Editorial As previously reported, The Current requested the Financial Services Regulatory Authority of Ontario (FSRAO) to investigate the conduct of Madawaska Valley Township’s insurer, Intact Public Entities (Intact). The reason was its massive and grossly disproportionate expenditure over almost four years of legal costs to defend The Current’s claim against …
Opinion Editor’s Note: This opinion by BLR resident Michael McCloskey is part of our ongoing investigation into the questionable practices arising from the collaboration of Expertise for Municipalities (E4m Solutions), Wishart Law, and Investigative Solutions Network (ISN). It is a follow-up to our article “BLR Councillor objects to high costs …
On June 9 we reported that Madawaska Valley Township failed in its attempt to have the Ontario Court of Appeal reverse a lower Court Decision not to make a gag order against The Current. The Court of Appeal has now rubbed salt into the Township’s wounds by awarding The Current …
Madawaska Valley Council and the Township have suffered another setback in their attempt to stop a lawsuit against them alleging abuse of power and defamation brought by The Current and its owners. They had appealed the Decision of Justice Doyle dated August 6 2021 which dismissed MV’s attempt to “strike …
Enjoy the trails? Get involved! Renfrew County ATV Club President Teresa Hebb asks, “Are you cooped up? Do you feel ready to invest your time and get to know the trails?” She suggests you join the RCATV Club leadership, event or trails teams and help the volunteers keep local trails …
EDITORIAL On May 19th last year a Court hearing took place that had important implications for the residents of Madawaska Valley. Superior Court Justice Adriana Doyle had to decide whether it was in the public interest to strike out (i.e. apply a “gag order” to) the legal action commenced by …
The longstanding concerns of some ratepayers as well as some members of Council regarding the billing practices of the Brudenell Lyndoch and Raglan (BLR) Integrity Commissioner, as well as their lawyers, were confirmed in a decision released by Justice Robyn Ryan Bell of the Divisional Court on January 4, 2022. …
EDITORIAL Any investigative journalist searching for truth becomes used to stonewalling tactics aimed at hiding the facts. Individuals or companies who have potential negative reputational or financial consequences by sharing information will often decide that discretion is the better part of valour. Such self-interest is perhaps understandable so far as …
A Superior Court judge has thrown out an application by Madawaska Valley Council and the Township (the “Defendants”) to impose a gag order on The Current and its owners (the “Plaintiffs”). The Court had been asked by the Defendants to halt the Plaintiffs’ lawsuit which alleges abuse of power and …
The June 2 Council meeting of Brudenell Lyndoch and Raglan Township (BLR) rewarded residential ratepayers with a Zero Percent Municipal Tax Increase in the 2021 budget. The budget included an amount of $150,000 for legal costs (up from $30,000 last year). At the May 19 budget meeting, Acting Clerk-Treasurer Valerie …
Editor’s note: James Di Fiore’s article referred to by Mr. Winfield is part of a continuing investigation that Di Fiore and Brudenell Lyndoch Raglan resident Mike McCloskey are conducting. Their investigation results from feedback received from Current readers in other municipalities expressing similar concerns as outlined by Winfield. The Current …
Editor’s note: James Di Fiore’s article referred to by Mr. Winfield is part of a continuing investigation that Di Fiore and Brudenell Lyndoch Raglan resident Mike McCloskey are conducting. Their investigation results from feedback received from Current readers in other municipalities expressing similar concerns as outlined by Winfield. The Current …
On September 24 The Current published an article entitled “Come clean Mayor Love – what’s behind the attacks on The Current?” Click HERE to read.Rather than come clean, the mayor and her colleagues on council have instead resorted to playing dirty. As reported previously, when a letter of complaint and …
