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&/#3&'r#3*&'4 ATV SAFETY WARNING Relaxation of some of the provincial pandemic restrictions on outdoor recreation means ATV riders are able to get out on the trails again and also on sections of public roads that are used as links between trails. Police remind ATV riders that they are subject to all traffic laws when on public roads, including those related to impaired driving. ATV riders must wear helmets at all times, use a licensed vehicle, and not have passengers riding with them. —
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Whether or not Prescott-Russell’s public transit project continues to run may depend on the opinion of the provincial government. The future for the PR Transpo project was one of the main topics for discussion during the June 24 session of the United Counties of Prescott-Russell’s (UCPR) eco- OPNJD EFWFMPQNFOU DPNNJUUFF8BSEFO Pierre Leroux, who sits on all of the UCPR’s advisory committees, expressed concern about whether the regional transit system will prove financially viable. “I have my doubts that a private operator will be willing to take it over,” Leroux said. Both Alfred-Plantagenet Mayor Stéphane Sarrazin, who chairs the economic deve- lopment committee, and Casselman Mayor Daniel Lafleur, who sits on it, expressed optimism about the future viability and need for PR Transpo. The UCPR received a provincial govern- ment transportation fund grant to finance a four-year pilot project for rural public transit. The province is funding similar pilot projects in other communities. One of the goals of the projects is to determine if there is sufficient demand for rural public transit to make it viable enough to attract the interest of the private sector. The original plan for the PR Transpo pro- ject was to have it in operation last summer in time to benefit from the tourism trade. But unforeseen planning delays saw the regional transit system roll out the beginning of last October instead. PR Transpo operated for about five mon- ths before the COVID-19 pandemic situation resulted in its suspension. Carole Lavigne, UCPR economic development director, noted during a later interview that the ridership
Gregg Chamberlain SUMMER LEARNING
The Catholic District School Board of Eastern Ontario (CDSBE0) again offers summer online learning programs for students. Parents of students in Kinder- garten to Grade 8 can enroll their child- ren in online home-learning programs to improve their reading and mathematics skills. The CDSBEO also has five new “reach ahead” programs for students who enter Grade 9 in the next term. High school-level upgrade programs in math, science, and English are also available, and the CDSBEO is surveying teaching staff at its schools about what other online summer learning programs might be useful. – Gregg Chamberlain PANDEMIC TOURISM AID Tourisme Prescott-Russell Tourism will receive $100,112.50 from the Tourism Industry Association of Ontario’s Regional Relief and Recovery Fund (RRRF). The money will assist with post- pandemic support of Prescott-Russell’s tourism sector. The RRRF money can go towards marketing and other efforts to encourage tourism traffic in the region as part of Phase Two of the Ontario Economic Restart plan and prepare for Phase Three – Gregg Chamberlain
The future for the PR Transpo project may now rest with the provincial government. The project received provincial financing to get underway but ridership numbers have not been high during the few months of operation before the COVID-19 pandemic resulted in suspension of the regional transit service. Now the United Counties of Prescott-Russell will ask the province whether or not it can use the rest of the PR Transpo program grant for other transportation-related needs. —archives
numbers started to show a definite increase JO+BOVBSZBOE'FCSVBSZPGUIJTZFBS8IFUIFS that increase would have continued into the spring, she added, is unknown because of the pandemic. The economic development committee
directed Lavigne to find out from the provin- cial government whether or not the UCPR must use the PR Transpo project’s transpor- tation grant to continue operating a regional public transit service or if the grant can go towards another transportation project.
LES CUPR POURRAIENT ROUVRIR LEURS BUREAUX EN SEPTEMBRE
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Si une deuxième vague de COVID-19 n’a pas lieu, les portes des bureaux des Comtés unis de Prescott et Russell pour- raient rouvrir au public en septembre. «Au minimum», a déclaré Stéphane Parisien, directeur général des Comtés unis de Prescott-Russell (CUPR), lors de la téléconférence du 24 juin pour le conseil. Le bureau principal des CUPR, rue Court à L’Orignal, est fermé, tout le personnel travaillant à domicile, depuis le début de la pandémie COVID-19 au printemps. Avec le début du plan de relance économique du gouvernement provincial pour l’Ontario, quelques membres du personnel sont main- tenant de retour au bureau, mais l’accès est toujours fermé au grand public, à une exception près. L’entrée est limitée aux personnes qui doivent se rendre au bureau des infractions provinciales et au greffe du tribunal, au EFVYJÍNFÊUBHFEVCÄUJNFOU&MMFTEPJWFOU téléphoner à l’avance pour prendre les dispo- sitions nécessaires à l’entrée, puis attendre devant la porte jusqu’à ce que l’employé des CUPR qui les attend les laisse entrer pour monter directement à l’étage du greffe,
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Le bureau principal des Comtés unis de Prescott-Russell (CUPR) à L’Orignal pourrait être à nouveau ouvert au public en septembre, s’il n’y a pas de résurgence de la pandémie de COVID-19 en Ontario. L’administration travaille sur un plan de réouverture, mais, en attendant, la plupart des employés du bureau de l’UCPR continuent de travailler à domicile. —archives puis ressortir une fois qu’elles ont terminé. L’administration des CUPR travaille actuellement sur un plan visant à permettre au public d’accéder à nouveau au bureau des CUPR pendant la première semaine complète de septembre. Parisien a noté que cela dépend également de l’état de la situation pandémique en Ontario à ce moment-là.
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