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Good news and bad news at AMO

GREGG CHAMBERLAIN gregg.chamberlain@eap.on.ca

“It was a terrible response,” saidWarden Robert Kirby, representing both the United Counties of Prescott-Russell and his own township of East Hawkesbury. Mayors met with Minister Madeleine Meilleur on the matter. They argued that the present situation leaves municipalities with the chance of having to assume all of the financial costs and penalties for civil

that same way we were before.” Kirby noted one issue that fared better during discussions with provincial officials. He and other mayors of rural municipalities met with their provincial counterparts to talk about the chance of further extending natural gas supply lines into rural munici- palities as an alternate energy source to oil and electricity. “The province recognizes there is an issue

here,” Kirby said, “and that rural areas need access. There’s definitely going to be some progress there.” Officials from both the Eastern Ontario Wardens Caucus (EOWC) and the Western Ontario Wardens Caucus (WOWC) also raised concern about the lower-quality of asphalt available in Ontario during a mee- ting with Transportation Minister Steven Del Duca.

It may have taken place in Niagara Falls this year but the annual meeting between mayors of Ontario and provincial ministers was not quite a honeymoon gathering. One of the key issues that representa- tives for the Association of Municipali-

ties of Ontario (AMO) argued with provincial officials, during the four-day gathering, concerned the question of the financial responsibility in legal suits where a municipality may be named as a co-defendant even if its legal liability is minimal at most.

cases even if the court ruling notes that municipalities’ legal liability is very low or almost non-existent. AMO wants the pro- vince to change the policy for municipal liability in such situations to reflect the actual financial burden due in a case. “She wouldn’t budge at all,” said Kirby. “It leaves us

Canadian Geographic acknowledges Vankleek Hill Oktoberfest

Warden Robert Kirby

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Oktoberfest is one of Vankleek Hill’s biggest events attracting people from all over, including some rave reviews.

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The fall issue of the National Geographic Travel Magazine listed the Vankleek Hill Oktoberfest as one of Canada’s 10 Best Oktoberfests. “Could this be the best little Oktober- fest in Canada? Many would argue that in its seven years, the two-day gathering in Vankleek Hill, a small rural town halfway between Ottawa and Montreal, has become exactly that,” states the recently released rundown of Canada’s best in Canadian Geographic Travel. The latest praise for the popular local

two-day Bavarian culture celebration and signature fundraising event rolls in just as the Beau’s team is gearing up to host the 7th annual edition of the festival. “When we decided to start celebrating Oktoberfest, we made a conscious decision to focus on Bavarian culture, high-qua- lity entertainment and wonderful beer,” said Beau’s Brewery co-founder Steve Beauchesne. “I’m very excited that Cana- dian Geographic has taken notice of what we are doing here in our little village.”

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