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For four weeks, IceDogs U11, U12, U15 teams, as well as some players from the Eastern Ontario Conbras, joined in online workouts. While the workouts were originally designed to keep the kids active and fit while away from the ice, the plan transformed into a fundraiser for the Good Deeds Cup. People could set fixed amounts or make pledges for each workout.

While the teams missed out on a finals spot in the cup, they managed to raise $1550 for the Valoris Foundation. Head coach Chet Holterman said the funds were far higher than he had expected.

 “When we hit $500 we thought, ‘wow, this is great, we’re doing really well’,” he said. “We had five people pledging 50 cents a workout, so every workout raised $2.50 right there, then some of the kids were giving flat donations or having someone sponsor them.”

Holterman said the workouts, in addition to keeping the kids active, had helped them understand the importance of community and giving back. “Hockey reaches out and asks for all kinds of donations from businesses and families, and they’re always generous and support us,” he said. “We try and convince our kids that they help us, we need to do something to help our community as well.”

The IceDogs returned to the arena on February 20 after the region returned to the orange zone after more than a month in lockdown. The teams have taken part in two to three sessions per week.

Holterman said the players may consider a similar fundraiser in future years, switching to an in-person workout routine once the pandemic ended. He said it was important to ensure the players remained part of the wider community. 

“I think it was good experience for them to give back and see how their donation is going to help their community as well,” he said. “Down the road they’re going to be our business owners and other community leaders, so we want to make sure they’re involved in their community and know what’s going on.”

While living at home as long as possible and travelling still top the list of important activities in retirement, a recent survey reveals that for people aged 55 to 75 the importance of shopping for things they want, ordering lunch or dinner a few times a week, and having help in the home has declined considerably.

Accordez la priorité à votre bien-être. Cela peut sembler contre-intuitif, mais on ne peut pas prendre soin de quelqu’un si l’on se sent déprimé. Pour vous en sortir, préparez des repas simples et nutritifs, faites de l’exercice 30minutes par jour, allez dehors, discutez avec des amis et des membres de la famille, et faites quelque chose que vous aimez chaque jour. Même si ce n’est que pour lire un chapitre d’un bon livre avant d’aller au lit ou regarder un épisode de votre émission préférée la fin de semaine, considérez cette activité comme indispensable pour vous.   

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Fixez une heure où les enfants s’amusent seuls. Que ce soit pour répondre aux courriels du travail ou pour avoir du temps «pour soi», tous les parents doivent trouver des moyens pour que les enfants s’occupent seuls. Les plus vieux adorent les mini-stations dans la salle de jeu où des espaces sont aménagés avec des paniers pour le bricolage ou des jeux de construction. Si vous avez un bébé, donnez-lui une suce qui le calmera et lui permettra de développer les muscles de sa bouche. Les orthophonistes recommandent les suces légères et de forme ergonomique, comme celles de la gamme de suces pour bébés Medela.  

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Fresh paint colours. A quick fix to instantly revitalize any room is a new coat of paint, so be sure to have some on hand. A small can for touch-ups is great to have on standby, as well as some bold or pastel colours to upcycle an old dresser or flowerpots for an easy way to achieve a new look.

Installez des étagères ouvertes. Pour donner l’illusion d’un espace plus grand, pour ajouter de l’espace de rangement et pour organiser vos articles, installez des étagères ouvertes. Ce type d’étagère est peu dispendieux et peut être décoré joliment avec des paniers, des plantes et des bougies. 

Police said a vehicle was pulled over on County Road 17 for “travelling at excessive speed” shortly after 10 p.m. on Wednesday, February 17. Officers used a screening device on the driver and took them to the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Russell County detachment for further testing.

Jonathan Gardner, 27, of Ottawa was charged with operation while impaired – blood alcohol concentration, operation while impaired – alcohol and drugs, drive motor vehicle race a motor vehicle – excessive speed and driving motor vehicle with open container of liquor.

A 25-year-old from Ottawa was also charged with permit motor vehicle to be operated without insurance and permit unlicensed person to drive motor vehicle. The vehicle was impounded for seven days. The accused are due to face the Ontario Court of Justice in L’Orignal at a later date. The charges have not yet been proven.

The planned district would cover the “old village” core of Russell, and would include both residential and commercial areas on both sides of the Castor River. According to a proposal document, the district’s creation would help with “protecting key views, streetscapes and first impressions when entering this part of the village”. 

Planning for the district began after the municipality retained MTBA Associates to prepare a report on heritage evaluations for properties in both Embrun and Russell. The preliminary report recommended the creation of a heritage conservation district in the centre of Russell village, due to “a concentration of potential heritage resources that might be worth consideration for protection”.

The designation of an HCD allows a municipality to protect the character of an area and guide future changes and development,” the report said. “This protection is not meant to thwart change, but to manage change in ways that are positive for the district and for the wider community.”

The proposal attracted a number of questions from members of the public watching the meeting in what mayor Pierre Leroux estimated was the greatest number of queries in the time council meetings had been conducted virtually. The questions covered topics such as interior renovations of buildings, fees for developments, and whether other sites’ heritage listings had been downgraded.

Planning, Building and Economic Development director Dominique Tremblay said a number of public consultations had been held during the development of the district plan to ensure the community’s wishes were respected. “We felt this [district] is something that is really important, it’s a tool for the community,” she said. “If the community does not want to preserve this area, the heritage conservation district offers no value. We’re not doing this for the township, we’re doing it for the people of Russell.”

Councillors approved the first reading of the bylaw. The plan and guidelines will be revised ahead of the second and third readings of the bylaw later this year.

“I’m standing for the nomination,” Malakos said, during a January 28 phone interview. “We don’t expect it to be a contested nomination.”

The NDP federal riding association for Glengarry-Prescott-Russell will hold its virtual nomination meeting February 26 via Zoom. So far Malakos, who was the NDP candidate in the 2019 election, is the sole declared nominee.

While he waits to see if there are any other contenders for the NDP candidate nomination, Malakos has set up a candidate information website, that includes a summary of what he sees as the key issues for the next federal election and why he wants to represent the party again.

“I really feel that we connected with a lot of people in the region,” he said. “There is a hunger for change.”

Malakos noted that many of the issues he campaigned on during the last election remain and “have been exacerbated” by the pandemic. He cited as one example the number of people classed as “essential workers” who work in low-paying jobs that include grocery store employees and staff at fast-food restaurants, who now face added stress at work in dealing with often rude complaints from customers who are angry at the pandemic health safety protocols.

“These are the people who provide the lifeblood of the country,” he said. “I think the pandemic shines a light on a situation that has always been there.”

Malakos noted the increasing stress at seniors and long-term care residences, both among the people living in those places and the staff caring for them. He has spoken to some careworkers who told him about feeling overwhelmed and understaffed at their workplaces.

“We need a national standard of senior care,” Malakos said, “a high standard of care not driven by profit.”

Malakos also remarked on the situation Canada now faces with possible cutbacks in deliveries of COVID-19 vaccine by Pfizer and Moderna. The cutbacks threaten the national vaccination strategy against COVID-19.

“Canada once had a Crown corporation that developed vaccines,” he said. “It was created after the Spanish Flu epidemic (early 1900s).”

Malakos noted that the Mulroney Conservative government privatized Canada’s national vaccine production facility during the 1980s. Then, he said, the foreign investors who bought the facility shut it down, leaving the country dependent on outside sources for all its vaccine needs.

“I don’t blame the Trudeau government for this,” Malakos said. “Other (past) government could have fixed this. But if that Crown corporation had existed today, we’d be on the vanguard of producing our own vaccines.”

A building condition assessment study presented to the council in fall 2019 found the building’s overall condition was “fair”, but noted that several parts of the building required repairs. Mason work on the east side of the building’s exterior wall was completed in 2019, but COVID-19 delayed other ongoing projects at the 94 Main Street East property.

Multi-ministry teams visited 263 businesses to inspect safety compliance in the EOHU area at the start of December last year. No contraventions were found at fifty-nine percent of the businesses, but the remainder were found to have one or more issues.