Valley team qualifies for Winter GamesPosted on Feb 16, 2012 by EMC NewsEMC Sports - The Major PeeWee hockey AA Ottawa Valley Silver Seven, which has several Carleton Place, Almonte and Pakenham players, will be representing Eastern Ontario at... Read more![]() |
The new reality of icy sidewalks
Posted on Feb 16, 2012 by EMC NewsEMC Editorial - Coun. Doug Black was right. Discussion at last week's town council committee certainly made it feel like "parking night in Carleton Place." But by far the greatest topic of conversation was the peril pedestrians face on the icy sidewalks of Carleton Place and, indeed, Beckwith...
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Family is always the one constant we have in life
Posted on Feb 16, 2012 by Tara GesnerEMC Editorial - When I first moved from my hometown, St. Catharines, to Carleton Place in 1996, I remember wondering what it would be like to write for the Carleton Place Canadian. Now, 16 years later, here I am authoring my inaugural commentary. Of course, the newspaper is now named the Canadian...
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Mississippi Valley Textile Museum launches Adopt-a-Window campaign
Posted on Feb 16, 2012
by Tara Gesner
EMC News - The Mississippi Valley Textile Museum (MVTM) in Almonte launched its latest fundraiser this week - the Adopt-a-Window campaign. The goal of the drive is $6,900, said Michael Rikley-Lancaster, executive director/curator of the MVTM. "Our first Adopt-a-Window campaign took place in 2008...
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Firefighters recognized for their service to the community
Posted on Feb 16, 2012
by Tara Gesner
EMC News - Two members of the Mississippi Mills Fire Department were recently recognized for their many years of service. At the start of last Monday's (Feb. 6) council meeting at the municipal office, family members watched as Fire Chief Art Brown and Mayor John Levi presented Dave Gleeson and Geoff...
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