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Professional rodeo is coming to the Arnprior Fairgrounds this weekend. .COM The Arnprior Agricultural .COM Society is sponsoring an action-packed three days June 12-14 featuring performances of live professional rodeo on both Saturday (5-8 p.m.) and Sunday (2-5 p.m.), team penning competition, concerts, a kids zone, camping, vendors, concessions, and much more. Close to 300 professional cowboys and cowgirls will be competing in Arnprior for the first time in an official tour stop of the International Professional Rodeo Association (IPRA). The competitors represent five different countries: Canada, Mexico, the United States, Brazil and Australia.
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The REGION first ever Arnprior Stampede will include an exciting variety of rodeo fare, including bareback bronc riding, saddle bronc riding, steer wrestling, .CA.CA team roping, breakaway roping, tie-down roping, barrel racing, jr. steer riding, jr. barrel racing and the always impressive bull riding. There will also be clowns, bullfighters and other rodeo regulars. The rodeo stars will meet with local elementary students this Friday from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. to share their sport in a rodeo education event. The Stampede’s first major public event is a kick-off party at the fairgrounds from 7:30 p.m. to 1 a.m. Friday featuring the band Rainwater Whiskey on the Cavanagh Construction concert stage.
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You might want to sit down when the Ontario Health Coalition starts sharing facts and figures about longterm care homes. Don Arkell, left, and Peter Boyle were outside town hall June 3 with a giant rocking chair to tell pedestrians that 20,000 Ontario seniors are on a wait list for a home. The group also wants minimum standards brought back, similar to what the Mike Harris government removed in 1996.
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Many in town are talking excitedly about new shops and restaurants opening, but did the overall retail situation improved these past few years? The answer is yes. Somewhat. According to Lindsay Wilson, marketing and development manager for the Town of Arnprior, the estimated vacant commercial space is at 6.8 per cent, down from 9.4 per cent about two years ago. The standard vacancy rate in a balanced market is between four and eight per cent, she added. There are a few new businesses downtown causing a lot of stir, starting with Krave Bistro. Two new clothing stores are also creating a buzz; Jade & Laney boutique and A Dash of Fab offer smart facades and interiors along with trending items customers would expect to find in Westboro. Others have taken advantage of municipal grants to upgrade storefronts, making for an overall cleaner and more modern down-
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town. However, much of the talk around town of late is about the mall. Various letters to the editor have lamented empty spaces at the Arnprior Shopping Centre. The landlord, who lives in Toronto, has not returned reporter phone calls. And it seems a new low was hit recently when major tenant Hart was evicted for not paying rent – buckets were catching rainwater dripping from a hole in the roof - then hastily brought back in part as a damage control strategy. The Chronicle-Guide has learned the mall will be sold “as is� to an owner who plans to open a Canadian Tire as an anchor. John Manion owns the nearby Canadian Tire. He is referring inquires to the company’s media relations department. It could not be reached before deadline. There is no reason to believe Metro would be evicted if the deal comes through sometime later this year. But a significant reconfiguration of the existing building is expected. See ARNPRIOR, page 7
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