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IGS HAWKESBURY WORKS ON THE NATION HIGH-SPEED SERVICE
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Le carnaval d’hiver du canton de Champlain aura lieu ce fin de semaine et comprendra l’utilisation gratuite des pistes Ski Vent Clic autour de Vankleek Hill. - photo fournie
MINOR HOCKEY PLAYERS WAIT ON LOCKDOWN UPDATE STEPHEN JEFFERY 45&1)&/+&''&3:!&"10/$"
Players in the Eastern Prescott-Russell Minor Hockey Association are waiting for news on when they’ll be allowed to return to the ice, after a successful first session. The association was forced to indefinitely suspend the already disrupted season when Ontario’s lockdown was declared in late %FDFNCFS1MBZFSTIBETJODFCFFO GPSDFE to wait for restrictions to ease, which was further delayed when a stay-at-home order and state of emergency declaration were BOOPVODFEJO+BOVBSZ Prior to the lockdown, the association IBEEJWJEFEUIFTFBTPOJOUPUXPTFTTJPOT The first ran from October to December, but the second would remain on hold until the QSPWJODFQFSNJUUFEBSFUVSOUPQMBZ &13.)"1SFTJEFOU+FTTJDB-BMPOEFTBJE UIF àSTU TFTTJPO IBE CFFO TVDDFTTGVM “Thanks to all my executive members and all my volunteers for working together because without them it would not have been possible GPSBMMPVSLJETUPQMBZIPDLFZuTIFTBJEi/P PVUCSFBLTBOEOPQSPCMFNTu Lalonde said she was disappointed about the shutdown, but hoped for a return to the ice as soon as possible in the primary areas PG)BXLFTCVSZBOE7BOLMFFL)JMMi8FBSF
in a waiting position until we have more information on what will be happening,” TIFTBJEi5IBOLTUPCPUINVOJDJQBMJUJFTGPS CFJOHQBUJFOUBOEVOEFSTUBOEJOHXJUINF They are anxious to know what we will be doing but they understand that I am waiting GPSDSVDJBMJOGPSNBUJPOu The return to play would depend on what MFWFMUIF&BTUFSO0OUBSJP)FBMUI6OJUXPVME return to on the province’s colour-coded $07*%DIBSUPODFUIFMPDLEPXOFOEFE "SFEiSFTUSJDUuMFWFMXPVMEDSFBUFBEEJUJPOBM SFTUSJDUJPOTGPSQMBZFST La Eastern Prescott Russell Minor Hockey Association a reporté sa deuxième session au moins jusqu’à la fin du verrouillage de l’Ontario. — photo tirée d’une banque d’images
FÉLICITATIONS POUR VOS 100 ANS!
Jeannette Gascon, de Hawkesbury, fête ses 100 ans, aujourd’hui, le 3 février 2021. Nosmeilleurs vœux à toi dont nous sommes si fiers, qui devient centenaire. Nous aurions bien voulu célébrer cet évènement bien spécial, mais la situation ne nous le permet pas pour l’instant. Tes enfants, Colombe (Jacques) &Gaëtan (Sylvie), tes petits-enfants : François(Roxanne),Marc-André (Catherine), Jean-Yves (Vanessa) et Louis-Charles (Martine) et tes arrière-petits-enfants : Anthony, Jean-Christophe, Nicholas, Emilie, Elodie et unautreprévupour cet été.
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