Canadian diplomat says that was hiding the transfering Afgan citizens to be tortured in Afganistan ... Ottawa Councillors say Yes to the Lansdowne Park proposal... The Lanark Landowners Association will field a Slate of Candidates in the 2010 Ontario Municipal Elections in Lanark County...The Olympic Torch starts its way across Canada... In Ontario it is now against the law to talk or listen on a cell phone in a car - hands free ones are ok for now ...  The world record for growing  pumpkins is now 1,725 pounds set in Ohio on Oct. 12, 2009.... Brockville reopens their renovated Arts Centre ... A music festival held in Gananoque this summer lost roughly $1.2 million and left behind recriminations and debts of about $250,000....Police presence keeps Aberdeen Street Queens students  party to a minimum ... A steep plunge in corporate tax revenues pushed Ontario deeper into the red in fiscal 2009, saddling it with a deficit that was 64 per cent higher than what Finance Minister Dwight Duncan had forecast in March.... In Cornwall a new 70,000-square-foot  shopping centre called Cornwall Plaza will be built in the heart of the business district located on one of the city's busiest streets.... Workers of the Museums of Civilization and War are on strike.... TNT the giant Asian grocery store has opened a new store in south Ottawa... Google street view cameras seen in Brockville....Ottawa spends $300M for rail corridor upgrades....Nokia Siemens Networks says it will hang onto about 800 Canadian employees of Nortel Networks Corp. as part of the plan to buy a major portion of the former technology giant's wireless business.... Aquablue International a bottled water company will create new jobs in Smiths Falls intending to hire 160 people in the next two years.... Sam Jakes Inn rezoning request to change it into a retirement home has been turned down by Merrickville Council.... Air Canada's AC.B-T top executives have agreed to a pay freeze until 2011 as part of a deal designed to forge labour peace... H1N1 Swine Flu is declared a global pandemic.... Another Canadian solder is killed in Afganistan ... Border crossing at Cornwall has been shutdown due to Aboriginals not wanting armed border crossing guards.... Farmers' markets in Eastern Ontario are just booming with vendors and customers... According to Stats Canada Canadians keep spending dispite recession... Sam Jakes Inn decides to close in Merrickville and become a retirement home... Environment Canada says that this summer will be warm.... One case of swine flu identifed in Leeds and Grenville... Kemptville-based Prowind Inc., plans to develop a 10-Megawatt, four-tower installation just north of Black Creek (also known as the South Branch) here in Eastern Ontario... Statistics Canada said 35,900 positions were added during the April in Canada... Manulife Financial Corp., Canada's largest insurance company, has posted a first-quarter loss of nearly $1.1-billion... The number of people infected with the swine flu virus in Ottawa is two....   The  United Counties of Leeds and Grenville ratepayers are getting a 4.1 per cent decrease on their 2009 tax bill, despite a two per cent increase in the overall expenditures to $34.5 million... Queen's University unveiled its plans for its new performing arts centre with a 550 seats concert hall on King Street West - parking seems to be a problem ... Leeds and Grenvile's  Member of the Ontario Parliament Bob Runciman retains his position as interim leader of the PC's .... Loblaws in Brockville decides to charge 5 cents per plastic bag starting on April 20 ... Inflation in Canada rises 1.4 %... Canada Ranks 5th in the World from the Travel & Tourism Competitiveness Report... The federal government has plans to boost passenger rail service to Ottawa, Montreal and Toronto cutting the time between Ottawa and Toronto to 4 hours... Auto consultant says that the bailout of Canadian auto manufacturers will cost $500.00 for every taxpayer in Canada - Are you willing to bailout an industry that we do not need because there are other suppliers that do not make mistakes. ... Maple Sap is running and the boil is on in Eastern Ontario ... Life-rafts empty, 1 saved, 1 dead, 16 missing after helicopter crashes in Atlantic off Newfoundland.... Ottawa Council has voted to allow advertisements on the city’s bus fleet that question the existence of God.... Another Canadian soldier is killed in Afganistan... John Tory is defeated in Ontario byelection and says he will resign as leader of the Ontario Conservative party... St Lawrence Seaway between Montreal and Kingston will officially open March 31... CTV's "A" TV Channel in Ottawa cuts staff and cancels newscasts including those for 6 p.m., 11 p.m., and the weekend... Canada had to scramble jet fighters prior to Obama's visit as a Russian Bear bomber approached Canadian air space... Nortel cuts 3200 more employees worldwide... Reported - groceries cost 7.3 per cent more in January than a year ago..... Barack Obama buys cookies and a Beavertail at the Byward Market while visiting Ottawa .... Liberals support Conservative budget with an monitoring ammendment...  It will be illegal in Ontario to smoke in a vehicle with a child present as the province joins British Columbia, Nova Scotia and several American states that have similar bans in place. ...  Local producers are cheering the announcement exempting Canadian beef and pork from U.S. country-of-origin labelling (COOL) regulations... Ontario's gaming agency has made a payment to a man who held losing scratch-and-win tickets because an employee made an error when the lottery player called a contact centre... The Rideau Canal is the second-best destination in the world, according to the most recent sustainable tourism survey by the National Geographic Society...The Alberta company behind Wolfe Island's wind farm project now plans to build a massive solar farm in Lennox and Addington County...The cost of renovating and rebuilding the Parliament Hill buildings has climbed to a minimum of $1-billion, according to Public Works budgets and plans.... Ontario will become the latest province to charge a recycling fee on electronics, starting in the spring.... Large landfills in Ontario will have to install methane gas collection systems by 2010 to comply with new regulations...A new proposed law says that If a label says "Made in Canada" it better be made with products originating in Canada.... A large majority of Ottawans regard Canada's capital as one of the most beautiful in the world and having a great quality of life .... Enviornment Canada says, Eastern Ontario is a region where all the seasons are about equal in length which is nice

News about, for and from urban and rural Eastern Ontario

Countdown to Canada 2010 Winter Olympics

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Regional Public Washroom  Evaluation	Hospitals in Eastern Ontario	Glossary of Current Food Terms
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Page Updated - Friday November 20, 2009

Present Time and Temperature in Ottawa Canada

Did you know that the name "Ontario" comes from the 
Iroquois word "Kanadario" meaning "sparkling water."

and that the Aboriginal people who lived in this area
called the St Lawrence River - " the river that walks"

Give plants fertilizer and they will grow
Give children emotional security.... and they will blossom
Give adults encouragement  and trust .... and there will be peace

Eastern  Ontario FarmGate producers are selling their 2008 products - there are  fresh eggs, chickens, geese, maple syrup products, apples, potting and bedding plants, and value added products  --- we encourage you to   get out and visit the farmers' markets and farmgates in Eastern Ontario

Potpourri of Info ...

Recipe Sites	Epicurious	Veggies Unite	Food Network	Healthy Cooking	Bon Appetit
Vegetables	Sweet Corn	Broccoli	Tomatoes	Potatoes	Green Beans
Fruit	Apples	Strawberries	Grapes	Saskatoons	Raspberries
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Meats	BBQ Steaks	Venison	Sausages	Goat Meat	Wild Boar
Misc.	Antiques	Edible Flowers	Glass Bottles	Bedding Plants	Firewood

Other Links to Great Information Sites

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Currency Exchange Rates	Canada's New Food Guide
Ontario Distance Calculator	Canadian Credit Card Rates
Terminal Market Prices : City List	World Exchange Markets
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From "Farm to Fork" Ontario Government on Food Meat Safety Regulations	Ontario Government Eastern Ontario Road Map in .pdf format

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