A Volunteer Appreciation Luncheon attended by 140 volunteers was held at the Barry’s Bay Legion on May 29. Barry’s Bay & Area Home Support, Valley Manor, St Francis Valley Healthcare Foundation, St Francis Memorial Hospital Auxiliary/Hospital and MV Hospice Palliative Care planned the event, at which the Legion served a …
Update June 3: OPP Killaloe Detachment confirm that this person remains missing. They have asked us to share the following photographs submitted by family members on social media in the hope this may assist with the investigation. On Thursday May 30, 2019 members of the Killaloe Detachment of the …
Twenty-five Grade 11/12 students from Madawaska Valley District High School (MVDHS) got interactive hands-on experience on May 28 of what First Responders deal with during typical emergency calls. The day-long program focused on accident scene recreation, extrication, and suppression training. MV Chief Fire Official Corwin Quade, six other members of …
Dear Editor, What a delight and relief to see someone show up with a few baby cannabis seedlings to give away at the Killaloe Library Plant and Book sale on May 25. This will be the first Spring that “common” “ordinary” Canadians will be able to plant and grow cannabis …
On Sunday May 26, 2019 at approximately 1: 00 p.m., members of the Killaloe Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) responded to a single vehicle collision involving an all-terrain vehicle (ATV) on Ruby Mine Road, near Highway 28, in the Township of Brudenell, Lyndoch and Raglan. The driver and …
Like many of you, I laid awake at night, hoping and praying that it wouldn’t happen, but it did. Yes, I’m talking about the flooding of 2019. The level of devastation to people’s property has been nothing short of heart-breaking. I saw the effects of it first-hand at many locations, …
Last June under the heading Countdown to new era at SFMH begins, The Current published news of the countdown to implementation of the EPIC health information system at St. Francis Memorial Hospital (SFMH). Click HERE to read. In a press release dated May 17 SFMH announced that EPIC will go …
During the week of May 13 – May 20, 2019 there were 133 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 was one domestic dispute which did not result in …
2019 season features Up at Fred’s – Allons-y!, a Cuban concert and the new Stone Fence Theatre Showband Up at Fred’s – Allons-y! For fifty years or so, “Fred’s” – the Hotel Chapeau in Chapeau, Quebec – was the destination of choice for diners, drinkers, and dancers, lumbermen, hunters and soldiers, tourists and locals, celebrities …
With motorcyclists, off-roaders and boaters expected in large numbers this long weekend, the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) is raising awareness of behaviours and contributing factors that are common in deaths across all three of these seasonal recreational driver/user classes. (All data applies to 2018 in OPP-jurisdictions): Driving too fast for …
On May 14th, 1894, Nellie Irving, a 20-year-old schoolteacher from Alice Township (shown at centre in above photo of Renfrew Model School Convocation c.1894), opened the first school established in the village of Barry’s Bay. It happened 125 years ago this week and was a big moment in a very …
During the week of April 29 – May 5, 2019 there were 88 calls for service for the Killaloe Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP), including the Whitney Detachment. There were ten motor vehicle collisions, six were animal related. There were four domestic disputes and one domestic dispute which …
Editor’s Note: This story has been updated with further information and photos. The above photo shows all that remains of a house on Mountain View Road in the Township of Killaloe Hagarty and Richards (KHR). Killaloe Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) report that at approximately 3:40 p.m. on Sunday …
Renfrew County and District is experiencing a sudden increase in the number of overdose reports in the last week, mostly in the Arnprior area. Cocaine laced with fentanyl and the drug “Purple” are reported to be involved in the most recent overdoses. Renfrew County District Health Unit (RCDHU) warns people …
