Arnprior Chronicle Guide

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Year 130, Issue 30

July 28, 2011 | 40 Pages

131st Year, Issue 30

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SPEAKING OUT Despite the summer break, politics remains in the spotlight with a local man running for the presidency of the Green Party of Canada, preparations underway for the Oct. 6 provincial election and the imminent demise of the long gun registry. 23, 24, 25

STILL HORSIN’ AROUND AT 75 YEARS YOUNG Since Ola Armstrong of Arnprior is such a horse lover, her family arranged a special miniature horse ride around her Melville street neighbourhood last week to celebrate the well-known community volunteer’s 75th birthday. See Page 7. Photo by Sherry Haaima

AMO conference to discuss controversial issue of OPP contracting DEREK DUNN derek.dunn@metroland.com

Arnprior’s ongoing saga with its lack of a new OPP contract took another twist now that a municipal advocacy group has taken up the cause. The town has been without a

contract since 2005 when OPP told council it wanted to boost the number of officers to 18, even though crime rates are decreasing and the town was pleased with the service as is. The years since have seen the OPP offer to drop the number to 16, among other changes. That

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did nothing to raise council’s confidence the OPP’s staffing formula was based on a rational foundation. Council continues to wait for the OPP to provide a compelling argument for increasing the number of officers. Meanwhile, Mayor David Reid has joined a roundtable of mu-

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MUSKIE MANIA

Bill Craig and Paula Jamieson are committed to their search for the elusive Ottawa River muskie. 19

Changes and improvements at Arnprior’s landfill site should be council’s main focus as the town puts its waste management and recycling strategy in place. Guy Laporte of AECOM presented the town’s integrated waste management plan and waste recycling strategy to council July 25, outlining the plan, its objectives and recommendations. The most important of a number of recommendations include the purchase of a weigh scale for use at the landfill, a recycling transfer station at the site and improved access at the facility. The key driver of the study, funded by Waste Diversion Ontario, the funding source for the blue box program, was to create an environmentally sound strategy that is feasible and easy to implement, cost effective and affordable and compliant with regulations. In addition, explained Laporte, the plan should address current needs but also future considerations.


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