Prescott-Russell Services to Children and Adults (PRSCA) has inaugurated a new entity aimed at helping adults with developmental deficiencies and mental health problems.
Solution-s was launched on January 20 in partnership with the PRSCA’s other two organizations, the Valor Institute and Groupe Convex, and a group from Kingston.
Over the last few weeks, The Review has presented installments of artist Richard Stanford's piece, An Improbable Place. The following is the fourth and final part of the series:
On Canada Day 1989, Margaret Hawking returned to her home on Main Street, Glen Sandfield, Ontario. She'd been given a souvenir Canadian flag to wave at the Canada Day celebrations at Dalkeith Centennial Picnic.
Despite last week's cancellation of a press conference to officially launch the long-awaited broadband Internet project, the United Counties of Prescott-Russell is moving ahead with plans to bring an expanded high-speed Internet service online for the region.
The press conference was scheduled to take place prior to the regular meeting of counties council on Tuesday, August 24. Counties CAO Stéphane Parisien explained the press conference had to be "pushed back to a later date" because there are still some details that need to be worked out.
One of the most complex, and geographically largest, native land claims under active negotiation in Ontario may soon come to a conclusion.
Lynn Clouthier, the Algonquin negotiation representative (ANR) for Ottawa, explained that negotiations will soon come to an end and a settlement could involve everything from co-management of Algonquin Park to economic development initiatives, land, financial compensation, defined resource harvesting rights covering fishing, hunting, trapping and gathering, and related cultural matters.
Regional mayors feel the Ontario Good Roads Association (OGRA) is "double dipping" in its attempt to secure financial contributions from municipalities for its MMS Litigation Fund.
At the counties council meeting held on Tuesday, August 24, the UCPR decided not to contribute money to the fund since most municipalities already made financial contributions.
In a precedent-setting ruling for municipalities across the country, an Ontario Superior Court judge ruled last month that Russell Township has the right to enforce bilingual signs for its businesses.
Superior Court Justice Monique Métivier issued a 32-page ruling on Friday, August 20, saying a 2008 township bylaw requiring commercial signs to be in both French and English does not violate residents' rights to freedom of expression under the Charter of Rights and Freedoms.
The following is the third part of artist Richard Stanford's piece, An Improbable Place, a four-part series:
For anyone who believes in ghosts, the lands around Alexandria, Glen Robertson, L'Original, Glen Nevis, Blue Corners, St. Eugène is where you might find them.
Until I came to an intersection south of Dalkeith, I never believed in them myself.
One week after Local Health Integration Networks (LHINs) were blasted by ombudsman André Marin for their lack of transparency and public consultation on major projects, the Champlain LHIN circulated an update on its clinical services planning project for the eastern counties.
Marin stated that Ontario's 14 LHINs need "greater public openness and accountability." The LHINs collectively allocate more than $35 billion annually in provincial health-care dollars.
With the International Plowing Match (IPM) and Rural Expo only a little over a year away, numerous committees and volunteers are busy planning events and encouraging people to get involved.
One such person is Mary McCrimmon, chair of the IPM's Country Living committee. McCrimmon told The Review the committee has numerous categories and responsibilities including beautification, horticulture, quilting and artisans, to name only a few.
The residents of the United Counties of Prescott-Russell will once again have the opportunity to savor unique products during the second Prescott-Russell Wine and Food Show, presented by Desjardins. The event will take place on Saturday, October 2 and will be held at the Outaouais Golf Club in Rockland. The participants will discover wines from around the world, sample a few local beers and satisfy their appetite with an impressive array of food from the region.
Residents living along the Ottawa River are not pleased about the fact that shoreline erosion is diminishing property value and no one is willing to take responsibility for the damage.
At the United Counties of Prescott-Russell (UCPR) committee of the whole meting, held Tuesday, August 10, Clarence-Rockland resident Ian Scott made a presentation to the eight mayors about shoreline erosion and the effect it has having on property owners and, in turn, municipalities.
Despite his love for municipal politics, veteran Glengarry-Prescott-Russell MPP Jean-Marc Lalonde won't be seeking the mayoralty in Clarence-Rockland this October.
During a press conference at the Clarence-Rockland Recreational and Cultural Centre on Thursday, August 12, Lalonde told a small group of supporters and media that it took a while for him to come to a decision about his political future.
Organizers of the 2011 International Plowing Match (IPM) and Rural Expo are asking farmers to step forward to become ambassadors of the land and support what is likely to be the area's largest coming attraction.
The IPM is set to take place next September in Chute-à-Blondeau and, according to co-ordinator Bruno Lecot, plans are really starting to come together.
The Ontario Trillium Foundation (OTF) announced the awarding of $2.47 million in community grants to 51 not-for-profit and charitable organizations in eastern Ontario's Champlain region on Tuesday, July 27.
The grants were ratified by the foundation's board of directors on June 28, while applications for the grants would have been submitted before the March 1 deadline. Grants are awarded three times per year.
The process of sending out the funding has "in theory" already begun, according to Renée Ouellet, a senior communications officer with the OTF.
NOTE: Some names have been changed in order to protect the identities of those involved in this story.
Sara James doesn't look like a drug addict and, if you didn't know her well, you wouldn't have a clue that she is still struggling with the addiction that nearly took her life five years ago.
At 30 years old, Sara is everything the stereotypical drug addict is not - vivacious, beautiful, well-spoken, and very successful. She is a freelance journalist and photographer and lives on her own in a lovely two-bedroom apartment in the heart of downtown Ottawa.
Local hospitals that have managed to improve their wait times will receive a financial hand-up from the provincial government.
Last week, the province of Ontario announced its plans to expand the Pay for Results program, which has already helped hospitals across the province make improvements to lengthy wait times.
Hospitals across the province will receive $60 million, to be distributed immediately, to help them fund projects aimed at decreasing overall emergency room wait times and lowering the time patients wait for an initial assessment.
A small group of MPs, including Glengarry-Prescott-Russell MP Pierre Lemieux, has been charged with the task of reviewing some 40,000 sensitive documents relating to the Afghan detainee issue.
During an interview with The Review last week, Lemieux explained that one MP and one alternative, from the Conservatives, Liberals and the Bloc Quebecois, began poring over the documents in early June.
The NDP refused to join the committee, stating it couldn't agree to the terms.
Several interest groups across the province continue to weigh in on a sudden announcement from the Ontario Power Authority (OPA) earlier this month regarding a 27-per-cent cut in the subsidy paid out to farmers and small businesses for producing solar energy.
The region's municipal, provincial, and federal organizations have partnered up this summer, set to undertake and analyze the results of a community-wide survey on the future of economic development in Prescott-Russell.
The $165,000 project, paid for mostly through federal and provincial funding, will see multiple organizations meet for one-on-one interviews with key residents and entrepreneurs; host two focus group sessions alongside economic development and tourism stakeholders; request the advice of the public regarding the economic future of the region; and, hopefully, implement the findings of the report - expected this coming autumn - all in the name of the Prescott-Russell Strategic Economic Plan.
The extreme heat and humidity experienced across much of Ontario and Quebec last week, from Monday, July 4 to Friday, July 9, has raised additional concerns about the already record-low water levels across the region and has prompted warnings about residents' energy consumption.
The official heat wave also had an evaporation effect on the local rivers. On Tuesday, July 13, the Ottawa River Regulation Planning Board observed the river's water levels to be 41.16 metres in Grenville, slightly below the normal level.
