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After council in Pembroke, Ont., voted to scrap its citizen advisory committee, CBC checked in with other Ottawa Valley towns and beyond to find out if they plan to forge ahead with their own committees or working groups to combat racism and bring about more inclusion.
A number of long-serving eastern Ontario mayors were replaced in Monday night's municipal election.
The event that for more than a century was known as the Arnprior Fair has been renamed the Valley Agricultural Festival and some townsfolk are hurt by what seems to be missing.
Carleton Place and Arnprior are among Canada's fastest-growing small towns
ARNPRIOR, ONT. -- Tensions are running high at Arnprior town hall over the continued discussion of racism in the community. Councillor Lisa McGee is facing a possible reprimand after a complaint was lodged with the town’s integrity commissioner, William Hunter. The anonymous complaint is about a Facebook post McGee wrote on Dec. 18 in the group “What’s Up, Arnprior”. The post was in reaction to a local news article about Mayor Walter Stack’s alleged plan to address racism claims in the community. In her post, McGee criticized the mayor for not sharing his plan with council ah...