
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Christmas concerts come early to help Champions for Kids
By Desmond DevoyEMC News - It's never too early to help kids in need, or to start thinking about Christmas. While there are hundreds of shopping days left until Christmas, the Upper Canada...
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Teacher's math "phobia" equals poor applied math scores
By Desmond DevoyEMC News - When the teacher hates math, chances are he or she will pass that phobia on to their students. "We've got to get those kids earlier, in Grades 3 and 4," said...
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Conservation Award for CP's king of the urban forest
By Desmond DevoyEMC News - Jim McCready really can see the forest for the trees, and he was recently honoured for just such an ability. The long time chairperson of the Carleton Place...
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Town workers pull man from burning truck
By Desmond DevoyEMC News - Quick thinking Smiths Falls public workers pulled a man from a burning truck while a woman risked her life by jumping in front of it to stop the truck dead in...
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Hit the like button, follow your favourite Murphys Point snake
By Desmond DevoyEMC News - Want to know what your favourite gray rat snake is up to these days? Well, even the snakes of Murphys Point Provincial Park are on Facebook these days, which...
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Carleton Place's oldest citizen, Jean Holmes, passes away at 107
By Desmond DevoyEMC News - Jean Holmes, Carleton Place's oldest living citizen, died last weekend at the age of 107. The Elizabeth Court resident, had the main reception hall re-named...
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OPP Community Service Officer now a shared position for Carleton Place, See OPP page A/CP2
By Desmond DevoyEMC News - Carleton Place will no longer have its own community services officer (CSO). Instead, the Lanark County detachment of the OPP will be using three officers to...
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Residents count up costs of power surge-damaged electronics
By Desmond DevoyEMC News - North-end Carleton Place residents are still toting up the damage done to their electronics following a major power surge which destroyed thousands of dollars...
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