La PPO a annoncé en début d’après-midi jeudi qu’ils avaient porté des accusations contre Danick Miguel Bourgeois, 28 ans, de Saint-Albert, de meurtre au second degré en relation avec la mort de M. Hatch en 2015. Les agents l’ont prié de se rendre immédiatement au service de police le plus proche.
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Police issue warrant for suspect over 2015 murder
The OPP announced early Thursday afternoon they had charged Danick Miguel Bourgeois, 28, of St Albert with second degree murder in connection to Hatch’s 2015 death. Officers urged him to surrender to the nearest police service immediately.
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La police à la recherche d’un homme soupçonné de meurtre
“We’re going day by day,” said Rick Dorval, head coach for the junior A team, during a September 30 phone interview. “The (national) landscape has changed so much. COVID-19 has been tough on everybody, and hockey’s no exception.”
The East Hawkesbury Township Fire Department sent a call for help to the Vankleek Hill and L’Orignal fire stations to deal with a weekend house fire in St-Anne-de-Prescott.
“It’s definitely not dead,” said Councillor Antonios Tsourounakis, during an October 2 phone interview. “I’ll be bringing it back as many times as I have to.”
During its October 1st special teleconference session, Hawkesbury council voted 5-3 against a resolution for creation of a tourism advisory committee. Supporting Tsourounakis’ proposal were Councillor Lawrence Bogue and Mayor Paula Assaly.
Most councillors voting against the resolution cited a shortage of municipal administrative staff available for the proposed committee as recommended in Tsourounakis’ brief. They also noted that council has other priority concerns to deal with, like the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the town.
Councillor André Chamaillard, who voted against the resolution, indicated that council could reconsider the idea during its January 2021 session or some other later date. That makes Tsourounakis optimistic about his chance of getting council’s eventual support for his idea.
“It’s not that anyone was really opposed to the strategy,” he said.
Tsourounakis noted in his brief to council the growing value of tourism for the local economy and its potential for countering the current closures of some businesses, like Goulet Motosports, in the town’s downtown core area.
“Hawkesbury is maturing as a town,” he said. “There is an untapped potential for the town in the tourism sphere.”
Tsourounakis confirmed he will continue to pursue creation of a tourism advisory committee for council. He plans to further research the subject, including getting letters of support from Hawkesbury’s chamber of commerce and business improvement association and other groups, and present a more detailed proposal again to council in 2021.
Le conseil municipal a approuvé une résolution lors de sa réunion du 1er octobre pour offrir à l’organisme communautaire sans but lucratif une partie de l’espace de l’ancienne station de la Police provinciale de l’Ontario (PPO) sur le boulevard Cartier. La durée de l’accord est de sept ans. Bien que l’organisme ne sera pas tenu de payer un loyer, la banque alimentaire partagera avec la Ville les couts d’entretien de l’immeuble.
The council rejected another proposal that would have created six wards, voting instead to establish amended wards based on the following areas:
Ward 1: the eastern half of the municipality, extending west to Smiths Ferry Road and Villeneuve Road, and including the settlement areas of Saint-Isidore, Saint-Bernardin, Fournier and Riceville.
Ward 2 : the central part of the Municipality bound by Smiths Ferry Road and Villeneuve Road to the east, Bertrand Sideroad and South Nation River to the west, and Highway 417 and the Village of Casselman to the south.
Ward 3: the southwest portion of the municipality, including the settlement area of Saint-Albert, and is bound to the north by Route 500 West and Highway 417.
Ward 4: the northwest part of the municipality, including the settlement area of Limoges, and bound to the east by Bertrand Sideroad, South Nation River and Highway 417, and by Route 500 West to the south.
The existing ward boundaries have been adjusted under the proposal to better reflect the population of each area, forming an average population of 3475. A wide population difference will remain, however, with Ward 4 holding 4950 people, compared to the least populous Ward 2’s 2620.
The other boundary option would involve redrawing the entire map to accommodate two extra wards, with the electorates ranging in population from 1830 to 2960 residents each.
In its report recommending the two options, Watson & Associates Economists said the winning option’s population variance ensured the Limoges “community of interest” could be retained in a single ward.
“Given the strong expression and obvious evidence that the Limoges settlement area is different from the rest of The Nation, option 1 is viewed as a way to capture those attributes in a single ward as well as enhancing effective representation across the entire municipality,” the report stated.
A bylaw will set the boundary changes before the next municipal election in 2022.
The United Counties of Prescott-Russell council (UCPR) voted 5-3 in a recorded vote Wednesday, September 23, against a two-year extension of the lease agreement between the UCPR and VIA Rail concerning the former railway route that has served as the Prescott-Russell Recreational Trail.
«J’ai été un peu déçu que le règlement n’inclue pas notre région, car nous sommes limitrophes d’Ottawa», a déclaré le Dr Paul Roumeliotis, médecin-chef du Bureau de santé de l’est de l’Ontario (BSEO), lors de sa téléconférence de presse du 17 septembre.
Le premier ministre Doug Ford a annoncé plus tôt dans la journée des modifications au règlement de contrôle de la pandémie concernant le nombre de personnes autorisées à participer aux réunions sociales. Ces changements se limitent aux régions de santé publique d’Ottawa, de Toronto et de Peel en raison de l’augmentation considérable du nombre de cas de COVID-19 signalés dans ces régions au cours des dernières semaines.
Le changement s’applique aux fêtes privées non surveillées et aux évènements publics organisés dans ces régions. Les bars, restaurants, cinémas, centres de congrès, salles de banquet, gymnases et installations sportives de loisirs qui ont tous du personnel pour surveiller et faire respecter les règles de distanciation sociale et de port de masque ne sont pas concernés par le règlement révisé.
Les nouvelles limites réduites pour les fêtes privées et les évènements publics non surveillés sont les suivantes : un maximum de 10 personnes, au lieu de 50, pour un évènement en salle, et 25 personnes, au lieu de 100, pour un évènement en plein air. La modification du règlement entrait en vigueur le 18 septembre à minuit. Les règlements provinciaux prévoient une amende minimale de 10 000 dollars à l’encontre de l’organisateur de ces évènements s’il est condamné par un tribunal.
Le Dr Roumeliotis a fait valoir que la région de Prescott-Russell est limitrophe de la région d’Ottawa-Orléans. De nombreuses personnes de Clarence-Rockland, du canton de Russell et d’autres communautés de Prescott-Russell travaillent à Ottawa, et la circulation est fréquente entre les deux régions.
«Je préfèrerais une approche plus (large) régionale», a déclaré le Dr Roumeliotis, concernant les limites modifiées des rassemblements sociaux. Lui et les responsables des autres unités sanitaires régionales limitrophes d’Ottawa, de Toronto et de Peel demanderont au gouvernement provincial d’envisager d’étendre les zones de couverture du règlement révisé sur les rassemblements non surveillés.
«Je ne peux pas exclure la possibilité que j’émette les mêmes ordonnances (à l’avenir)», a déclaré le Dr Roumeliotis.
“You’re living through history,” said Alicia Heinzle. “Something we’ll never forget, I’m sure