Health Unit confirms COVID-19 case at Seat of Wisdom College

Renfrew County and District Health Unit released the following information Sept.10: Today, Renfrew County and District Health Unit (RCDHU) in collaboration with Our Lady Seat of Wisdom College (SWC), is confirming that an individual at Our Lady Seat of Wisdom College (SWC) in Barry’s Bay, has tested positive for novel …

Friends of St. Francis golf tournament and online auction a success

Last Friday, 34 teams teed up in the annual Friends of St. Francis Charity Golf Tournament held at the Homestead at Wolf Ridge Golf Course. Running in conjunction with the tournament was the popular online auction that wrapped up on Friday as well. Volunteers and staff of the St. Francis Valley Healthcare Foundation (SFVHF) organized both events and were …

Assisted by a complicit CAO, MV Council flouts its obligations of transparency, accountability and integrity

EDITORIAL Any investigative journalist searching for truth becomes used to stonewalling tactics aimed at hiding the facts. Individuals or companies who have potential negative reputational or financial consequences by sharing information will often decide that discretion is the better part of valour. Such self-interest is perhaps understandable so far as …

PPC candidate David Ainsworth

Standing up for Canada David Ainsworth is the Official Candidate for the People’s Party of Canada in the next federal election. . Born in Pembroke, raised at CFB Petawawa, he and his family are long standing residents of Eganville and now Renfrew.  David has spent his career in business development with …

Cyndi Mills Liberal candidate Renfrew-Nipissing-Pembroke

A champion for a better future in Renfrew–Nipissing–Pembroke Cyndi Mills is a passionate community leader. As an active volunteer and business owner in the Ottawa Valley, Cyndi is currently the Vice President of the Upper Ottawa Valley Chambers of Commerce, Communications Director for the Petawawa Minor Soccer Club, Volunteer Coordinator …

Renfrew-Nipissing-Pembroke confirmed candidates for 2021 Federal election

Elections Canada has now published its list of the confirmed candidates for Renfrew-Nipissing-Pembroke. The candidates are: David Ainsworth (People’s Party of Canada) Cheryl Gallant (Conservative Party of Canada) Stefan Klietsch (Independent) Michael Lariviere (Green Party of Canada) Cyndi Mills (Liberal Party of Canada) Jodie Primeau (New Democratic Party) Election day …

It is complicated

Truth be told, I had hoped that the COVID-19 pandemic would be behind us by now. Instead we have seen how viruses mutate to survive and thrive. This should not have come as a surprise as resilience is common to all life. Now that COVID-19 is with us into a …

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