OPP continue to search for missing 18-year-old from Pembroke

Criminal Investigation Branch now overseeing investigation   The Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Criminal Investigation Branch, under the direction of Detective Inspector Brad Collins, is now overseeing the investigation into the disappearance of an 18 year old male from Pembroke. Tyson YAKABUSKIE was last seen on foot on MacKay Street in …

Gallant says big banks abandon rural Canada

Editor’s Note: Valley residents already experienced this issue closer to home when ScotiaBank closed its Maynooth branch in January 2017, incorporating the business into its Bancroft branch. Branch customers in Hastings Highlands received six months’ notice of that closure.  In a recent media release, Cheryl Gallant, MP for Renfrew-Nipissing-Pembroke, the …

Two charged in ATV theft

During the week of January 20 – January 26, 2020, there were 90 calls for service for the Killaloe Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP), including the Whitney Detachment. There were twenty-four motor vehicle collisions, of which fifteen were animal related. There were eight domestic disputes, one of which …

RCDHU warns of infection from home-based tattoo operator in Renfrew

From a media release from Renfrew County and District Health Unit: Renfrew County and District Health Unit (RCDHU) advises anyone who received a tattoo from a home-based tattoo operation located on Raglan Street South in Renfrew, Ontario to get tested for bloodborne infections such as hepatitis B (HBV), hepatitis C …

Yakabuski releases statement about Support for Parents initiative

While The Current spoke to Madawaska Valley schools personnel protesting in Barry’s Bay today, John Yakabuski, MPP Renfrew-Nipissing-Pembroke released the following statement: “While parents in Renfrew-Nipissing-Pembroke are frustrated by teacher union escalation every few years, it is unacceptable that union leaders would ramp up strike action and make families across …

Province offers parents financial assistance during education strike

Today, the Honourable Stephen Lecce, Minister of Education, announced the government’s plan to offer parents up to $60 per day if strike actions close schools or school-based child care centres. “Our aim has always been to reach a negotiated settlement that keeps kids in class, which we have done successfully …

Government apologizes for today’s mistaken nuclear power station alert

Ontarians were alarmed earlier this morning by an Emergency Alert regarding “an incident” at the Pickering Nuclear Generating Station. Although the alert specifically said that residents within 10 km of the power station need not take any action, social media was inundated with expressions of concern by residents from all parts …

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