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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.

Seasonal Load Restrictions During the spring thaw period, some roads within the United Counties of Leeds and Grenville cannot withstand heavy loads. The Counties load restriction is to reduce the allowable individual axle load from 10 tonnes to 5 tonnes.

Free non-certified Infant CPR sessions coming up in Kemptville, Gananoque, and Brockville. To register call 1-866-433-8933 extension 2374.

Like stops on a cross-country railway line, the awards keep coming up for the volunteers behind Brockville's restored train tunnel.

One company's emissions are another company's opportunity. Air Liquide Canada on Friday officially opened its carbon dioxide recovery plant here, located in the Johnstown industrial park on the grounds of Greenfield Ethanol.

The hammer came down on a local business Friday afternoon - in a good way.

KEMPTVILLE - It may be brand new, but the high school here is about to get a whole lot bigger. The Upper Canada District School Board (UCDSB) announced Thursday North Grenville District High School (NGDHS) - a 78,500-square-foot high school which just opened in Kemptville in September 2012 with a capacity of around 700 students - is getting $6.

Newly-designed Counties website is about customer service.

The highlights of our regular Council meeting held on Thursday, January 25th and the Committee of the Whole meeting held earlier in the month are: Hospital Capital Funding now in place; Traffic signals for Giant Tiger Boulevard; Ontario Municipal Commuter Cycling Program; and Non-union wage increases approved