Catégorie : Reflet-News (Russell-Embrun-Casselman)

  • Nettoyage des berges du parc Doran

    Nettoyage des berges du parc Doran

    Le comité organisateur de l’événement fournira des gants, des sacs à ordures et du désinfectant pour les mains à tous ceux et celles qui mettront l’épaule à la roue dans l’effort de nettoyage. Cet événement est une activité annuelle depuis 2019 pour les CUPR qui s’inscrit dans le cadre du Pacte d’amitié avec les MRC de Papineau et d’Argenteuil, un engagement à garder le réseau hydraulique de la rivière des Outaouais propre.

    Le maire de Casselman Daniel Lafleur invite la population à participer à cette opération de nettoyage en grand nombre : « On invite la population de Casselman à venir nous rejoindre pour nettoyer les berges de la rivière Nation Sud au Parc Doran. Il y a beaucoup de débris sur les berges à l’heure actuelle, et c’est vraiment triste et déplorable, surtout dans le contexte actuel où on s’inquiète beaucoup de la pollution de l’environnement et des changements climatiques. »

    Heureusement, la journée de samedi s’annonce parfaite pour un tel événement : « Les prédictions météo annoncent une journée parfaite pour nettoyer les berges » remarque le maire Lafleur. « C’est une très belle activité à faire en famille. Préparez-vous en conséquence. Portez des vêtements à manches longues, des gants et des souliers appropriés. Apportez de la crème solaire et du chasse-moustique. »

  • Embrun man dies in North Stormont

    Embrun man dies in North Stormont

    Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) are investigating a fatal collision involving two vehicles that occurred in North Stormont township on April 27. Officers responded to a collision on Highway 138 just before 3:15 pm, and the initial investigation showed that a northbound vehicle and a southbound transport truck collided in the southbound lane.

    88-year-old Armand Benoit of Embrun was brought to a local hospital where he was pronounced dead. A passenger from Benoit’s vehicle sustained minor injuries, and the transport truck driver didn’t sustain any injuries.

    The investigation into the collision is ongoing.

  • Les Vikings à une victoire de la Coupe Barkley

    Les Vikings à une victoire de la Coupe Barkley

    Après avoir remporté le match numéro un à Perth la semaine dernière, les Vikings accueillaient les Blue Wings au Complexe J. R. Brisson à Casselman pour le match numéro deux jeudi dernier. Les Vikings ont pris les devants 2-1 après vingt minutes de jeu, mais les Blue Wings ont riposté avec trois buts consécutifs en deuxième période pour prendre les contrôles de la rencontre. Les Vikings sont parvenus à créer l’égalité en troisième période, mais c’est finalement Brayden Davidson qui a inscrit le but vainqueur pour les visiteurs,  

    Nicholas Lankester a inscrit un but et une passe pour les Vikings dans la défaite, Xavier Borgia a obtenu deux mentions d’aide, Mathieu Talbot, Jacob Dyer et Tyler Stewart ont inscrit les autres buts de l’équipe locale et Yan Gaudreau et Nico Pozzebon ont obtenu une passe chacun. 

    Vikings 4 Blue Wings 1 

    Les Vikings rendaient visite aux Blue Wings à Perth le lendemain pour le match numéro trois. Les Blue Wings ont été les premiers à s’inscrire au pointage en première période, mais les Vikings ont créé l’égalité avant la fin de l’engagement avant de rajouter trois buts sans riposte pour remporter une victoire convaincante de 4-1. Les visiteurs ont dirigé pas moins de 51 tirs sur le filet de l’équipe locale, alors que Zachari Racine a été excellent devant le filet des visiteurs, repoussant 39 des 40 tirs des Blue Wings pour donner la victoire à son équipe. 

    Jacob Dyer a inscrit deux buts durant la rencontre, Xavier Borgia et Mathieu Talbot ont enfilé les deux autres buts et Cédric Hughes, Tyler Stewart et Marc-Olivier McCarthy ont obtenu des mentions d’aide dans la victoire. 

    Blue Wings 2 Vikings 1 

    Les Blue Wings étaient de retour à Casselman dimanche dernier pour disputer le match numéro quatre de la série. Malgré la domination des Vikings au chapitre des tirs au but (31-16), les Blue Wings ont été en mesure de saisir leurs occasions de marquer pour se sauver avec une victoire de 2-1. Xavier Borgia a inscrit le seul but des Vikings, alors que Bradley Leblanc et Nicholas Lankester ont obtenu des mentions d’aide durant la rencontre. 

    Vikings 4 Blue Wings 3 

    Le match numéro cinq de la série avait lieu à Perth mardi. Les Vikings ont pris une avance de deux buts en première période, mais les Blue Wings ont créé l’égalité durant le deuxième engagement. Après une troisième période sans but, c’est finalement Marc-Olivier McCarthy qui a enfilé le but vainqueur pour les visiteurs en inscrivant son 2e but des séries sans aide durant la première période de prolongation.  

    Nico Pozzebon a inscrit deux buts pour Casselman, Nicholas Lankester a inscrit l’autre but des Vikings, et Alexandre Charlebois, Bradley Leblanc, Cédric Hughes, Xavier Bordia et Nicolas Chartrand ont obtenu des mentions d’aide dans la victoire. Zachari Racine a repoussé 42 des 45 tirs des Blue Wings pour mener son équipe vers la victoire. 

    Le match numéro six de la série aura lieu jeudi soir à Casselman, alors que les Vikings auront l’occasion d’éliminer les Blue Wings et de remporter la Coupe Barkley devant leurs partisans.  

     

  • Green candidate says time for action is now

    Green candidate says time for action is now

    « I am very aware that, geographically, 80 per cent of the riding is agricultural, » said Riden, during an interview at The Grand Barn, his family farm in East Hawkesbury Township. « I want to be able to speak to and for the farmers. » 

    Riden, 40, has lived in the Prescott County area almost all of his life. His family moved to the area when he was six and he attended high school at Vankleek Collegiate Institute. After graduation he went to Ottawa to attend Carleton University where he earned a bachelor’s degree in law and a bachelor’s degree in integrated science, with a focus on genetics. 

    His main interest is in agriculture but he thinks have at least a paralegal-equivalent expertise in law is a benefit. He works at the Harmony Gardens market garden in Dalkeith and is in the process of transforming the family farm into a large-scale community garden site open to any community groups, school classes, or individuals who want to set up a community garden project. 

    « It was never a dream of mine to get into politics, » he said, regarding his decision to become the Green Party candidate for Glengarry-Prescott-Russell in the June 2 provincial election. 

    His community garden project at The Grand Barn became the first step towards his Green Party candidacy. He began that project two years ago soon after the pandemic began. Riden began following reports about how the pandemic was interfering with supply chains for some products and he thought that turning some of his unused farmland over to other groups to start community gardens would be a good way to help some local families deal with their food needs. 

    The local food bank was one of the first to take Riden up on his offer of community garden space. There are now six garden plots tended by food bank volunteers to grow fresh produce for later distribution at harvest time to food bank clients. Several other groups and individuals have adopted garden plots at The Grand Barn, for a total of 20 small community gardens. 

    After getting the community garden project started, Riden became involved with EcoEast, the regional non-profit group dedicated to fostering awareness of climate change and lobbying local municipalities and regional governments to create and enforce their own action plans to address potential climate change issues in Eastern Ontario. 

    During one meeting of EcoEast there was discussion about the upcoming provincial election and the lack of a local candidate for the Green Party. During his own research Riden noted that the Green Party’s campaign platform covered other issues beside the environment and applied to become the party’s GPR candidate. 

    « I want to go door to door now, » Riden said, adding that he wants to explain to local voters how the Green Party would address issues like health care services support, making mental health services eligible for coverage under the provincial health insurance program, and promoting support for more public transit and affordable housing. 

    More information on Riden and the Green Party is at:

    https://gpo.ca/candidate/thaila-riden/. 

  • Cultiver un rang supplémentaire pour approvisionner les banques alimentaires

    Cultiver un rang supplémentaire pour approvisionner les banques alimentaires

    La campagne encourage les jardiniers et les agriculteurs privés ou commerciaux à « cultiver une rangée supplémentaire » de nourriture et à faire don de la récolte supplémentaire aux banques alimentaires et aux programmes de repas locaux. La discussion sur les fruits et légumes les plus demandés et sur le volume que chaque organisation peut traiter est une étape importante du programme, car donner plus d’aliments que les banques alimentaires ne peuvent en transporter entraînera un gaspillage de nourriture. 

    Good Food Garden et la banque alimentaire de Vankleek Hill ont apporté leurs propres extensions locales au programme. Peggy McDonald, de Good Food Garden, plante suffisamment de légumes pour obtenir des paniers supplémentaires de l’ASC, spécifiquement pour les donner à la banque alimentaire, et elle permet également aux clients de l’ASC de donner les semaines non utilisées à la banque alimentaire. 

     

  • Master transportation plan unveiled for Eastern Ontario

    Master transportation plan unveiled for Eastern Ontario

    Transportation Minister Caroline Mulroney announced release of the detailed transportation report Thursday morning in Plantagenet as part of a tour she is making of the Prescott-Russell region. The report, Connecting the East : a draft transportation plan for eastern Ontario, outlines a list of more than 50 short- and long-term proposals for improving existing transportation infrastructure within the region, and expanding some of the region’s major highways to better handle increasing amounts of traffic. 

    « Our government is building Ontario by getting shovels in the ground on highways, roads and public transit needed to fight gridlock and keep goods and people moving, » stated Mulroney. « Our transportation plan for eastern Ontario will unlock access to housing, employment and tourist destinations, while supporting significant trade corridors and economic growth in the region. » 

    Long-term goals of the plan include expanding Highway 417 to four continuous lanes in both directions between the Highway 16 and Maitland Avenue links in Ottawa, along with plans for widening Highway 401 up to eight lanes in the United Counties of Leeds and Grenville. Other goals include improving local and intermunicipal public transit, adding more truck stops along Highway 401 to support the trucking industry, a new marine strategy for Eastern Ontario that would help with the tourism and recreational boating needs of riverside communities located along the Ottawa River. 

    The draft master plan was developed through a series of roundtable consultations, a public online survey, and technical research on existing transportation conditions and problems for the 1.8 million residents of Eastern Ontario. 

     

  • Russell Recreation Complex entering design phase

    Russell Recreation Complex entering design phase

    During the regular meeting on April 4, Russell Township Council reviewed and approved the layout and financial plans, moving the project forward into the detailed design phase. It will include detailed drawings for the structure, façade, landscaping, lighting, heating, cooling, and other elements.

    “After many public consultations and discussions at the Council table, we now have a plan for the Recreation Complex that fulfills the communities’ priorities, meets our financial planning goals, and realizes Council’s vision for the future,” said Mayor Leroux. “We look forward to seeing the conceptual plan come to life in the detailed design.”

    The recreation complex is slated to include an indoor pool, three hockey arenas, a community hall, a gymnasium, and a bowling alley. Updates will be reviewed by council on a regular basis. Currently, these updates are scheduled for November 2022, January 2023, and March 2023.

    “We are very pleased to have reached another milestone in the Recreation Complex project,” said Céline Guitard, Director of Parks and Recreation.

    Currently, construction is set to begin in Fall 2023.

  • Master transportation plan unveiled for Eastern Ontario

    Master transportation plan unveiled for Eastern Ontario

    Transportation Minister Caroline Mulroney announced release of the detailed transportation report Thursday morning in Plantagenet as part of a tour she is making of the Prescott-Russell region. The report, Connecting the East : a draft transportation plan for eastern Ontario, outlines a list of more than 50 short- and long-term proposals for improving existing transportation infrastructure within the region, and expanding some of the region’s major highways to better handle increasing amounts of traffic.

    « Our government is building Ontario by getting shovels in the ground on highways, roads and public transit needed to fight gridlock and keep goods and people moving, » stated Mulroney. « Our transportation plan for eastern Ontario will unlock access to housing, employment and tourist destinations, while supporting significant trade corridors and economic growth in the region. »

    Long-term goals of the plan include expanding Highway 417 to four continuous lanes in both directions between the Highway 16 and Maitland Avenue links in Ottawa, along with plans for widening Highway 401 up to eight lanes in the United Counties of Leeds and Grenville. Other goals include improving local and intermunicipal public transit, adding more truck stops along Highway 401 to support the trucking industry, a new marine strategy for Eastern Ontario that would help with the tourism and recreational boating needs of riverside communities located along the Ottawa River.

    The draft master plan was developed through a series of roundtable consultations, a public online survey, and technical research on existing transportation conditions and problems for the 1.8 million residents of Eastern Ontario.

    « Connecting ours maller communities with the larger centres, creating more job opportunities, and ensuring the safety and efficiency of rural transportation networks are vital to the growth of our local and regional economies, » stated Daniel Lafleur, mayor of Casselman and warden for the United Counties of Prescott-Russell.

    The transportation ministry plans to do a further long-range technical study of Eastern Ontario’s network. Work on the study will begin this summer and should involve further public consultations.

  • Hospitals and health care on the Sunshine List

    Hospitals and health care on the Sunshine List

    The Sunshine List has been annual event since 1996. It lists all employees in the public sector with annual salaries of $100,000 or more during the past year. That includes civil service workers for the province and for municipal governments, along with school district employees, hospital workers, and all those employed with non-government agencies in the public sector. The list does not include details on how long a person has been employed in their field or their formal education and training background. 

    The 2021 Sunshine List for Prescott-Russell has 150 names of employees for the two hospitals that serve the Prescott-Russell region and also for the Eastern Ontario Health Unit (EOHU). Dr. Paul Roumeliotis, chief medical officer and chief executive officer for the EOHU is the highest paid employee in the regional health care field at $409,842.69. 

    Eastern Ontario Health Unit 

    There are 36 names on the Sunshine List for the EOHU for 2021. 

    The top five names on the 2021 Sunshine List are: Dr. Roumeliotis at $409,842.69; Linda Cleroux, director, $186,831.27; Patricia Gauley, director, $177,111.92; Thrérèse Bourgeois, director, $170,796.38; Nadia Germain, lead public health nurse, $154,921.35. 

    Hawkesbury Hospital 

    There are 89 names on the Sunshine List for Hawkesbury and District General Hospital for 2021. 

    The top five names on the 2021 Sunshine List are: Manon Leclair, registered nurse, at $195,401.52; Hristo Radilov, registered nurse, $189,398.73; Gisèle Larocque, vice-president of human resources and corporate services, $184,443.16; Imrana Jeoffrey, vice-president for health care, $176,240.89; Nancy Webber-Nixon, registered nurse, $151,523.95. 

    Winchester Hospital 

    There are 25 names on the Sunshine List for Winchester Memorial Hospital (WDMH) for 2021. 

    The top five names on the 2021 Sunshine List are: Cholly Bolland, chief executive officer, at $269,476.95; Michelle Blouin, vice-president for corporate and information management services and chief financial officer for WDMH, Dundas Manor, and Rural Healthcare Initiatives; Nathalie Boudreau, vice-president for clinical services and chief nursing executive, $154,519.60; Linda Popple, registered nurse, $136,780.02; Kristina Duncan, registered nurse, $124,583.75 

    The complete Sunshine List information for 2021 is at the webpage at https://www.ontario.ca/page/public-sector-salary-disclosure. 

  • La grippe aviaire trouvée dans une communauté

    La grippe aviaire trouvée dans une communauté

    Le Bureau de santé de l’est de l’Ontario (BSEO) a signalé qu’un cas de H5N1, ou grippe aviaire, a été détecté dans la région. La grippe aviaire (GA) infecte principalement la volaille domestique et les oiseaux sauvages comme les oies, les canards et les oiseaux de rivage. Le virus H5N1 est une souche qui tue à la fois les oiseaux sauvages et la volaille commerciale.