School board approves Kars/Rideau Valley merge, New school to operate under one administration in Sept. 2012

EMC News - Students at Kars Public School and Rideau Valley Middle School will officially become a united student body after the Ottawa Carleton District School Board approved a recommendation to merge the two schools into one organization beginning...

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Residents share the love at Osgoode AGM

EMC News - About 50 residents came out to the Osgoode Village Community Association's annual general meeting on Thursday, Jan. 26, which quickly became a love-in for the village and everyone in it. Mayor Jim Watson had nothing but kind words for the...

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Greely's Kay Johnston recognized for life-long volunteering

EMC News - Greely resident and long-time volunteer Kay Johnston was awarded the Mayor's City Builder Award on Wednesday, Jan. 25 for her commitment to helping those around her. Johnston, 80, has lived in Greely for nearly 50 years, and has spent much...

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Cheers could lead to Chapman Mills pedestrian bridge

EMC News - One of the city's busiest trails could become a year-round attraction in south Nepean. The Rideau Valley Conservation Foundation (RVCF) is asking for the public's help in securing funds for a 35-metre pedestrian bridge across an inlet of...

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Exclusive: OC Transpo set to release bus-location data March 22

EMC News - Following the outrage that ensued after OC Transpo management backtracked on a promise to release bus-location data openly to the public, the transit agency is set to keep its commitment and release the information by March 22. Beacon Hill-Cyrville...

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Busting out all the moves to raise money for breast cancer

EMC News - A one-day event offering the chance to participate in a number of activities for people of all fitness levels, will give Ottawans a different way to raise money to support breast cancer awareness and treatment. The Bust A Move campaign...

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South family named "Good Bears" for CHEO

EMC News - An Ottawa South couple has been inducted into CHEO's Order of the Good Bear in appreciation of their ongoing fundraising efforts for the children's hospital. Matt and Dayna Robinson from Riverside South were officially inducted on Tuesday,...

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Everything for nothing on the web?

If there was a way to sneak into the NHL All-Star Game without paying, some of us would have. Most of us wouldn't. That's the way we were brought up. If somebody is selling something and you want it, you pay for it. But if someone offered us a pirated...

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Web Poll

THIS WEEK'S POLL QUESTION Is the city's police services board right to limit its search for a new chief to internal candidates only? A) They're the experts - if they feel the right person is in-house, hire away. B) No. It should be the city's policy...

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Short list for new police chief too short

The city has picked up a nasty habit. In the interest of harm reduction, an intervention is in order as our elected representatives appear to have learned little from the Lansdowne reconstruction fiasco. In that case, council voted to accept a proposal...

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Health unit calls for safe snow shoveling

The recent winter weather has prompted warnings from health units about the importance of properly shoveling snow. A full shovel of wet snow can weigh as much as 11 kilograms and an hour of snow shoveling can use as much energy as running 15 kilometres....

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The stuff of life

It's been six weeks since Christmas, and I'm finding it difficult to get around my house. Everywhere I step there are toys, toys and more toys. My mom called the other day to say she was ordering a table top hockey game for my son's birthday in February....

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Birds That Make for Popular Pets

Though cats and dogs may garner the most attention, birds are popular pets as well. But which birds make good pets? Finches and parrots are the birds most often chosen as pets. - Finches: Finches are small colorful birds that can handle cages well,...

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Snails: Fish Tank Friends AND Foes

The home aquarium enthusiast hopes his or her fish tank is one that enables marine life to happily grow inside of its confined perimeters. An aquarium that is relatively self-sufficient, requiring only routine cleaning and feeding, is often the goal. With...

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Metcalfe school collecting old electronics

EMC News - Metcalfe's Community Christian School is trading old for new as it recycles old electronics to buy a new sound system for the school. The elementary school on Glen Street in Metcalfe is collecting old cell phones, printer and toner cartridges...

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Cupid takes the stage in Just Kiddin's latest play

EMC News - Love is the main character in Just Kiddin' Theatre's latest comedy of errors, which takes the stage in Metcalfe just in time for Valentine's Day. The youth theatre's teen group will stage When Cupid Comes Out To Play, a madcap farce set...

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Elton John tribute singer inspired by soundtrack of his youth, "The Rainman" Donnie Leafloor comes to Kemptville Feb. 4

EMC News - Classic rock fans know him as The Rainman, but Kanata musician Donnie Leafloor has another alter ego: Captain Fantastic. Leafloor brings Captain Fantastic: A Tribute to the Music of Elton John to the North Grenville Municipal Centre Theatre...

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Residents going bald for wishes in Metcalfe

EMC news - Few people wish to go bald, but several Ottawa South residents are going bald for wishes this weekend. Vernon resident Kim Sheldrick and her two sons Michael and Matthew Bates will host their fourth annual Go Bald for Wishes event at the...

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Poilievre celebrates Queen's Jubilee with new stamp

EMC News - Nepean-Carleton MP Pierre Poilievre wasted no time celebrating the Queen's diamond jubilee on Jan. 25, kicking off her 60th anniversary at Manotick's post office to promote Canada Post's new commemorative stamp. The stamp is a clean, white...

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Hopewell students learn less is more

EMC News - Students at Hopewell Avenue Public School learned new tools of how to stay safe while using social networking websites during a talk delivered by Canada's privacy commissioner on Jan. 24. Privacy commissioner Jennifer Stoddart asked a gymnasium...

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