The Current has today received the following media release: After more than 30 years at the helm, Randy Penney has informed the RVH and SFMH Boards that he will retire as president and CEO of Renfrew Victoria Hospital and CEO of St. Francis Memorial Hospital effective June 2020. Recognized for …
A media release just received from the Ministry of the Solicitor General for Ontario advised that Dr. David Cameron, Regional Supervising Coroner for Inquests, announced today that an inquest will be held into the deaths of Carol Culleton, Anastasia Kuzyk and Nathalie Warmerdam. Ms. Culleton, 66; Ms. Kuzyk, 36; and …
During the week of August 19 – August 25, 2019 there were 117 calls for service for the Killaloe Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP), including the Whitney Detachment. There were nine motor vehicle collisions, two were animal related. There were six domestic disputes which did not result in …
It was a full house at The Homestead on Wolf Ridge when 42 golfers supported the Lady Griffins’ first fundraising event. The Griffins aim to offset the cost of the team going to the Kashubian homeland in Europe in 2020. Because the initiative is driven by culture and education, it …
It seems that leadership in the battle against climate change and environmental degradation will have to come from the grassroots level. For some of our elected officials, leadership in this battle plays second fiddle to political expediency. On August 22, Watersheds Canada will be in the Barry’s Bay area in …
As The Current reported recently, on August 15, 2019, officers from the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Community Street Crime Unit (CSCU) for Bancroft, Centre Hastings and Quinte West and the OPP Emergency Response Team (ERT) and Tactics & Rescue Unit (TRU) executed a search warrant at a home on Woodview …
On July 3, 2019 The Current reported on a major drug bust in Bancroft. According to a media release dated August 17 from OPP East Region Headquarters, execution of a search warrant has resulted in another Bancroft drug bust, this time including firearms. On August 15, 2019 members of the Community …
Madawaska Valley Township advises that staff is in the process of changing the Complete Fire Ban signs to a Level 1 Fire Ban, allowing campfires. Fire permits are not being issued at this time. Please follow safe practices when having a camp fire, burn during the coolest dampest and calmest …
The Editor: Ottawa Valley landowners recently expressed concern over the Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry (MNRF) policy encouraging better cutting practices on private land throughout the townships. Unfortunately, “conservation” has become a dirty word in much of rural Canada. To many woodlot owners it implies “constraints on personal …
During the week of August 6 to August 11, 2019 there were 117 calls for service for the Killaloe Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP), including the Whitney Detachment. There were five motor vehicle collisions, two were animal related. There were three domestic disputes and one domestic dispute resulting …
A press release from Madawaska Valley Fire Department explains everything you need to know about fire bans and wild fire safety. Wild Fire Season Wild fire season in Ontario runs from April 1 to October 31. During the season, you are not allowed to have an open air fire from …
The Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) is concerned by the number of drivers who ignore Ontario’s Move Over Law and place police, other emergency personnel and tow truck drivers at risk on the roadside. The OPP laid 1,891 charges last year against drivers who failed to slow down and move over, …
“It’s strange to think of this peaceful old Station here in town,” said Joanne Olsen, who heads The Station Keepers MV, a non-profit corporation attempting to revitalize the old Barry’s Bay Railway Station, “and then think of that horrible night after three men had just been killed in an explosion, …
Madawaska Valley Fire Chief Corwin Quade wants to thank quick-thinking members of the public who helped prevent the spread of a ditch fire on July 26. Six trucks and sixteen fire fighters attended the wild fire at the intersection of Byers Road and Combermere Road, after the alarm was raised …
A Valley ratepayer has asked Madawaska Valley Township to consider different methods of waste and recycling collection. The proposal by Wendy Wolak, a Director of the Carson, Trout, Lepine and Greenan Lakes Association (CTLG Lakes), was recently referred to the Public Liaison Committee. They asked that Wolak arrange for CTLG …
