Frontenac - News http://www.emcfrontenac.ca Frontenac en-us Thu, 02 Sep 2010 00:00:00 -04:00 http://www.emcfrontenac.ca/20100902/news/North+Frontenac+Community+Services+celebrates+35+years Thu, 02 Sep 2010 00:00:00 -04:00 North Frontenac Community Services celebrates 35 years EMC News It may seem a bit odd for an organization whose purpose is to support the community to hold thank you party but that's exactly what North Frontenac Community Services did last week at Oso Beach in Sharbot Lake.

It was a 35th anniversary party, a free barbecue and family fun day and the number of guests surprised even those in charge of ...

]]> http://www.emcfrontenac.ca/20100902/news/Local+man+dives+into+coral-reef+project+proposal Thu, 02 Sep 2010 00:00:00 -04:00 Local man dives into coral-reef project proposal EMC News - A Kingston man is behind the push to build an extraordinary new ocean-floor research facility - one researchers hope will help preserve aquatic life for generations to come.

Kenn Feigelman is the "token Canadian" aboard a team of researchers who hope to build Sea Base 1 Habitat, a facility off Belize that would monitor the health of ...

]]> http://www.emcfrontenac.ca/20100902/news/KFPL+Book+of+the+Week Thu, 02 Sep 2010 00:00:00 -04:00 KFPL Book of the Week The Hour I First Believed

By Wally Lamb

The school shootings at Columbine High School were much-publicized in the US and Canada. Wally Lamb uses the actual events of the April 1999 tragedy to shape this story of love and reconciliation. As Maureen, a fictitious survivor of the Columbine shootings, struggles to recover from the trauma, she and ...

]]> http://www.emcfrontenac.ca/20100902/news/Registration+time+for+area+Scouting+programs Thu, 02 Sep 2010 00:00:00 -04:00 Registration time for area Scouting programs EMC News It's registration time again for Scouting and Group Commissioner Harold Dalmas says there are three groups in the area holding registration this week.

"We are trying to get the word out about our Beaver, Cub, Scout and Venturer Sections," Dalmas said. "Promotion of Scouting information helps to increase awareness of the availability of ...

]]> http://www.emcfrontenac.ca/20100902/news/Youths+charged+in+bullying-related+incident Thu, 02 Sep 2010 00:00:00 -04:00 Youths charged in bullying-related incident In early August the Frontenac Ontario Provincial Police began an investigation into an alleged Cyber Bullying incident involving local youth.

The bullying involved the use of text messages, kijiji, and postings on internet social sites that included challenges to fight as well as friends of the suspects attending the Village of Sydenham to ...

]]> http://www.emcfrontenac.ca/20100902/news/City+'connects'+to+rural+internet+service+expansion Thu, 02 Sep 2010 00:00:00 -04:00 City 'connects' to rural internet service expansion EMC News - The City of Kingston will invest nearly half a million dollars to provide fast internet service to thousands of rural residents in southeastern Ontario.

But councillors have attached strings to the money to ensure the information highway won't run over local taxpayers.

"The project is going ahead whether the city puts in money or ...

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