Les éditions André Paquette

Catégorie : Vision (Clarence-Rockland)

  • 80 000 $ remis en bourse afin d’assurer la relève

    80 000 $ remis en bourse afin d’assurer la relève

    « Cette année, plus de 50 jeunes de Prescott-Russell ont tenté leur chance pour obtenir une bourse, disait Caroline Arcand, directrice-générale du Centre de services à l’emploi (CSEPR). Chaque année, plusieurs jeunes de 12 à 18 ans quittent notre belle région de Prescott-Russell. Nous avons des données qui nous le confirment. »

    Le CSEPR a procédé au dévoilement des lauréats de son projet de bourse Relève emploi de 2019, le 24 juin dernier, au collège d’Alfred. Ainsi, ce sont 16 finissants de 12e année de Prescott-Russell qui se verront remettre une bourse de 5000 $ chacun afin de poursuivre leurs études postsecondaires.

    Dans le but de contrer l’exode des jeunes de Prescott-Russell vers les grands centres et également afin d’assurer la relève dans la région pour les métiers et professions en demande, le CSEPR a instauré en 2018 une bourse à cet effet. La bourse s’adresse aux jeunes finissants du secondaire qui veulent poursuivre des études postsecondaires dans un métier ou une profession en demande dans la région.

    « Ce projet de bourse nous apporte une très grande fierté puisqu’il nous permet d’offrir un soutien financier à des jeunes de notre région afin qu’ils poursuivent des études postsecondaires, a expliqué Sylvain Labrie, président du conseil d’administration du CSEPR. Les ajustements apportés au modèle de bourse ont eu comme résultat une augmentation très importante des candidatures reçues. Ceci démontre un grand intérêt, mais aussi un grand besoin de soutien de la part de nos jeunes. »

    Les étudiants ayant reçu la bourse incluent : Zakary Ayotte, Janie Lalonde, Brianna Ginette L’écuyer et Kevin Lindenmann, tous de l’École secondaire publique Le Sommet à Hawkesbury; Presley Barwick et Hannah Marcellus, de St-Thomas Aquinas Catholic High School à Russell; Noémie Beauregard et Angélique Cléroux de l’École secondaire catholique L’Escale; Mia Charbonneau et Justin Laviolette de l’école catholique de Casselman; Tristan d’Avril et Jean-Mathieu Hébert de l’École secondaire catholique de Plantagenet; Alexandre Denis, Arianne Pilon et Alexandre Wicki de l’école secondaire catholique régionale de Hawkesbury; ainsi que Kaitlyn Provost, du St-Francis Xavier Catholic High School.

  • Clock counting down on cellphone service project

    Clock counting down on cellphone service project

    “Time is of the essence,” said Stéphane Parisien, chief administrator for the United Counties of Prescott-Russell (UCPR).

    UCPR council gave unanimous approval during a special session June 12 to a resolution calling on the federal government to confirm its $71 million share of funding support for the Eastern Ontario Regional Network’s Mobile Broadband Project (EORN).

    The project is a follow-up to EORN’s regional broadband project for improvement of Internet service for all of Eastern Ontario. The mobile broadband project focus is better cellular phone service to benefit economic development and public safety in the region.

    The Eastern Ontario Wardens Caucus (EOWC), which represents 103 municipalities in Eastern Ontario, has committed $10 million to the project. The UCPR is part of the EOWC.

    Another combined $10 million commitment has come from nine of the largest towns and cities in Eastern Ontario. The Ontario Progressive Conservative government has also confirmed a $71 million commitment to the project.

    “All that we’re missing is the federal government coming to the table,” Parisien told UCPR council. “Time is running out. It’s five minutes to midnight.”

    The Trudeau Liberal government promised funding in the federal budget for projects to improve broadband service for Canada’s rural areas. The UCPR demands that federal government make a public financial commitment to the EORN mobile broadband project before Parliament recesses for the summer.

  • Pierre Lemieux on re-election quest

    Pierre Lemieux on re-election quest

    Lisez la version française à la page 3 du Reflet-News du 13 juin 2019.

    « We have nothing to do with Doug Ford, » said Lemieux, adding that the goal of the federal Conservative party is « responsible government spending » and recognizing that a balanced federal budget may not be possible within a four-year term.

    During a June 2 interview at a local coffee shop Lemieux continued to distance himself and the federal Conservatives from Premier Ford’s Progressive Conservative government. He dismissed any suggestion that some voters may wonder if an Andrew Scheer federal Conservative government would act the same way as the Ford PC provincial government, with a focus on cost-cutting at the expense of social programs.

    Lemieux wants to restore Glengarry-Prescott-Russell to the federal Conservative fold in October but he also has one other personal goal as he campaigns across the riding. « I want to restore people’s trust and confidence in their MPs, » he said. « I feel Canadians want to have confidence (in government) but it’s challenging. I want to serve the people, and do it in such a way to restore trust in our elected officials, in Parliament, and in our political system. »

    Read the complete interview on page 3 of the Tribune-Express of June 12, 2019.

  • “Silent running” ambulance policy angers ministry

    “Silent running” ambulance policy angers ministry

    “We’re expecting an investigation (call),” said Michel Chrétien, director of emergency services for the United Counties of Prescott-Russell (UCPR).

    Chrétien anticipates that kind of action from the health ministry in response to the “silent running” protocol that went into effect June 4 in the long-running battle between the UCPR, the City of Ottawa, and Ontario’s health ministry over out-of-town ambulance calls.

    Ottawa owes the counties more than $1 million in costs for use of Prescott-Russell ambulance units to handle some of the city’s emergency calls. But Ottawa claims it is under no legal obligation to pay.

    Meanwhile Ottawa continues to make use of counties ambulances to deal with some of its calls. Provincial policy for ambulance dispatch requires units to respond to a call when required, even if it is in a neighbouring jurisdiction. Sometimes the demand by Ottawa on PR ambulance units has been so great that there are no units available when UCPR residents need ambulance service.

    UCPR officials have complained about the situation to Queens Park during both the Wynne Liberal and the Ford Progressive Conservative administrations. The counties have become tired at the lack of results and now have a “silent running” protocol in place for the PR ambulance service.

    Prescott-Russell units which are returning to home base after dealing with a call outside of their area will ignore any other outside calls from provincial dispatch until they have returned to base. Then they will be available for outside calls again.

    The “silent running” protocol is the latest tactic by the counties to get provincial action on the ambulance dispatch situation. Chrétien expects the protocol may provoke a challenge from the health ministry through an investigation on any one or more of the outside ambulance dispatch calls which PR units refused while on their way back to base. He said he would welcome the chance to explain the situation in court to a judge.

  • Un incendie ravage une maison du chemin Du Lac

    Un incendie ravage une maison du chemin Du Lac

    « C’est une perte totale, a indiqué au journal Vision Mario Villeneuve, chef adjoint du Service des incendies de Clarence-Rockland. On a répondu à l’appel à 5 h 45, le samedi matin. »

     À leur arrivée, les pompiers ont déterminé que le locataire qui habitait la résidence ne se trouvait pas sur les lieux. La cause de l’incendie n’a pas encore été déterminée. 

    « Déterminer la cause de l’incendie est plus difficile dans des cas de perte totale, comme celle-ci », a expliqué M. Villeneuve 

  • Helping to stop deforestation, one cellphone at a time

    Helping to stop deforestation, one cellphone at a time

    Sitting inside the Café Joyeux coffee shop, he slurps down a hot chocolate, as he recalls how the idea to collect old cellphones in order to stop deforestation in Africa came to be. “Well,” he started, “I heard about it (deforestation) from my sister. I like the environment and I don’t want forests to disappear.”

     Cellphones, like several other electronics, utilizes coltan, a metal ore that is principally found in Africa. The ore is used to regulate overheating of batteries. Mining of the metal has led to several environmental issues in various African countries. The project, spearheaded by Jackson on April 27, was aimed at collecting over 100 cellphones. Assisted by his parents, as well as with a partnership by Rockland’s Sullytech, the boy, who happens to be a part of the local cub scouts, spent several hours preparing. “We made a lot of posters,” he recalled. “So far, I’ve collected 21 phones.”

     Jackson was on hand during the scout’s recent Flea Market, held on May 20, at the Parent Independent grocery store. There, the diligent boy explained his project to hundreds of residents. “People there promised to bring me about ten more,” he said, smiling. “We’re still collecting them.”

    His quest to collect 100 cellphones is to conclude at the end of the month, upon which they will all be brought to Sullytech. “They (Sullytech) will erase all the memory on them and recycle them,” he explained proudly.

     Jackson initiated his project within his cub scout group. Being a third-year cub, he must complete a project that takes the community and the environment into account. Following the end of his project, the ten-year-old boy hopes to obtain the highest honor a cub scout can receive: the Seeonee Award.

    Cellphones are still being accepted by Jackson. Anyone wanting to help out the ten-year-old boy can drop off his or her old unused cellphones at either Sullytech or the Rockland branch of the Clarence-Rockland Public Library.

  • Lieutenant-General of Ontario visits Rockland

    Lieutenant-General of Ontario visits Rockland

    “We are honored to have you here today,” said Clarence-Rockland mayor Guy Desjardins before giving Dowdswell the key to the City as well a framed photograph of City Hall.

      “You are always welcome here,” he told the Lieutenant-General. 

     Dowdswell also stopped by the Très-Sainte Trinité church, where she was welcomed by hundreds of local students.

    She then dropped by Rockland District High School and Rockland Manor, before making her way to the Saint-Albert Cheese Factory. 

  • Council wants answers on recent flooding

    Council wants answers on recent flooding

    “What we’re looking for is why this happened,” quipped councillor and acting mayor for the June 3 council meeting, Carl Grimard. “We all have our thoughts, but I mean, someone has to go up the river literally, and find out how it started. It’s not normal.”

     Chief Administrative Officer (CAO) for Clarence-Rockland, Helen Collier, outlined that the Province of Ontario already has a plan in place to create a task force that would look into the situation. “They (the Province) are just waiting for the states of emergencies to be over and then they will establish the task force,” she said.

     Councillor Diane Choinière expressed doubt regarding the independence of the investigation. “Wouldn’t it be better to have an independent company to assess what happened, because if it’s the government that is at fault…”

     “Yeah but who pays for it?” quickly asked councillor Zanth. “We should specify that they hire an independent company,” answered Choinière.

     

  • Les restrictions sur la rivière des Outaouais sont levées

    Les restrictions sur la rivière des Outaouais sont levées

    C’est le ministre du transport, Marc Garneau, qui en a fait l’annonce. Lesdites restrictions avaient été mises en place afin de protéger les murs de sacs de sable des vagues que pouvaient causer les navires.

     Elles avaient déjà été levées pour la plupart de la région la semaine dernière. La région de Wendover jusqu’à Hawkesbury restait toutefois non-navigable.

     M. Garneau a toutefois tenu à rappeler aux navigateurs de ralentir près du rivage et de respecter les propriétaires qui pourraient encore avoir des sacs de sable en place.

  • Fin de l’état d’urgence

    Fin de l’état d’urgence

    La Cité de Clarence-Rockland a levé l’état d’urgence 40 jours après l’avoir déclaré le 26 avril dernier.

     « Les niveaux de l’eau sont à la normale pour le temps de l’année » , peut-on lire dans un communiqué émis par la Cité.

    Pour sa part, la municipalité d’Alfred-Plantagenet a elle aussi levé son état d’urgence et ce, le 4 juin dernier.