My daughter and I watch basketball together. At night, after bedtime stories, when my son is in bed about to fall asleep, Elizabeth and I tip-toe upstairs and watch the Toronto Raptors. It’s not really a secret, but it still feels like one. I get her some popcorn and myself …
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 …
The Station Keepers MV launched their Month of Sundays (31 events during 2020) on January 19 with The Local, a series that will focus on local historic buildings and the families associated with them. “The first show deals with the glory days of the old Balmoral Hotel, something I know …
Improve your well-being with the latest health and fitness news. Reduce your risk of dementia In a large-scale study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA), dementia-free participants over 60 years old were examined for genetic variants that are associated with dementia, along with a “healthy …
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 …
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 …
Perhaps you have noticed that views from my porch are not appearing as regularly in the online and print versions of The Madawaska Valley Current these days. The publishers tell me that a number of readers have been inquiring, and I am well aware of folks’ proclivity to, in the …
The Canadian Press has reported this morning at 7:00 a.m. that the Canadian Food Inspection Agency says the Agropur Co-operative is recalling some of its milk products in Ontario and Quebec due to the presence of sanitizer. The recall involves Sealtest brand products, including skim milk, one per cent, two …
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 …
From a media release from Renfrew County and District Health Unit: Renfrew County and District Health Unit (RCDHU) is pleased to announce a new seniors’ dental treatment clinic coming to Barry’s Bay in the spring of 2020. Through funding by the Ontario Ministry of Health and working in partnership with …
The Current shares this recent media release from Valley business Placemaking Design: Using the Main Street Revitalization funding received from the Association of Municipalities Ontario, the Township of South Algonquin is developing an updated branding style, a visitors’ map as well as a plan for more consistent township signage. This …
As officials from the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP), the Ministry of Transportation (MTO) and the Ontario Federation of Snowmobile Clubs (OFSC) assemble for the launch of Snowmobile Safety Week (Jan 18-26, 2020), OPP Killaloe Detachment shares the following safe riding snowmobile TIPS, to ensure riders return home safely after each …
During the week of January 13 – January 19, 2020, there were 109 calls for service for the Killaloe Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP), including the Whitney Detachment. There were nineteen motor vehicle collisions, of which eight were animal related. There were three domestic disputes, none of which …
Members of the Elementary Teachers’ Federation of Ontario (ETFO) from the Madawaska Valley family of schools demonstrated their support at an action today in Barry’s Bay. Staff representing Whitney Public School, Sherwood Public School, Killaloe Public School and Palmer Rapids Public School gathered at Zurakowski Park to show solidarity together. …
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 …
