At today’s official opening of BayBud Cannabis in Barry’s Bay, owner Mike Klobouk thanked those assembled and, before calling on MPP John Yakabuski to cut the ribbon, said, “It’s been a long haul, a lot of work, about a year and a half putting this together. We’ve had great help …
In a presentation held both online and in person at an outdoor marquee at St. Francis Memorial Hospital (SFMH) on September 8, 2020 details were unveiled of a major transformation of SFMH’s Emergency Department. The province’s approval and authorization to proceed with the project was announced by MPP John Yakabuski …
OPINION Earlier in my career, I ran a hardware store in Barry’s Bay in the Ottawa Valley — a community of 1,200 people founded as a lumber town more than a century ago. My family has lived there for more than 150 years. Good jobs in forestry have kept …
A media release from MPP John Yakabuski’s constituency office today, August 12, announced that communities in Renfrew-Nipissing-Pembroke will receive funding to address municipal operating pressures related to the COVID-19 pandemic as part of the first round of emergency funding under the Safe Restart Agreement. Ontario secured up to $4 billion …
On July 30, John Yakabuski, MPP for Renfrew-Nipissing-Pembroke, announced that the County of Renfrew will receive up to $14,550 to host career fairs, employee tours, develop a rural transit ride-share program and support developing on-farm value-added products; and the Town of Renfrew will receive up to $2,700 to design, fabricate and …
Unprecedented! This single word is an apt way to describe what we and the world are dealing with during this COVID-19 outbreak. While there are many other adjectives that could also be used, I am absolutely certain that we have never seen anything like this before. History will tell us …
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, …
Dear Editor, John Yakabuski appears to think hope and prayer will get us by in dealing with the Climate Crisis. We need far more than hopes and prayers from his government. We need a plan and we urgently need to act on that plan. While in opposition, Mr. Yakabuski railed …
In my most recent column, I spoke a lot about water levels and the concerns we all have every spring. This year is no different with the one exception being the amount of snow this winter. We continue to monitor water levels and they have begun to rise. So far, …
It’s been some time since I’ve written a column for you, the good people of Renfrew-Nipissing-Pembroke. In fact, this is my first column since the election of June 7. And I apologize for taking so long. Let me start by thanking you for once again supporting my candidacy for re-election …
