Village park pathways a reality at lastPosted Sep 2, 2010 By Dosi Cotroneo EMC News - Thanks to a group of more than a dozen dedicated community volunteers and Manotick's own D & G Landscaping, construction of a new pathway linking McLean to West...Read more » |
Double Decker Bus serves up world-class fries with gratitude
Posted Sep 2, 2010
By Dosi Cotroneo
EMC News - It's become Manotick's best-known landmark since Watson's Mill. The red double-decker bus on Manotick Main Street has created a french fry frenzy not only in the village but throughout the Ottawa region as well.
On Aug. 18, CTV News showed up to interview Double Decker Bus owners Ken Dale...Read more »
Music festival Finch's answer to Woodstock
Posted Sep 2, 2010
By Diane Sawchuk
EMC Events - First there was Woodstock, a bacchanalian music festival in the days of peace, love beads and hippies. Fast forward some 40-odd years and now there's Barnstorm, Finch's answer to 1960s event.
But because it's 2010, there won't be any hippies in the crowd, you won't see any love beads,...Read more »
No flood of support
Posted Sep 2, 2010 By EMC News EMC Editorial - The news has been slow to develop. Certainly the coverage by various media outlets has not, until recently, highlighted any sense of urgency. Unlike the tsunami that hit southeast Asia several years ago or the earthquake that rocked Haiti earlier in 2010 the result of which brought immediate...Read more »
Welfare reforms desperately needed
Posted Sep 2, 2010 By Rachel Desjardins Dear Editor, I am writing in response to the article "Welfare not looking after well-being" in the August 19 edition of EMC. This article actually brought me to tears, as I was a single mom, going back to school, and living off of Ontario Works about 6 years ago. I agree whole-heartily with Rosalyn...Read more »
