Catégorie : Tribune-Express (Hawkesbury)

“At the very least,” said Stéphane Parisien, chief administrator for the United Counties of Prescott-Russell (UCPR), during the June 24 teleconference session for council.

“It feels good,” said Aartje den Boer, Vankleek Hill Farmers Market Association president, as she relaxed in the shade of her display-and-sale booth. “The weather’s good. It’s a nice start.”

En réaction aux allégations selon lesquelles la députée provinciale avait été absente pendant la crise de la COVID, Mme Simard a rendu publics des courriels selon lesquels elle avait offert son aide aux maires de la région. En guise de réponse, selon les courriels, le maire Sarrazin lui a répondu qu’elle recevrait un appel si son aide était requise.

Administration at Vankleek Hill Collegiate Institute (VCI) organized a virtual awards ceremony for this year’s commemoration of outstanding achievements in academics, sports, community service, and other areas of student life. The virtual award ceremomy was set up to continue the annual tradition of special recognition for VCI students while still adhering to the public health safety protocols during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Hawkesbury town council, during its May 11 session, approved the sale of the property at 571 Main Street East to a numbered company, 9414-9812 Québec Inc., listed in the provincial business registry as belonging to Sylvie Raymond of Grenville. The developer wants to build a 251-unit luxury-class seniors retirement complex on the site.

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Four Vankleek Hill students decided to organize a rally in their home town on June 12 to take part in the worldwide Black Lives Matter movement against racism and social injustice towards all ethnic groups. Anna and Amelia Kouao and Nora and Georgia Dawood weren’t sure what kind of response they would get to the social media postings for their We Are One rally June 12 in the mid-afternoon.

By three o’clock that day, the scheduled starting time for the rally, dozens of people, ranging in age from children to seniors, and including police, township council members, and others, gathered in front of the Vankleek Hill Creating Centre at the corner of Main Street and High Street. Almost everyone wore face masks and followed social distancing precautions as they marched up High Street as far as the Zudio studio and then back to the Creating Centre.

Upon their return to the starting point of the march, everyone observed a period of silence lasting eight minutes and 46 seconds in memory of George Floyd, a black man who lived in Minneapolis, and other victims of racism. The long period of silence represents the time span during which Floyd struggled for breath while he lay face down and handcuffed while Derek Chauvin, a white Minneapolis police officer, held Floyd down with a knee on the back of his neck. Floyd died of suffocation. Chauvin now faces charges, as do the three other police officers who stood by and watched as he knelt on Floyd’s neck for almost nine minutes.

Lynda Kitchikeesic, a veteran activist for First Nations rights, joined the gathering as a guest speaker. She is involved in a variety of projects and programs aimed at improving communications and relations between police and Indigenous people and other groups.

Jérémie Bouchard, interim public works director for the United Counties of Prescott-Russell (UCPR), is reworking plans for a paving project for part of County Road 17 west of Alfred planned for later in summer. A longer stretch of the regional highway will get new pavement thanks to some extra funding that became available because of delays for a proposed roundabout project for Burton Road in Russell Township. “There’s still quite a lot of work to be done on the design,” said Bouchard.

The Burton Road roundabout project is now shelved until next year. Instead some of the provincial money approved for the roundabout project will go towards the paving work planned for this year for County Road 17 west of the Village of Alfred in Alfred-Plantagenet Township.

The original plan was to pave the section of road from the intersection with County Road 15 up to the Charlebois Road intersection. Now, Bouchard said, the plan is for new pavement for a three-kilometre section of the road west from the County Road 15 intersection.

The paving work will take place during the summer.