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SPIRIT OF ADHS Arnprior District High School students celebrated with several Spirit Week activities last week, including Red and White Day 12, 16

DECISION 2011 Don’t forget to vote today if you haven’t already. The Chronicle-Guide will have live results online at yourottawaregion. com and full coverage in next week’s edition. 26

October 6, 2011 | 44 Pages

Roundabout? Roads to be transferred, Campbell lobbies for traffic roundabout off Division Street STEVE NEWMAN Steve.newman@metroland.com

With housing expansion in Arnprior impacting roads in and around the town, McNab-Braeside and Arnprior are pushing for improvements to Division Street and Baskin Drive. One of the suggestions, made by McNab-Braeside Mayor Mary Campbell, is to turn the intersection of the two streets into a roundabout. At its Sept. 28 session, Renfrew County council approved, in principle, both the transfer of Baskin Drive (Division to Daniel street) from Arnprior to the county and the transfer of a section of Division Street (from Highway 417 to Baskin Drive) to the Township of McNab-Braeside. The short western segment of Division Street no longer qualifies as a county road with its loss of direct access to the newly four-laned Highway 417. See ‘HIGHWAY’ Page 2

SHERRY HAAIMA

A sleepy Barred Owl and a footloose moose made the news this week. 9, 10

McNab-Braeside Township is not going to go along with Arnprior’s proposal that a committee be struck to help the municipalities sign new user agreements for library and recreation services. The township recently extended the agreements until Jan. 1, 2012. Arnprior has asked McNabBraeside to select one councillor and two members of the public to sit on a committee charged with

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CRASH-DAY AFTERNOON IN THE ‘PRIOR Emergency personnel were quickly on the scene as Chad McConnell (number #47) flipped his vehicle in the ring Saturday afternoon at the Brawl in the Fall demolition derby at the Arnprior fairgrounds. For more on the well-attended event, see Pages 4 and 5.

negotiating the new agreements. However, township council members would rather the matter be negotiated council-to-council in an open forum. Mayor Mary Campbell explained that while Renfrew, with which the township also has user agreements, provides information about how many residents are using the services, the tradition has been to provide a lump sum to the Town of Arnprior. See ‘USER’ Page 25

DEREK DUNN derek.dunn@metroland.com

The town’s new family health team is up and running. Well, part of it is up and running – much to the relief of local physicians. The Arnprior and District Family Health Team will bring together a variety of health care providers including family physicians, nurse practitioners, registered nurses, social workers, dietitians and other

professionals who work together to provide a wide range of health options that have not been available to the community in the past. The benefit to the community is that – rather than physicians shouldering efforts to find various specialists, a time-consuming and costly activity – patients enjoy a kind of comprehensive one-stop shopping.

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