On Wednesday June 5, 2019 at approximately 5:00 p.m.,members of the Killaloe Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) responded to a three vehicle collision involving a pickup truck and two passenger cars on Round Lake Road, near Jack’s Lake, in the Township of Killaloe, Hagarty and Richards. Preliminary investigation …
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 …
Township of Madawaska Valley now has two Integrity Commissioners According to the Committee in Council Agenda for the meeting on Tuesday June 4, MV now has two Integrity Commissioners. In addition to Guy Giorno who has been in the role since May 2017, MV has engaged the services of Sudbury …
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 …
Note: The Current’s editor was in London at the time of the lecture, so seized the opportunity to attend. Dr. Richard Shaw, Barry’s Bay resident and Chairman of History at Our Lady Seat of Wisdom College (SWC), gave the inaugural St. Augustine of Canterbury Feast Day lecture in collaboration with …
You still have the opportunity to vote in The Current’s opinion poll which opened on May 11. Poll results to date reflecting readers’ opinions on transparency and accountability are shown below. Please note that only one vote per IP address is allowed, so if you inadvertently try to vote more …
The Fifth Annual Butterfly Release in aid of Madawaska Valley Hospice Palliative Care got off to a flying start on May 23 with help from the students of St. John Bosco School in Barry’s Bay. Cathy Mask’s class (shown above) decorated the Hospice, St. Francis Memorial Hospital (SFMH) and St. …
OPINION I feel that instead of investigating the actual complaint, Giorno decided to focus on a trivial irrelevant query of a not-for-profit volunteer-based community service. — Christine Darbyson After charging taxpayers $4,350 and taking a full year to investigate what was a very brief altercation, Integrity Commissioner Guy Giorno …
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 …
Seat of Wisdom College professor to give the annual St. Augustine of Canterbury Lecture in UK Dr. Richard Shaw, History Professor at Our Lady Seat of Wisdom College and Barry’s Bay resident has been invited to give the inaugural St. Augustine of Canterbury Lecture for the annual English Catholic History …
This is the first summer in Canada for Stanny Chippure (née Constance Sprenger) in 1946 just after World War II. (Above) On this day, she is standing on the original wooden bridge that leads to Mask Island. Notice St. Joseph’s Elementary School in the background beyond the piles of lumber. …
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, …
On May 18 the sound of a train whistle was once again heard in the waiting room of the Barry’s Bay Railway Station. The Station Keepers blew handcrafted wooden whistles to start the ceremony that officially re-opened the Station. Shown above are the Station Keepers surrounding guest of honour Greta …
