As this is Emergency Preparedness Week in Canada, it seems appropriate that today Madawaska Valley posted on the township’s Facebook page the following tribute to David Afelskie (above) as he retires from the MV Fire Department: The Township of Madawaska Valley and the Volunteer Fire Department would like to recognize …
While we are being encouraged to stay home during this pandemic to keep ourselves and others safe, it’s a different story for people living with abuse or domestic violence. Their home is not safe. When Madawaska Valley resident Terry Newcombe heard a radio interview with the Family & Children’s Services …
This afternoon the province announced that it has significantly increased testing and contact tracing capacity, allowing health experts to identify cases of COVID-19 and support efforts to stop the spread of the virus in the community, long-term care homes, and other congregate settings. In partnership with Ontario Health, Public Health …
This afternoon the province announced that it has significantly increased testing and contact tracing capacity, allowing health experts to identify cases of COVID-19 and support efforts to stop the spread of the virus in the community, long-term care homes, and other congregate settings. In partnership with Ontario Health, Public Health …
Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) will be highly visible in the Pembroke area as the search for a missing teenager enters a new phase. The Upper Ottawa Valley OPP Detachment and Renfrew County OPP, under the direction of the OPP Criminal Investigation Branch, has been searching for Tyson YAKABUSKIE, age 18, …
Annually, Mental Health Week is acknowledged during the first week of May with an emphasis on children’s mental health. The Phoenix Centre for Children and Families, and Children’s Mental Health Ontario which represents nearly 100 children and youth mental health centres across the province, remind families that they remain open …
Recent announcements of significance from County of Renfrew. Warden Robinson applauds MPP Yakabuski’s intervention on behalf of paramedics Renfrew County Warden Debbie Robinson in her address on April 29 said, “MPP Yakabuski has been influential in ensuring our voice is heard and has personally taken our issues to Ministers Elliott …
Recent announcements of significance from County of Renfrew. Warden Robinson applauds MPP Yakabuski’s intervention on behalf of paramedics Renfrew County Warden Debbie Robinson in her address on April 29 said, “MPP Yakabuski has been influential in ensuring our voice is heard and has personally taken our issues to Ministers Elliott …
Some significant announcements came from the province last week. Certain businesses may re-open on Monday On May 1st, the Ontario government announced it is allowing certain businesses and workplaces to reopen as long as they comply with strict public health measures and operate safely during the COVID-19 outbreak. Those permitted …
Some significant announcements came from the province last week. Certain businesses may re-open on Monday On May 1st, the Ontario government announced it is allowing certain businesses and workplaces to reopen as long as they comply with strict public health measures and operate safely during the COVID-19 outbreak. Those permitted …
Just in from the Madawaska Valley Gardening Club: A local gardener donated onion sets (starters) to the Madawaska Valley Food Bank this week, and she had extras. So in support of the MV Gardening Club’s program to encourage new vegetable gardeners, she’s donating them to anyone in the area who …
May 1st is Doctors’ Day and the Ontario Medical Association asks you to stand at your door or window at 9 p.m. tonight and Shine A Light to show support for our doctors. The Current uses this annual event to shine a light on the very early Valley doctors with …
Primum non nocere is Latin for “first, do no harm” Another equivalent phrase is found in Epidemics, Book I, of the Hippocratic school: “Practice two things in your dealings with disease: either help or do not harm the patient.” The exact phrase is believed to have originated with the 19th-century …
Yesterday staff and residents of Valley Manor Long Term Care (LTC) in Barry’s Bay were tested for COVID-19 by Renfrew County Paramedics. CEO Trisha Sammon explained that the session was part of the provincial directive that all LTC residents and staff should be swabbed for COVID-19. She said it was …
At the end of April as the first yellow narcissus buds appear, physical distancing and the slower pace of the new normal has begun to settle in. As I sat drinking peach-ginger tea at the edge of the field an arrow shaped cloud floated by. I noticed the red branch …
