The one positive Covid-19 case that was identified through weekly surveillance testing on Friday, February 12th presents a low risk to the residents, staff and the community. No transmissions have occurred from this isolated result. The staff member is feeling well and continues to be in isolation as per the …
Editor’s note: A joint media release just in from St. Francis Memorial Hospital and Renfrew Victoria Hospital gives Valley residents some welcome news. Renfrew Victoria Hospital and St. Francis Memorial Hospital, as part of the Atlas Alliance of health organizations, have been recognized for effectively and efficiently using technology in …
FREE Family Fishing Weekend This is one of four weekends during 2021 when you can fish without a licence in the province of Ontario. What better way to enjoy the February sunshine than to get outdoors to celebrate Free Family Fishing Weekend! Click HERE for details. Register this week for …
Barry’s Bay resident musician and ‘History Buff’ Ken Ramsden enjoyed seeing the Harry Oakman bird’s eye view of Barry’s Bay last month in The Current. He sent this sister photo – the aerial photo postcard of Wilno, also dating from about 1964. Ramsden said, “Being that I grew up in …
In the past few weeks The Current has received several complaints from Paugh Lake Road residents and users criticizing the quality of the resurfacing work. (Photo Facebook/Madawaska Valley) These included an email from an individual who said he had experience in such work stating the following: “I have been involved …
The following media release was received today from Valley Manor Long Term Care in Barry’s Bay. Today, Feb.12, Valley Manor Long Term Care was declared in COVID-19 outbreak. Through the weekly surveillance testing, one staff member received a positive test result. This individual will be retested and is currently self-isolating …
Madawaska Valley’s February Council in Committee meeting ran across two days, including a presentation about Development Charges (as reported on Feb.7). No declarations of pecuniary interest or conflict were recorded. Coming out of a lengthy closed session, Mayor Kim Love reported that among other things Council had given direction to …
On February 11, 2021 Stephen Lecce, Ontario’s Minister of Education, told Ontarians that this year’s March break would be postponed until April 12-16, 2021. He issued the following statement: “In support of our collective efforts to keep schools safe, we are postponing March break until April 12-16, 2021. This decision …
On February 11, 2021 Stephen Lecce, Ontario’s Minister of Education, told Ontarians that this year’s March break would be postponed until April 12-16, 2021. He issued the following statement: “In support of our collective efforts to keep schools safe, we are postponing March break until April 12-16, 2021. This decision …
OPINION Hi. I met someone recently. Me. Listen, don’t worry, I’m not going to endlessly drone on about what sort of impact this pandemic is having on all of us. I’ve done that before, as have many others, and frankly the idea of dwelling on the virus and its impact …
Editor’s note: The Current publishes the following letter from Dr. Christine Schintgen, interim president of Our Lady Seat of Wisdom College. In it, she refers to “calls … to expel students for having participated in the demonstration.” We point out that no such call has come from either The Current …
Editor’s note: The Current publishes the following letter from Dr. Christine Schintgen, interim president of Our Lady Seat of Wisdom College. In it, she refers to “calls … to expel students for having participated in the demonstration.” We point out that no such call has come from either The Current …
OPINION Sunday afternoon’s walk took an unexpected turn, when I spotted a group of demonstrators at the intersection of Opeongo and Bay Streets in downtown Barry’s Bay. As I got closer, I was able to read their homemade signs which had slogans like “End Tyranny,” “End the Ontario Lockdown” and …
As Valentines Day approaches, it’s time for the story of Lovers’ Rock in the Madawaska Valley. “It all started when I took my camera and Honda ATV side by side up Tom’s Lookout,” said Combermere resident, Chad Beckwith-Smith. “On the top of the lookout is a Rock that I have …
News of an anti-mask, anti-lockdown protest in Barry’s Bay erupted on local social media accounts on Sunday February 7 at a time when residents were still under a provincewide stay-at-home order. One of the original Facebook posts (now deleted) reported that the maskless demonstrators were inviting passersby to hug them. …
