10 Years ago
LRHS students travel to Vimy Ridge
The Review, April 18, 2012 – LACHUTE – Students from Laurentian Regional High School in Lachute embarked on the journey of a lifetime on April 7, when their ‘Fact and Fiction’ class boarded a plane for France and joined in a pilgrimage of nearly 5,000 Canadian students, who gathered at Vimy Ridge to celebrate the 95th anniversary of one of Canada’s greatest World War 1 battles. Lachute teens stood alongside Canadian Governor General David Johnston and Veterans Affairs Minister Steven Blaney on April 9, for a ceremony in which the Governor General spoke of the careful planning involved in taking the ridge and the bravery of Canadian soldiers.
25 Years Ago
Town rejects industrial park waste plant
The Review, April 16, 1997 – VANKLEEK HILL – Faced with a crowd of concerned citizens and a 750-signature petition on Monday evening, Vankleek Hill Council rejected a proposed waste treatment and recovery business for the town’s industrial park. Representatives from Material Resource Recovery SRBP addressed council, asking for approval in principal for their facility, which would receive wastes such as light ballasts and mercaptan, an additive to natural gas for the detection of gas leaks. An incinerator would have been part of the facility, which would have employed about eight people.
50 Years Ago
Nation River causes flood concerns
The Review, April 19, 1972 – PRESCOTT-RUSSELL – Anxious citizens along the Nation River from Casselman to Plantagenet nervously watched the water rise this week. On Friday afternoon, County Road No. 9 drowned out and Saturday’s rain and drizzle, along with Sunday’s above freezing temperatures hastened runoff. At Casselman, raging water lashes ceaselessly at the dam and roars through the wide open sluice gates, but the water level remains less than 18 inches from the dam top.
75 Years Ago
1947 Tax rate reduced for Vankleek Hill
The Review, April 17, 1947 – VANKLEEK HILL – The 1947 tax rate for the Town of Vankleek Hill has been set at $6.40 per $1,000 of assessment for public school supporters. Last year’s rate was $50.30. For separate school supporters the rate is $54, a reduction from $58.40 last year. The tax reduction will not be felt generally, as there was an increase of $60,000 in the assessment last year.
100 Years Ago
Former Casselman reeve’s body found
The Review, April 21, 1922 – CASSELMAN – A badly decomposed body found last Friday afternoon in Leamy’s Lake by riverman moving a log boom is believed to be that of Joseph Racine, 39, former reeve of the Village of Casselman and son of the late Damase Racine, former member of the Ontario Legislature. Racine mysteriously disappeared on November 5, 1920, and his fate has remained unknown. While there is some belief that Racine was murdered and his body tossed into the water, an autopsy determined he died by drowning. There is yet considerable mystery regarding Racine’s movements prior to his disappearance.
125 Years Ago
Hockey players take bath in Crystal Rink
The Review, April 16, 1897 – VANKLEEK HILL – A number of our most enthusiastic hockeyists took a bath on skates in the Crystal Rink last Saturday. They apparently thought they didn’t receive their money’s worth during the skating season.
