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Reporter Cheryl Brink begins a three-part series on her airborne adventures. Over the next few weeks, she will take you along on her journies in the skies via hot air balloon, Cessna 150 airplane and parachute. For more photos and a video, check out Brink's personal blog at http://observationsofanewsjunkie.wordpress.com.
Perth native Kirk Wagar has gone from PDCI
graduate to one of the key players responsible for raising funds for U.S.
President-elect Barack Obama.
Carleton Place Mayor Paul Dulmage is the new warden of Lanark County following a vote that took place on Dec. 16.
Christmas is a time of getting together and enjoying a big meal with all
the trimmings – and that’s just what the organizers of the Christmas dinner in Perth give more than 200
people each year.
December 2008
marks the 65th anniversary of the Battle of Ortona, in which Canadian troops
fought to liberate this Italian coastal town from German occupation.
Area residents will have to wait until their New Year’s resolutions kick in next month before they dive into the indoor pool again.
Military historian and author
Norm Christie was so impressed with the Hall of Remembrance museum at the Perth
Legion that he donated a selection of his books to the collection.
The
story of Brandon Crisp has touched people across Canada,
but is particularly felt at Ottawa Region Media Group, because Brandon’s mother, Angelika Crisp, works at
the Barrie Advance, a paper owned by our same parent company.
The Town of Perth has the opportunity to
apply for a grant of up to $200,000 for an infrastructure project from the
federal and provincial governments.
Friday’s announcement that the provincial
government will upload court security costs from municipalities was something
Perth’s police chief and chair of the police services board have been waiting
to hear for some time.
Members of the public are encouraged to take part in the annual Remembrance Day service next Tuesday in honour of those who paid the ultimate sacrifice in war.
Kanata's Walter Baker Park hosts cyclocross race on Sunday, Nov. 2. One competitor describes the European sport as a cross between a steeplechase race and cross country running, only on bikes.
Despite unprecedented gains in Afghanistan ’s
media independence in the last seven years, the war-torn country remains a
media “battleground,” according to a former BBC journalist from Afghanistan
Canada’s most popular trailer park supervisors will be in town tonight.
When Victor Malarek of W-FIVE sat down for an interview at Wendy and Bob Hassard’s cottage on Otty Lake, it gave those he interviewed hope that their fight on behalf of surface-rights-only landowners would be broadcast across the country.
Perth
town council approved a budget deviation in the amount of $82,700 last week to
replace the liner of the indoor pool.
The fall colours are at their height and
driving through Lanark Highlands Township
is one of the best ways to see them.
The students in Gary Brewin’s
Grade 11 history class expressed disgust at the recent vandalism at Perth’s Old Burying
Grounds, a reaction that got Brewin thinking.
Although the Central Perth Playground opened to
children last year, the long-awaited official opening ceremonies will take
place this Saturday, Sept. 27, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Despite the ongoing efforts of a
local women’s group to see an anti-idling bylaw implemented in the Town of
Perth, council has decided against adding further strain to business owners and
drivers in the downtown core.
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