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cided to table the motion to allow more discussion before any change of name and focus be entertained, particularly as the idea has reREGION ceived mixed reaction. Lang, who has been on the McNab Days organizing committee for the last four years, said the festival “needs to be shaken up, rethought, changed to appeal to a broader.CA audience.� While commending the organizers of both the Scottish Festival and Riverdrive for their “admirable� work and recognition of the need to rebrand the event, Lang suggested they and the recreation committee should implement a “new vision� for McNab Days. The week-long core of McNab Days in June would retain its heritage emphasis, but the festival could be expanded to continue throughout the summer and in various parts of the township, she said. As the Riverdrive has evolved from its focus on heritage boating and logging to encompass such activities as the Tartan Run, dockdiving dogs, parachutists and water games, it could be split off from McNab Days, Lang said.

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jorREGION changes. The future of the community celebration that includes the Scottish Festival and Riverdrive will be discussed at a meeting of the McNab-Braeside recreation com.COM mittee March 4. The chairs of the Scottish Festival (Boyd MacLaren) and Riverdrive (John Brady) have been invited, as has Coun. Heather Lang, who has played a key role in organizing and promoting the event in the past (with the new council, councillors are no longer be members of advisory committees). The issue came to the fore at township council’s Feb. 17 meeting when councillors expressed reluctance to endorse a recommendation by the recreation committee to “rebrand� McNab Days as McNabBraeside Heritage Days. The re-naming suggestion came from some McNab Days organizers, who argued that it would be a “more umbrella-style term� and make it easier to attract grants and sponsors. However, council de.COM

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New defending champions

As of Feb. 18, the junior boys became the Upper Ottawa Valley defending champions. The basketball team won handily against Bishop Smith of Pembroke. Blocking any chance at the hoop is Arnprior District High School’s Justin Smith. His team would go on to win 49-40, capping off an undefeated season. For the full story and a team photo, please turn to page 34.

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The government of Canada’s recent announcement that the National Research Universal (NRU) reactor’s operations will be extended until just 2018 is concerning, says Renfrew County Warden Peter Emon. On Feb. 6, federal Minister of Natural Resources Greg Rickford announced the extension of operations of the NRU reactor in Chalk River from Oct. 31, 2016 until March 31, 2018. Although spun as an “extension� stakeholders are saying the federal government is pulling out of the production of cancer fighting isotopes. The NRU is operated by Canadian Nuclear Laboratories Ltd. (CNL), a subsidiary of Atomic Energy of Canada Ltd. It generates isotopes used to treat or diagnose over 20 million people in 80 countries every year. See EXTENSION, page 2

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