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Health Unit Reports No New Cases or Deaths As of 4:00pm Yesterday

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Health Unit Reports No New Cases or Deaths As of 4:00pm Yesterday
Today’s update, May 21, 2020 of COVID-19 cases across Leeds-Grenville Lanark Brockville – The Leeds, Grenville & Lanark District Health Unit is reporting today that there are no new cases or deaths since yesterday’s update. There are still a total of 336 cases and 49 deaths in Leeds, Grenville and Lanark. 195 (68%) of cases recovered (Recovered cases do not include... Read More

Ontario Leading COVID-19 Research in Canada

Government of Ontario Media Release
Ontario Leading COVID-19 Research in Canada
Province Announces First Phase of Research Projects to Fight COVID-19 TORONTO — The Ontario government is quickly moving forward with innovative research to prevent, detect and treat COVID-19. These projects, part of the government’s $20 million Ontario COVID-19 Rapid Research Fund, focus on areas of research such as vaccine development, diagnostics, drug trials and development, and social sciences. Additionally, Ontario is leading... Read More

OPP – LIVES LOST ON AND OFF THE ROAD, SPEEDING LED TRAFFIC CHARGES OVER LONG WEEKEND

OPP Media Release
OPP – LIVES LOST ON AND OFF THE ROAD, SPEEDING LED TRAFFIC CHARGES OVER LONG WEEKEND
Orillia – The Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) responded to four separate fatal motor vehicle collisions that claimed the lives of four people over the Victoria Day Long Weekend. In a fifth fatal incident, a youth drowned while riding an off-road vehicle through a waterway. Canada Road Safety Week (May 12-18, 2020) kept officers busy leading up to and over the long... Read More

IJC appoints Public Advisory Group to assist with review of water regulation plan

IJC Media Release
IJC appoints Public Advisory Group to assist with review of water regulation plan
Ottawa – The International Joint Commission (IJC) announced today that it has appointed a 16-member Public Advisory Group to help identify potential improvements to the regulation of Lake Ontario outflows. The Public Advisory Group will assist the IJC’s Great Lakes-St. Lawrence River Adaptive Management (GLAM) Committee with an expedited review of Plan 2014, the plan for regulating outflows that took effect in 2017.... Read More

The 2020 MyView Finalists are Announced!

Media Release
The 2020 MyView Finalists are Announced!
Eastern Ontario – Nine films made by local youth have been nominated for the 2020 MyView Youth Film Festival. MyView on Arts by Zoe Mainville of Ottawa Isolation Adventures by Adam Yakimovich of Kemptville Toxic Relationships | Kids Help Phone by Luke Gardiner of Brockville A Girl and Her Bike by Perrin Dickenson of Kemptville 1st vs. 3rd World Problems... Read More

Big Brothers, Big Sisters of Leeds-Grenville Decide to Cancel This Years Brockville Ribfest Due to Covid-19

Dale Elliott
Big Brothers, Big Sisters of Leeds-Grenville Decide to Cancel This Years Brockville Ribfest Due to Covid-19
Brockville – The board of Big Brothers, Big Sisters of Leeds-Grenville have made the decision to cancel this year’s Brockville Ribfest due to Covid-19. In a released statement the board said that, “Due to concerns about the spread of Covid-19 and respecting the advice of public officials to ‘Stay Home’, we felt this was the most responsible course of action... Read More