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OPP Charged One Person After Search Warrant Executed on Tuesday in Edwardsburgh-Cardinal

March 25, 2020 OPP Media Release

Edwardsburgh-Cardinal – On March 24, 2020 members of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Leeds, Grenville and Lanark Community Street Crime Unit (CSCU), with the assistance of Tactics and Rescue Unit (TRU), Emergency Responsive Team (ERT) & Canine Unit executed a search warrant at a property located on Blair Road in Edwardsburgh Township. Some of the items seized by police include:... Read More

IJC Lake Ontario-St. Lawrence River Water Levels Webinar on Friday, April 3

March 25, 2020March 25, 2020 IJC Media Release

Register now! US Co-Chair Jane Corwin and Canadian Co-Chair Pierre Béland of the International Joint Commission will host a webinar on high water levels in Lake Ontario and the St. Lawrence River on April 3rd 2020. A French language webinar will take place at 9:30 a.m. (EDT) and the English language webinar will take place at noon (EDT). A short presentation will be given... Read More

TWO PEOPLE CHARGED AFTER SEARCH WARRANT EXECUTED

March 20, 2020 Media Release

SOUTH GRENVILLE – On March 20, 2020 in the early morning hours, members of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Leeds, Grenville and Lanark Community Street Crime Unit (CSCU) with the assistance of uniform patrol officers from Grenville County OPP executed a search warrant in the community of Cardinal. Officers seized a large quantity of suspected Crystal Methamphetamine, suspected Methamphetamine Speed... Read More

ILOSLR Board: Additional outflow strategies to address high water levels on Lake Ontario and the St. Lawrence River

March 19, 2020 Media Release

Cornwall – The International Lake Ontario–St. Lawrence River Board agreed March 11th to amend its Plan 2014 temporary deviation strategies to allow for additional increases to the rate of water removed from Lake Ontario through the spring. The first adjustment to the deviation strategy involves the Plan 2014 rule that attempts to balance high water impacts upstream and downstream of... Read More

UCDSB to Temporarily Close Schools, Working on Educational Supports for Students

March 13, 2020 Media Release

Brockville – In an extraordinary effort to contain the spread of COVID-19, the Ontario Government announced on Thursday afternoon that all Ontario schools will be closed from Saturday, March 14, reopening on Monday, April 6. Recognizing that a key part of the provincial strategy is to contain the spread of COVID19, all child care and EarlyON centres located within UCDSB... Read More

OCSTA Statement Regarding OECTA Tentative Agreement

March 12, 2020 Media Release

TORONTO – We are very pleased that today, following many months of bargaining, the Ontario Catholic School Trustees’ Association, the Provincial government and the Ontario English Catholic Teachers’ Association (OECTA) reached a tentative collective agreement. The tentative agreement reflects the commitment of all negotiating parties to the well-being and progress of all students and staff in Catholic schools throughout Ontario. Details of... Read More

COVID-19 Forces Government of Ontario to Extend March break by 2 Weeks

March 12, 2020March 12, 2020 Media Release

TORONTO — Today Premier Doug Ford, Christine Elliott, Deputy Premier and Minister of Health and Stephen Lecce, Minister of Education, issued the following statement in response to the impact of COVID-19 on publicly funded schools as March Break approaches: “The health and well-being of Ontarians is our government’s number one priority. Since we first learned of COVID-19 as an emerging... Read More

Grenville OPP: Watch Out For Theses Scams

March 9, 2020March 9, 2020 OPP Media Release

Fraud Prevention Month North Grenville – Online scams are being reported to the Grenville County Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) every day. The scam artists can contact you by text messages, social media sites, e-mail or by phone. Be wary of any message that suggests that you are being awarded money, that you owe money, that you have an inheritance or... Read More

Brockville & Area Music & Performing Arts Hall of Fame Has 6 New Members For Induction

March 5, 2020 Media Release

Brockville – The Brockville & Area Music & Performing Arts hall of Fame has 6 new Members. The Hall of Fame committee tabulated the results of voting from the members of the Hall and are pleased to introduce this years inductees. Margaret Whisselle Margaret began playing piano at age 7 and playing organ for church services at 11 years old.... Read More

IJC’S PLAN 2014 REVIEW A STEP IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION: CLARK

March 5, 2020March 5, 2020 MPP Steve Clark Media Release

MPP CALLED FOR REVIEW LAST JUNE IN WAKE OF SPRING FLOODING Brockville — Leeds-Grenville-Thousand Islands and Rideau Lakes MPP Steve Clark, says a decision by the International Joint Commission (IJC) to expedite a review of Plan 2014 is a step in the right direction. However, Clark said he’s disappointed in the time it has taken the Commission to launch the... Read More