A media advisory from County of Renfrew Paramedic Service received on September 21 states that additional “pop-up” testing for COVID-19 has been added to the previously-published swab schedule for this week. The extra “pop-up” locations are as follows: Testing at the previously scheduled locations below are still available during the …
Just days after The Current reported on a similar raid near Palmer Rapids on September 11, members of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) East Region Community Street Crime Unit (CSCU) conducted an operation at cannabis grow-ops near McArthur’s Mills east of Bancroft. In answer to a question from The Current, …
The Ontario government, in consultation with the Chief Medical Officer of Health and the Public Health Measures Table, is reducing limits on the number of people permitted to attend unmonitored and private social gatherings across the entire province. Earlier this week, the government imposed these restrictions in Toronto, Peel Region …
The Ontario government, in consultation with the Chief Medical Officer of Health and the Public Health Measures Table, is reducing limits on the number of people permitted to attend unmonitored and private social gatherings across the entire province. Earlier this week, the government imposed these restrictions in Toronto, Peel Region …
A media release received late Wednesday afternoon from Renfrew County and District Health Unit (RCDHU) announced the closure of Fellowes High School in Pembroke, as follows: A third staff member, a contact of both individuals who have tested positive for COVID-19, has tested positive based on a result received today. …
Further to The Current’s exclusive report on the raid of a cannabis grow-op near Palmer Rapids last Friday as it was taking place, the OPP have now released the following details of the operation: Members of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) East Region Community Street Crime Unit (CSCU) have seized …
This afternoon, Dr. Robert Cushman, Acting Medical Officer for Renfrew County & District, released the following personal note about COVID-19: We have had more cases in the last month than in the previous three months. Worse, this weekend we could possibly be witnessing our first serious community outbreak in Renfrew …
The Renfrew Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) investigated 343 calls for service during the week August 31 to September 6, 2020. Assault On September 6, 2020 officers with the Renfrew OPP Detachment were dispatched to a dispute on Bonnechere Street North in the Town of Renfrew. As a …
In a media release received on September 9 Dr. Robert Cushman, Acting Medical Officer of Health, Renfrew County & District Health Unit, says: Masking will become more and more important as we move towards the “new normal” and as winter approaches. Secondly, we must rely on individual decisions to mask …
The 2020 Terry Fox Virtual Run “One Day Your Way” in Barry’s Bay is days away, and residents are gearing up to raise money for cancer research by finding a fun and safe version of “Your Way” to participate and help keep Terry Fox’s dream alive in this 40th anniversary …
The Upper Ottawa Valley (UOV) Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) is investigating a two vehicle collision which left one person deceased and another person with serious injuries. On September 1, 2020, just before 5:00 p.m., OPP officers, Renfrew County paramedics, and firefighters from the North Algona-Wilberforce and Bonnechere …
The Renfrew-Nipissing-Pembroke NDP has added its voices to the many expressing outrage over the recent racist attack on an elderly Pembroke woman at her home. Click HERE to read The Current’s report of the assault. Police are still hunting for the teens responsible for verbal and physical assault on a …
Friends of the late Carl Wagner donated an amazing $1,300.00 to the Madawaska Valley Hospice Palliative Care Program. The group participated in the first ever Ride for Carl (Six Pack) Wagner on August 15. Motorcyclists toured through and around Letterkenny Road before making their way to a Celebration of Life …
A notice received this afternoon from Madawaska Valley Fire Chief Corwin Quade advises that the Level One Fire Ban will be lifted in the municipality as of midnight (that is, Tuesday September 1 at 12:01 a.m.) Township signs will be changed to indicate the Yellow Level (Night Time Burning Only …
The global pandemic has forced most events to go virtual. Thankfully, the popular online auction for local healthcare didn’t require any change – and it’s back and bigger than ever. Running in conjunction with the Friends of St. Francis Virtual Charity Event, the online auction features items from around 50 local …
