North Glengarry

North Glengarry council selected the firm for the management component of the township's regional water supply pipeline project at a meeting held Monday, January 9.

Of the two firms that made presentations last month, council decided on MHPM Project Managers Inc. The Ottawa-based company calls itself the largest project management firm in Canada and has worked on more than 5,000 projects.

The Township of North Glengarry plead guilty on Tuesday, December 13 to two unrelated charges under the Ontario Water Resources Act, both for not adhering to terms of a certificate of approval dating back to the summer and fall of 2010.

According to chief administrative officer Daniel Gagnon, the first charge was related to the use of an RV dumping station in Alexandria without appropriate approval and carried a $3,000 fine.

Voters in North Glengarry Township should see at least three names on the ballot, when they head to the voting booth on Monday, January 16.

Deputy Mayor Chris McDonell and Alexandria ward councillor Jamie MacDonald have both filed their nomination papers at the township office.

A third candidate, Robert Proulx, has expressed his intention to run for the mayor's position but has yet to file his papers. Proulx ran against Grant Crack in the December 2010 election.

North Glengarry Township council opted last week to replace its outgoing mayor with one of its own, but not without some ruffling the feathers of at least one councillor and a few residents.

Outgoing mayor Grant Crack, who has served North Glengarry and Alexandria for more than a decade, formally announced his resignation at a public meeting last Tuesday, October 11.

The mayor of North Glengarry is moving to a bigger office at Queen's Park in the next few weeks.

Liberal Party candidate Grant Crack was announced as Glengarry-Prescott-Russell's next member of provincial parliament late in the evening on Thursday, October 6.

North Glengarry Mayor Grant Crack has thrown the proverbial hat into the ring for the upcoming provincial election.

Crack, currently in his eighth year as the township's mayor, called a press conference on Monday, June 13 to announce he will present himself as a provincial Liberal Party candidate for Glengarry-Prescott-Russell.

Incumbent Conservative MP Pierre Lemieux was largely re-elected by voters for a third term in Glengarry-Prescott-Russell on Monday, May 2, and met with supporters only minutes after it was announced the Conservative Party won a national majority.

Lemieux entered the banquet hall of the River Rock Inn in Rockland just before 11:20 p.m., flanked by his wife and three children. Welcomed to the podium with a loud round of applause, he thanked the more than 100 supporters in attendance for their presence.

"It is because of your hard work and support that we are here celebrating victory tonight," the MP began his speech.

With the next federal election less than a month away, most of the major parties' candidates have stepped forward in eastern Ontario and western Quebec.

In Glengarry-Prescott-Russell, incumbent Conservative MP Pierre Lemieux is running against candidates in the three other major federal parties.

Residents of Glengarry-Prescott-Russell and Argenteuil, like all Canadian citizens, will soon be heading back to the polls to elect a federal government - for the third time since 2006.

The ruling Conservative government was defeated on Friday, March 25, after opposition MPs voted on a motion of non-confidence in the minority government.

Canadians are expected to head to the polls in on Monday, May 2.