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131st Year, Issue 48
December 1, 2011 | 40 Pages
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DEJA VU? In a throwback to last year's Ontario AA Provincial Championship game when he scored the winning touchdown, Arnprior District High School’s Mitch Bott (36) makes a spectacular interception and ran it back 75 yards leading to a touchdown in the final minutes of the game that clinched a 36-23 victory for the senior football Redmen and gave them a second straight Ontario title.. Last year, Bott caught the gamewinning touchdown with only 82 seconds left in the game. For more, see Page 21.
County gives approval for $2.2 million grant for Arnprior complex DEREK DUNN, STEVE NEWMAN derek.dunn@metroland.com
BAKE BUSINESS Slater’s Baking is open for business in the Kenwood Corporate Centre in Arnprior. The Slater name has been synonymous with delicious home baking for more than 100 years. Steve and Erika are thrilled to invite visitors to their new shop. 6
The Arnprior affordable housing apartment proposal that fell through two years ago could soon be put upright again. A 19-unit complex at the corner of McGonigal and Hugh streets, meant to ease the senior affordable housing crunch, has a number of minor bureaucratic hurdles to get over – but developer Peter Anas of ARS Realty Investments expects it will proceed. “We’re fairly confident of getting it back on track,” Anas said. “I won’t be overly optimistic until everything is settled.” The plan is to build the housing on a half-acre property at 106 McGonigal St. Renfrew County council officially gave its approval at Wednesday’s meeting by unanimous vote to support a social services committee recommendation to give ARS $2.2 million of a $2.8-million affordable housing grant.The approval is conditional on normal contract expectations and due diligence being observed in the process. See ‘REEVE DELIGHTED’ Page 2
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Town, developer face OMB appeal
Countdown on for World Broomball BRIER DODGE
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Arnprior Legion Branch 174 hosted another terrific Santa Claus Parade. From warm temperatures to an unprecedented food bank collection, organizers are thrilled with the event’s success. 15, 16, 17
It’s under a year until the area hosts the 2012 World Broomball Championships, and organizers are starting to get excited as plans are made. Host communities Arnprior, Carleton Place, Beckwith and Mississippi Mills joined host committee members Wednes-
day to launch the lead-up to the event at a press conference. The tournament is being held from Oct. 29 to Nov. 3, 2012 at the Almonte Community Centre, Nick Smith Centre in Arnprior, Beckwith Community Centre, Carleton Place Community Centre and Pakenham Community Centre. See ‘ARNPRIOR’S’ Page 22
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The proposed development in front of the Grove Nursing Home is on its way to the Ontario Municipal Board (OMB). At the Nov. 28 meeting, council learned that in reaction to its vote recently to change the property’s zoning from residential one (R1) to residential three (R3) - along
with “mitigation measures” to protect the Gillies Grove – eight residents have filed two appeals to the OMB. The zoning change will allow developers Don and Doug Johnston of Vydon Investments to go from single detached units such as bungalows to an apartment and semi-detached units.
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