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CNL Request for Pre-Qualification underway
While nobody's saying present Canadian Nuclear Laboratories operators won't be in Chalk River for a long time to come, the regulatory process indicates its time to see if anybody else wants the job to...
Apr 05, 2023 Global First Power Ltd., Ultra Safe Nuclear Corporation™ and Ontario Power Generation announced the formation of a joint venture – the Global First Power Limited Partnership – which will build, own, and operate the proposed Micro Modular Reactor™ Project at the Chalk River Laboratories site. The joint venture is owned equally by OPG and USNC-Power, the Canadian subsidiary of USNC, and is based on the project initiated in 2019 by GFP. (CNW Group/Ontario Power Generation Inc.)
Victim identified in Highway 17 crash on Monday
Upper Ottawa Valley OPP has identified the victim killed in a two-vehicle crash Monday morning along Highway 17 in Petawawa. Just after 6:30, emergency crews were called out to the scene east of Black...
Apr 05, 2023
School bus transportation canceled for Wednesday
Environment Canada's Freezing Rain Warning continues today, as weather officials are calling for significant ice build-up in some areas. As a result, all English and French Catholic, and Public school...
Apr 05, 2023
OPP seeking help to solve hit and run case
Killaloe OPP are asking for help in the case of a hit and run collision on John Street in Bonnchere Valley. OPP responded to the crash just after 12pm back on March 30th. The unoccupied parked SUV suf...
Apr 05, 2023
COMMUNITY SPOTLIGHT: National Public Safety Telecommunicators Week to honour dispatchers starting April 9th
When an emergency happens locally, you can be sure the dispatcher sending you assistance knows the area. Outside of their pace, our local dispatch team is also able to provide life-saving first-aid in...
Apr 04, 2023
Online Poster Workshop is preparatory to Earth Day event
The Kitchissippi-Ottawa Valley Chapter of the Council of Canadians isn't letting its foot off the gas (figuratively) this month. Spokesperson Ann Pohl says an online workshop on Thursday April 13th is...
Apr 04, 2023
LOCAL WEATHER ALERT: Freezing Rain Warning issued for Ottawa Valley
Environment Canada has issued a Freezing Rain Warning for parts of the Ottawa Valley. Weather officials say that a prolonged period of freezing rain leading to significant ice build-up in some areas i...
Apr 04, 2023
Concerns or comments on this year's Town Budget? Town Council ready to hear them.
With about one week left before Renfrew's 2023 budget is set to be passed, the town wants to hear from you. Town Council is set to hold a public hearing on the file Tuesday, April 11th where any final...
Apr 04, 2023
Intimate Partner Violence motion passes at Renfrew County
The statistics are their own proof: every six days in Canada a woman is killed by her intimate partner; one-in-five women experience some form of abuse in their intimate relationship, and this past ye...
Apr 03, 2023
Foodcycler program gets second cycle in Renfrew after successful first year
A successful pilot project has the Town of Renfrew ready to expand on it this year. The Town has announced that will continue with it's Foodcycler program, which offers an electric countertop food com...
Apr 03, 2023
