The Ontario government has removed a barrier that some auto insurance companies were using to avoid giving rebates to their insureds during the pandemic. Some insurers had already implemented rebate schemes on a voluntary basis, but others were citing existing regulations as preventing them from doing so. The Province has …
Editor’s note: Scroll down for further information on this topic, including news just in from the OPP. With spring weather and a long weekend looming, some people get itchy feet. But the advice is that the best way to have a great weekend is to Stay Home! Stay Safe! Does …
The COVID-19 pandemic has prompted some, but not all, online news sources to offer free or extended subscriptions to readers as a public service. That’s not new for The Current — we have always provided a free, online source of community news since our launch in January 2018 — and …
The recent announcement by major Canadian telecommunication companies that they are waiving internet overage charges because of the pandemic is welcome news. Not only is it welcome to those who are working from home, but also other shut-ins who want an alternative to television as a source for their entertainment. …
Recent passers-by of the former Mayflower building at 48 Bay Street, Barry’s Bay (pictured above) will have noticed evidence of changes taking place. This is because of renovations to turn the building into what will be the Bay’s first pot shop. Valley resident Mike Klobouk formed a company a year …
The Current has learned of the formation of a group of residents opposed to the re-zoning of the Chippawa Shores development because of environmental and safety concerns. This follows the Madawaska Valley Council Meeting of March 3, 2020 when Council approved the draft of the proposed Condominium Conditions to be …
The Chippawa Shores development continues to progress towards approval. On March 3rd Madawaska Valley Council in Committee reviewed draft conditions received from Charles Cheesman, Manager of Planning Services Renfrew County. Cheesman’s covering letter said the draft conditions had been arrived at following the second public meeting on August 29, 2019. …
Opinion In an article in the New Yorker of March 14th 2019 titled “Is America becoming Trump’s banana republic,” George Conway, the outspoken Trump critic married to White House counsellor Kelly Anne Conway, said, “If it were not for the inherent checks and balances of the US constitution, we would …
The federal government announced Monday that it wants to hear from the public before it implements proposals to broaden the availability of Medical Aid In Dying (MAID). However, faced with a deadline because of a Quebec Superior court decision released last September, it has imposed a closing date of January …
In my review of The Current’s 2019 contribution to local news coverage, two events stand out as being especially revealing. I refer to the bland response by members of council to one of their own swearing at and threatening me during a Madawaska Valley council meeting, followed by the manufactured …
OPINION Even as President Trump was being impeached yesterday, his enabler-in-chief, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, was providing yet more evidence that reveals why the Republican Party has sold its soul to the Devil. On Wednesday afternoon while Republicans in the House of Representatives were collectively scraping the bottom of …
On the agenda for Madawaska Valley’s Council in Committee meeting of December 3rd was an application for zoning by-law amendment in respect of 20 St. Francis Memorial Drive from Residential to Community Facility. The residence in question is opposite St. Francis Memorial Hospital (SFMH) and the application by SFMH to …
Because this is Nurse Practitioners Week in Ontario, the Madawaska Valley Family Health Team (MV FHT) used the occasion to introduce two new members of their team, both registered Nurse Practitioners (NP). Shown above with a celebration cake are Liz Polatynski (left) and Cailin Weersink. Photo submitted. They explained their …
If you have purchased or built a new home in Ontario sometime during the last 40 years, you will no doubt have heard of Tarion. It is a private, non-profit organization which the Ontario government has empowered to administer and enforce the Ontario New Home Warranties Plan Act and Regulations. …
Opinion In late August, Ontario’s Ministry of the Solicitor General announced that an inquest will be held into the deaths of Anastasia Kuzyk , Nathalie Warmerdam and Carol Culleton. (Shown above) The three local women were murdered by Basil Borutski in what has been described as one of the worst cases …
