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Town loses a founding father  Share Comments Photos 
Posted 8 hours ago
SEAN CHASE schase@thedailyobserver.ca PETAWAWA - One of the town’s founding fathers is gone. Flags were lowered to half mast around the municipality Thursday as tributes poured in for Dennis Carmody, the Town of Petawawa’s first mayor, who died Tuesday at his home.
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Budget passed  Share Comments 
Posted 7 hours ago
TINA PEPLINSKIE tpeplinskie@thedailyobserver.ca Without much fanfare, Renfrew County council approved the 2012 budget Wednesday.
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Celebration of reading/writing on today at the Early Years Centre  Share Comments 
Posted 7 hours ago
STEPHEN UHLER suhler@thedailyobserver.ca There are a few changes this year when it comes to celebrating Family Literacy Day which takes place in Pembroke today.
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Looking to build a permanent BMX park  Share Comments 
Posted 7 hours ago
SEAN CHASE schase@thedailyobserver.ca PETAWAWA - With the current pilot project attracting more users, the parks and recreation department is developing plans to build a permanent BMX pump track and skills park at the Civic Centre.
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Onus on buying local wood  Share Comments 
Posted 7 hours ago
SEAN CHASE schase@thedailyobserver.ca Renfrew County has signed onto a new initiative that boosts the provincial forestry industry but encourages residents to buy local when choosing wood products.
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Township responsible  Share Comments 
Posted 7 hours ago
RYAN PAULSEN rpaulsen@thedailyobserver.ca Haven Lane will from now on be the property, and maintenance concern, of the Township of Whitewater Region, after the public works committee passed a recommendation that the township assume ownership and responsibility from Delmer Lavallee, the original
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Township doesn't want to set a precedent  Share Comments 
Posted 7 hours ago
STEPHEN UHLER suhler@thedailyobserver.ca WHITEWATER REGION - Cobden Municipal Park is not the proper place to set up a business, and township council didn’t want to set a precedent. This is the reasoning behind council’s decision to deny a local artist permission to set up shop at the park.
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Always a Lumber King  Share Comments 
Posted 7 hours ago
SEAN CHASE schase@thedailyobserver.ca Richard Samson still remembers the night he stepped onto the Pembroke Memorial Centre ice as a Pembroke Lumber King but finished the game wearing the opposing team’s jersey.
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Cleaner water soon?  Share Comments 
Posted 7 hours ago
Emily McPhee QMI?Agency Despite frightful weather, the Killaloe-Hagarty-Richards regular council meeting continued as scheduled. Mayor Janice Visneskie advised to keep presentations brief and to leave all non-essential items until the next meeting.
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The whole truth and nothing but...  Share 
Posted 7 hours ago
I thought today we would confront a great big “giant” in some people’s lives: the giant of the lying problem! I just finished teaching a two- part series from Psalm 34 of the Bible, where King David of ancient Israel teaches us that, if we want to have a long and happy life, then we must “Keep our
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Former Petawawa mayor Dennis Carmody dies  Share Comments Photos 
Updated 23 hours ago
PETAWAWA - One of the town's founding fathers is gone. Flags were lowered to half mast around the municipality Thursday as tributes poured in for Dennis Carmody, the Town of Petawawa's first mayor, who died Tuesday at his home.
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Milk recalled over possible cleaning solution contamination  Share Photos 
Posted 6 hours ago
The Canadian Food Inspection Agency is warning people in Ontario and Alymer, Que., not to drink Saputo Inc.'s Neilson Trutaste 2% Partly Skimmed Milk because the product may be contaminated with a cleaning solution.
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