Our Lady Seat of Wisdom College (SWC) has today closed its Barry’s Bay campus temporarily. The move to online learning for all students was made due to a further positive antigen test for COVID-19. The Current contacted Acting President Dr. Christine Schintgen this morning after being told about the closure …
Although preliminary results from Elections Canada await the counting of mail-in ballots which began today, Sept.21, major media and polling sources agree that MP Cheryl Gallant has retained her seat in the riding of Renfrew-Nipissing-Pembroke. This is Gallant’s eighth consecutive win at the polls, in a riding that before her …
Valley Manor residents and staff are one step closer to completion of the ambitious redevelopment project which will see the Manor move from its present location on Mintha Street to St. Francis Memorial Drive in Barry’s Bay beside the St. Francis Health centre and St. Francis Memorial Hospital. Once there …
Calling all cookie lovers and Timmies addicts – this is your week to smile! On Monday morning, representatives of local healthcare partners met at Barry’s Bay Tim Hortons with franchisee Jason Armstrong to launch their seventh Smile Cookie Week. Erin Gienow, Executive Director of St. Francis Valley Healthcare Foundation, announced …
Polling station As usual, the Opeongo Seniors Centre at 19 Stafford Street, Barry’s Bay will provide a polling station for the election: Advanced voting takes place from Friday, Sept.10 to Monday, Sept.13 Election Day voting will be held on Monday, Sept.20 What’s new at the Centre? During the Covid period, …
During last summer’s lockdown here, Carley Fortune, the Executive Editor at Refinery29, decided her pandemic project would be to finally write a fictional story. The result: her debut novel ‘Every Summer After’ was scooped up by Penguin Random House and is now available to pre-order on Amazon.com (The Canadian cover …
The Madawaska Valley Gardening Club held its 2021 annual Flower and Vegetable Show on the lawn behind the Opeongo Seniors Centre. Photo above. Club members were delighted with the setting despite the hot and humid conditions on Aug.21. Exhibits included designs, specimens of flowers, vegetables, plants and photos. Enjoy this …
Barry’s Bay Family Dental Practice celebrated its third anniversary under the ownership of Dr. Zulfar Moledina on August 10 and that was the day The Current visited the practice to learn about the changes he has implemented since 2018. His enthusiasm for bringing state-of-the-art dentistry to rural Ottawa Valley remains …
The entrepreneurial spirit runs deep in the Valley and where there’s a niche, you’ll find some bright spark with the will and creativity to fill it. Local residents can thank a whole family with that spirit for the recent opening of Bay Fitness at 19574 Opeongo Line (Hwy 60) in …
After nearly six months at the Royal Canadian Legion Branch 406 in Barry’s Bay, the Barry’s Bay COVID-19 Vaccination Clinic will relocate to St. Francis Memorial Hospital (SFMH) as of Thursday, August 19. Since the Clinics opened in March, a staggering 11,455 doses of COVID-19 vaccine have been administered by …
In a video released Aug.6 Dr. Rob Cushman, Acting Medical Officer of Health for Renfrew County and District urged residents to get vaccinated – especially those in the western end of the county. Citing Barry’s Bay as a case study, Cushman said the Delta Variant of COVID-19 has had “a …
Florist Pam McNichol said the time was right to make Church Street Flowers more visible along the Opeongo Line in Barry’s Bay so she worked with realtor (and her new landlord) Kristen Graves-Kuiack on their new location between V&S Stedmans and Cat Nap & Lazy Dog. Pam said with pride …
Polish language short film ready for festival run Filmmaker Adam Benish is no stranger to the Valley. Benish found himself in Madawaska Valley a couple of years ago working on the filming of The Manhattan Project and thinking of his own family, he determined to make a Polish language film …
July 22 was a challenging day for businesses in Barry’s Bay as three statements were issued regarding temporary closure/staff shortages in an effort to stop the spread of COVID-19. Renfrew County and District Health Unit (RCDHU) followed by distributing a media release on July 23 warning residents of three new …
Since 2002 residents in the Madawaska Valley and area have benefited from an assisted living facility in the heart of Barry’s Bay beside the Railway Station. Re-christened as Champlain Gardens last year after a change of ownership the residence, formerly known as Water Tower Lodge, deferred its Grand Opening until …
