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Local Civic News
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The Mayor's Variance: Who Filed It, Who Answered for It, and What Nobody Disclosed Until We Asked

Central Frontenac’s planning coordinator filed Mayor Frances Smith’s personal variance application, then wrote the …

Apr 1, 2026 Read →
Local Civic News
Local Civic News

STRs, Septic Rules and Net Metering: What North Frontenac’s Environmental Task Force Is Working On

North Frontenac’s Environmental Task Force is carrying three major files at once: short-term rentals, septic inspections and net metering, …

Mar 30, 2026 Read →
Local Civic News
Local Civic News

NFNM Wednesday: A Main Street Without Homes Is a Warning

North Frontenac’s housing crisis is no longer an abstract affordability debate. In small hamlets like Plevna, it is visible in dark …

Mar 25, 2026 Read →
Local Civic News
Local Civic News

North Frontenac's March 24 Personnel and Audit Committee Agenda Is Not Routine

North Frontenac’s March 24 Personnel and Audit Committee package contains several pressure points, including a new $1.4 million …

Mar 23, 2026 Read →
Local Civic News
Local Civic News

Who's Running This Place?

An investigative report by Arthur Hannigan The power problem in Canada’s community halls, and why townships can’t afford to look …

Mar 22, 2026 Read →
Local Civic News
Local Civic News

NFNM Wednesday: NFNM Has Entered a New Phase

NFNM is moving beyond stand-alone reporting and building public tools that make North Frontenac records, roads, budgets, and staff wages …

Mar 18, 2026 Read →
Local Civic News
Local Civic News

What's Up Council? Episode 7

North Frontenac’s March 20 council agenda brings several major files together at once, from the Plevna rink budget gap to short-term …

Mar 16, 2026 Read →
Local Civic News
Local Civic News

A practical conversation is starting to take shape

North Frontenac is keeping its voluntary septic re-inspection program for 2026 and pairing it with lake-association outreach that could make …

Mar 9, 2026 Read →
Local Civic News
Local Civic News

ALTO, North Frontenac's "no" vote, and the part Council left on the table

North Frontenac voted against ALTO’s proposed corridor, but the bigger question is whether council is building leverage for what comes …

Mar 4, 2026 Read →
Local Civic News
Local Civic News

Plevna Tiny House Lot Program: Affordable Housing in Plevna.

North Frontenac has a practical housing idea in front of it: a small Plevna pilot that could create legal, buildable lots for modest homes …

Feb 28, 2026 Read →
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