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Schools locked down after Long Sault gun scare
Two people killed in Glengarry crash
By Greg Kielec greg.kielec@eap.on.ca
Road in North Glengarry and struck a tree around 1 a.m. They were both pro- nounced dead on the scene. The driver, Kevin Menard, 25, of South Glengarry, was airlifted to Ottawa Hos- pital’s Civic Campus with serious inju- ries. SG&G OPP announced Monday morn- ing that Menard had been charged with dangerous operation of a motor vehicle causing death. He is scheduled to ap- pear in court in Alexandria Dec. 5.
GREG KIELEC greg.kielec@eap.on.ca
A South Glengarry man faces two counts of dangerous operation of a motor vehicle causing death after an early morning crash in North Glengar- ry on Sunday. Colin Joseph Geddis, 21, and Jas- mine Morris, 26, both of Alexandria, were killed when the 2006 Cadillac they were passengers in left McCormick
Two elementary schools in Long Sault were locked down for close to two hours Thursday afternoon after a sighting of men walking nearby with guns. The two-to-three “suspicious males” were spotted by students walking on property west of the fenced playground at the rear of Longue Sault Public School, prompting a school lockdown, said Joel Doiron, SD&G OPP spokesman. Another nearby elementary school, St. George Catholic School, was also locked down as the OPP flooded the area with pa- trol units, their canine unit and their emer- gency response team shortly before 1 p.m. Police secured the school area until school buses arrived to transport students home and conducted an extensive search of the area but were unable to find to per- sons sighted by the students. “Our findings so far have been negative,” said Doiron, speaking to reporters as bus- es – delayed until police gave the all clear -- waited in front of the school to transport
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students home. “We treat it as real until we can prove otherwise,” he emphasized, explaining the huge show of force with numerous officers – some it tactical gear – and at least eight police vehicles along the street and en- trance at Longue Sault Public School. Doiron said the speed and ease with which the lockdown was executed is a “true testament. School board superintendent David Combs said that busing home was delayed “out of an abundance of caution for the safety of our students.” Police stand in front of Longue Sault Public School Thursday afternoon.
Clarification
Material submitted by St. John’s Presby- terian Church failed to credit the person who compiled the material used in an article in the Sept. 12 edition of Le/The Journal. The material used in a portion of The
Journal article detailing the history of John Bethune was originally compiled by Susanne Matthews, clerk of session with St. John Presbyterian Church, for the church newsletter “Did You Know” based on information from www.biographi.ca.
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