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The Review is a finalist in three categories of the Ontario Community Newspaper Association (OCNA) awards competition, the association announced Monday, March 1. Winners will be announced at the combined OCNA/CNA (Community Newspaper Association)/CCNA (Canadian Community Newspaper Association) convention on May 14, 2010 at the Toronto Sheraton Centre.

The Review is among three finalists nominated for best broadsheet front page. The other two finalists are the Midland Free Press and the Newmarket Era-Banner.

For some, repairing computers may just seem like playing with bits and pieces of a puzzle that does not make sense. But for others, like Benoit Larocque, they are much more than that. They are a way to bring people together and to offer something to those who may not have access.  Larocque, 35, now works at DFL International, a practice firm in Hawkesbury, Ontario, as a network technician where he has a chance to help out the many participants that DFL takes in. Helping people is not something new to Larocque who has been doing it ever since he got involved in computer repair. For Larocque, it all started when he was living in Ottawa.

There are many stories about how individuals have been affected by the economy but, people losing jobs because a company closes its doors is nothing new.
Sylvie Parisien experienced that first hand five-and-a-half years ago with the company she had been with for 29 years.
Parisien quickly found out that, to find a new job, she needed to retool her entire skill set.

Community involvement is indeed alive and well in Ontario.

Part of that statement is due to the fact the Ontario Community Newspapers Association (OCNA) received 130 nominations for the 2009 Ontario Junior Citizen of the Year Awards program. In towns and cities across the province, young people are dedicating their time and energy to causes and community groups that have a lasting impact on their communities and around the world.

HAWKESBURY - He's only been on the job for a few months, but Mathieu Mault is making great strides in brightening the economic development picture for the town.

Mault, who was recently hired to act as the town's director of economic development, presented his economic development activity report for the months of December and January during the regular council meeting, held Monday, January 25.

He began with an update on Pittsburgh Glass Works (PGW), the local windshield making company that announced it would be closing its doors and taking more than 160 jobs with it.

A new program is helping small businesses get a handle on one of their most pressing and time consuming issues - human resources.

In November, the Employment Services Centre of Prescott-Russell announced a new service for business owners in the area. Known as Human Resources Business Partners, the program gives employers access to human resource specialists.

Two team members have been hired to carry out program - Carl Lamarche, who services the Russell area, and Chantale Ladouceur, who services the Prescott area.

We all know someone who, after high school, went off to a post secondary institution in a program they knew little about or had little interest  in. Most of these stories end with the students' changing their minds and their degree a few times and losing a lot of money.
It is a situation that is hard to prevent because the student might be getting into a program that they think is what they want only to find it is not.

It's not always easy to see the bright side when a community has been devastated by countless job losses.

But, every cloud has a silver lining, including this one.

In 2009, an Action Centre was established to help workers who had been laid-off at windshield maker Pittsburgh Glass Works (PGW) and Ivaco Rolling Mills.