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Arnprior Fiscal Health check-up
The Town of Arnprior's fiscal health is taking a hit due to COVID-19. Mayor Walter Stack says the current year-to-year comparison still show revenues off by single digits. Stack says the unexpected un...
Jun 24, 2020
Dramatic rise in assaults in McNab-Braeside
McNab-Braeside Mayor Tom Peckett says his Council is concerned with a dramatic rise in the number of assaults that have taken place in the Township this year. The matter was discussed by elected repre...
Jun 24, 2020
Cobden native Jack Quinn a projected top 10 pick in the NHL draft
A hockey player from the Ottawa Valley is expected to go in the top 10 of the NHL draft. Cobden native Jack Quinn put up 89 points in 62 games playing for the Ottawa 67's this past season. The 18-year...
Jun 24, 2020
SRB Technologies supplying Ottawa Valley with face shields
The Ottawa Valley has its own producer and supplier of face shields. At the beginning of the pandemic, Ontario's Premier Doug Ford's call on the province's businesses to help make medical supplies, SR...
Jun 24, 2020
Renfrew Victoria Hospital embraces new model of inpatient care
Renfrew Victoria Hospital is moving to a new model of inpatient care, starting in less than a couple of weeks. A team of physicians known as Hospitalists will soon be making the rounds of inpatient vi...
Jun 23, 2020
History of Braeside and Gillies Mill celebrated with virtual exhibit
White Pine College: Gillies Mill and the Village of Braeside should be an education for us all. Archivist Emma Carey says the project was over a decade in the making, as former archivist Laurie Doughe...
Jun 23, 2020
Soldiers from Petawawa to isolate for 14-days before they’re deployed overseas
Troops from Garrison Petawawa are heading for Kingston to start a 14-day isolation period before they're deployed overseas. The Canadian Armed Forces says isolating soldiers prior to their deployment ...
Jun 23, 2020
Students in Ontario to learn about money, coding and computer programming as early as Grade 1
Education Minister Stephen Lecce has laid out the provinces new elementary math curriculum. The new curriculum for students in Grades 1-8 will teach mandatory financial literacy concepts to learn abou...
Jun 23, 2020
Arnprior Regional Health now offers Patient Portal app
In the coming months and years we may remember the COVID-19 crisis more for what innovative minds came up with, than worries over the virus itself. Another such innovation was rolled out Monday from t...
Jun 23, 2020
Don’t leave pets in parked vehicles – Ontario has toughest penalties in Canada for violating animal welfare laws
Residents in Ontario are being reminded to not leave pets in hot vehicles. Solicitor General Sylvia Jones says leaving pets to suffer in a sweltering vehicle will not be tolerated and she adds the pro...
Jun 23, 2020
