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A not-for-profit economic development organization, which has succeeded in attracting biochemical plants to Sarnia, Ont., is now targeting Eastern Ontario for expansion.

Politicians and hospital officials could barely be heard over the noise as they struggled against the wind beating on the tent and the sounds of construction behind them. The latter, at least, they did not mind, as they held the long-awaited ground-breaking ceremony Wednesday for Brockville General Hospital’s multimillion-dollar expansion project.

“Strong Business, Strong Community”Leeds-Grenville – The United Counties of Leeds and Grenville is launching the largest multi-level Business Retention + Expansion (BR+E) program the region has seen.The Counties and the Townships of Augusta, Merrickville-Wolford and Rideau Lakes have partnered in a project that will see staff and volunteers directly connect with over 300 businesses in the region.

The highlights of our regular Council meeting held on March 22 and the Committee of the Whole meeting held earlier in the month are: Council approves 2018 budget, Council passes Front of Yonge Official Plan, and Active Transportation Summit in May.

EarlyON Child and Family Centre will be running a new program called Outdoor Play & Learn at Limerick Forest every Monday morning starting May 7.

KEMPTVILLE - It's been a long time coming, but the old Kemptville College is officially in North Grenville's hands - and at no cost to the local taxpayer. A significant partnership with the local French public school board will not only help alleviate part of the $7.

A registered dietician/nutritionist will visit during Play & Learn in Prescott on Wed, Mar 21. Bring your questions.

The municipality will officially acquire a "large portion" of the former Kemptville College from the province later this month, it confirmed on Thursday. After reaching an agreement in principle with the province in November, the sale was made official in late December and will see the Municipality of North Grenville assume ownership of most of the 633-acre campus - a site where the University of Guelph previously delivered agricultural programming - and transform it into an "education and community hub.

The first phase of rehabilitation work of the fortifications at Fort Wellington National Historic Site will begin this spring, Parks Canada announced this week.Parks Canada is restoring the fort's battlements including the fraise, revetment wall, palisade, and entrance gate, they said in a statement Monday.

The Township of Elizabethtown-Kitley, City of Brockville and the United Counties of Leeds and Grenville (the affected municipalities) have drafted an agreement for the transfer of land (the annexed lands), located within the Township of Elizabethtown-Kitley and United Counties of Leeds and Grenville to the City of Brockville by way of a boundary adjustment proposal pursuant to sections 172 and 173 of the Municipal Act, 2001, Chapter 25. See attached pdf for more information.