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 …
Although the traditional Friends of St. Francis Charity Golf Tournament has been cancelled due to Covid-19, something new and exciting is coming to the community. The new Friends of St. Francis Virtual Charity Event will be taking place live from the Homestead at Wolf Ridge, on Friday, September 4 starting at …
Mosquitoes carrying West Nile Virus (WNv) have been found in the Town of Renfrew around the intersection of Bonnechere Street South and Opeongo Road. This is only the third time that mosquitoes have tested positive for WNv in Renfrew County and District since the health unit began monitoring mosquitoes for …
A single vehicle collision in Madawaska Valley Township has resulted in charges against the driver. Shortly before 6:30 p.m. on August 22, 2020, officers with the Killaloe Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) responded to a report of a vehicle which had rolled over in the ditch along Cybulski …
To The Current: I have been walking early every morning for years. My route is always the same and takes me down Cemetery Lane between St. Hedwigs church and the cemetery. Since mid-March I have picked up numerous bags of garbage. Every morning I find at least one or two …
The Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) continues to receive complaints from motorists who have stopped to assist individuals posing as stranded motorists, offering to exchange gold jewelry for cash. How does the scam operate? Scammers will often park along the side of 400 series highways, ramps or in parking lots. Scammers …
OPINION Earlier in my career, I ran a hardware store in Barry’s Bay in the Ottawa Valley — a community of 1,200 people founded as a lumber town more than a century ago. My family has lived there for more than 150 years. Good jobs in forestry have kept …
The Madawaska Valley Food Bank is extremely grateful to hear that Food Banks Canada was selected to disseminate quality surplus food throughout their established, national distribution system, in partnership with the food banking network across Canada. Thanks to their existing cold chain capacity, retail food reclamation programs and National Food …
The Upper Ottawa Valley Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) is currently investigating a fail to remain motor vehicle collision that occurred on Forced Road just north of Boundary Road in the City of Pembroke. The collision took place at approximately 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday July 28, 2020. A …
