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COVID-19: Over 8,600 vaccine doses administered in Renfrew County and District
The Renfrew County and District Health Unit (RCDHU) says weekly shipments of COVID-19 vaccines are arriving. As of March 14th, 2021, the RCDHU says a total of 8,614 doses had been administered to loca...
Mar 17, 2021 Dr. Ronald Lavigne receives vaccine from nurse Sue McLaughlin at a Renfrew Victoria Hospital clinic.
Moderna plans to study Canadian children for its COVID-19 vaccine
Drugmaker Moderna plans to study Canadian children during an upcoming clinical trial on its COVID-19 vaccine. The study will involve more than 67-hundred healthy children both here and in the U-S, ran...
Mar 17, 2021
OPP investigating break and enter at a home in Madawaska Valley
A home in Madawaska Valley was recently the scene of a break and enter. Killaloe OPP say they were called out to Weglarz Road on Sunday. Through an investigation, it looks like entry was gained into t...
Mar 17, 2021
RCDHU says two local residents are in the ICU battling COVID-19
There's three residents in Renfrew County who are currently in the hospital after testing positive for COVID-19. Two of those individuals are in the intensive care unit. The most recent case summary f...
Mar 17, 2021
Madawaska Valley District High School records 2nd COVID-19 test
The Renfrew County and District Health Unit (RCDHU) has confirmed a second student at Madawaska Valley District High School in Barry's Bay has tested positive for COVID-19. All students and staff who ...
Mar 16, 2021
Lucrative initiative for fraudsters
This story about sports organizations being hit by scammers sending fake invoices goes back almost three years to when an Arnprior association first contacted OPP about it in April of 2019. Police ref...
Mar 16, 2021
Municipality seeking additional participants for next phase
The MRC Pontiac is putting a grant from the Desjardin GoodSpark Fund to good use. The municipality has received 113 thousand dollars over three years from the financial group to initiate a pilot proje...
Mar 16, 2021
OPP investigating break and enter at trailer park
Killaloe OPP are looking into a break and enter case in South Algonquin Township over the weekend. Police responded to the call on Saturday at a trailer park on Highway 60, where multiple trailers wer...
Mar 16, 2021
"Very Excited" says Renfrew County woman after booking COVID-19 vaccine appointment
A local woman couldn't be more thrilled to be receiving her first dose of a COVID-19 vaccine this weekend. Diana Wakely has her vaccine appointment on Saturday and says she's looking forward to better...
Mar 16, 2021
8,000 vaccines administered in Renfrew County and District
COVID-19 vaccines are arriving in Renfrew County and priority groups are able to book their shots. Local MPP John Yakabuski says the goal is to administer as many doses as quickly as possible. Those w...
Mar 16, 2021
