Ice resurfacer blamed after 42 kids suffer carbon monoxide exposure

Last Sunday, The Current reported on the closing of the Paul J. Yakabuski Community Centre following detection of a Carbon Monoxide (CO) leak. At yesterday morning’s Madawaska Valley Council in Committee meeting, CAO Suzanne Klatt presented a report about the incident. This stated that in the late afternoon of February …

BLR Fire Department and Council clear the air and agree on a plan

On January 28, Brudenell Lyndoch and Raglan (BLR) Council held a special meeting to allow members of its Fire Department to air their concerns over worsening morale. They were aggrieved over the fact that Fire Chief Genrick had not received a public vote of confidence from Council following his suspension …

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 …

BLR Council unhappy with Integrity Commissioner’s explanation for her fees

At the January 22 meeting of Brudenell Lyndoch & Raglan (BLR) Council, members discussed the response received from Integrity Commissioner Peggy Young-Lovelace of Expertise for Municipalities (E4M) for an explanation of the size of her account following an investigation she carried out last year. As reported by The Current at …

Feb.2

Catch The Ace update Week #17 winner was Janice Ventura of Ottawa who picked up her ticket on a visit to her mother at Valley Manor. Ventura won $1,813. Her ticket revealed the Queen of Diamonds, so the Ace of Spades remains elusive and the progressive jackpot continues to build. …

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 …

Jan.27

LEGO lovers live it up at the library Keen lovers of LEGO enjoyed themselves on January 18 at the first meeting of the Madawaska Valley Public Library’s new LEGO Club. The free club is for children 5 years and older. Anyone who enjoys LEGO building or wants to start using …

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 …

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