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&/#3&'r#3*&'4 GET YOUR MEASLES SHOT, SAYS EOHU Given the recent cases of measles in Canada and the U.S., the Eastern Ontario Health Unit (EOHU) is remind- ing the public to ensure that they and their children are up-to-date with their measles vaccinations. “Measles is extremely contagious and can be very serious for people who aren’t vaccinated,” said Dr. Paul Roumeliotis, Medical Officer of Health at the EOHU. The measles vaccine is available free of charge at healthcare provider’s office. It is also available by appoint- ment at the EOHU, by calling 613-933- 1375 or 1 800 267-7120. – Francis Racine ALFRED BOG LAND The United Counties of Prescott and Russell planning and forests depart- ment is negotiating for ownership transfer of 80 hectares of private property located within the Alfred Bog. The peat bog is listed as a wetland site of natural and scientific interest in Ontario, as it is home to a variety of rare or unique species of insects and plant life. The South Nation Conserva- tion Authority and other conservation groups manage the protected portions of the bog. Once the UCPR has nego- tiated purchase of the 80 hectares, it will become part of the protected bog area. – Gregg Chamberlain GAGNANT Le gagnant du tirage-voyages du Club Optimiste de Hawkesbury pour le mois de mars 2019 est Louis Poirier de Hawkesbury. Prescott-Russell (UCPR) takes over in the fall. The UCPR regional fire dispatch system has been in development for a couple of years now, since Hawkesbury agreed to turn over responsibility for the service to the counties. The UCPR is replacing the old analog system with a modern digital system, set up by the consultant firm BearCom. The change in the system will not affect how residents call for help using 911. The new system is used to relay emergency calls to local fire stations, tell them where a fire situation is, and keep fire crews in touch with their base station.
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Students all across Prescott-Russell left their classrooms and marched outside to join a province-wide student protest, April 5, against the Ford Progressive Conservative government’s cuts to education programs. “Our education! Our choice!” chanted about a hundred or more students from Vankleek Hill Collegiate as they gathered on the sidewalk outside of their school, along Highway 34 through the village. Several VCI staff were on hand as chaperones, though the student walkout did not have the official sanction of the Upper Canada District School Board (UCDSB). OPP were also on site as chaperones for the students during the protest, with two patrol cars parked near the school driveway entrances, lights flashing, to warn passing motorists to slow down and stay alert. “ It’s a good thing for them to do, ” said one unidentified OPP officer. “ To be able to express themselves in a safe manner. ” VCI students waved banners at passing vehicles and cheered drivers who honked their horns to show their support for the protesters. Down the road at Pleasant Corners Public School, almost four dozen students from Grades 7 and 8 also marched outside, under staff supervision, to show their solidarity with their older counterparts. “Some know it’s about education cuts,” said one of the Pleasant Corners school chaperones. “They hear their parents talking about it.” 4UVEFOUTBUPUIFSTDIPPMT CPUI&OHMJTI and French, in the Prescott-Russell region and throughout Ontario took part in the
Des étudiants du Vankleek Hill Collegiate Institute sont descendus dans la rue jeudi après-midi, se joignant à leurs pairs de toute la province lors d’une sortie, le 4 avril, pour protester contre les compressions budgétaires imposées par le gouvernement progressiste conservateur de Ford au système d’éducation de l’Ontario. Le dernier plan de réduction des coûts envisagé par le gouvernement prévoit la mise à pied de personnel enseignant, à l’échelle de la province, sur une période de quatre ans, tout en augmentant le nombre d’élèves dans les classes de toutes les écoles de l’Ontario. —photo Gregg Chamberlain
protest against the Ford government’s changes to school curriculums and its cost- cutting plans for the province’s education system. That includes increasing class sizes at all schools partnered with a four-year plan for eliminating more than 3000 teaching QPTJUJPOT&EVDBUJPO.JOJTUSZPGàDJBMTDMBJN the plan will cut more than $800 million from the Ontario education budget. The UCDSB head office confirmed by email that students at most of the 21 high schools in the Upper Canada district took part in the province-wide protest. At some schools just a handful of students walked out while in others the protestors numbered
150. Last Thursday’s protest action preceded POFMBTU8FEOFTEBZJOWPMWJOHTUVEFOUTBU Ontario’s colleges and universities. All of Ontario’s school districts indicated early last week there would be no sanctions against students who took part in the walkout. They would be marked as “absent” from classes for that time and expected to make up their homework and other assignments just as if they had been absent for medical or important personal reasons.
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The new regional dispatch service for Prescott-Russell municipal fire depart- ments becomes active in September. “A flick of the switch and they go live with the new equipment,” said United Coun- ties of Prescott-Russell Chief Administrator Stéphane Parisien during an update on the TJUVBUJPOBUUIF.BSDIDPVOUJFTDPVODJM session. Hawkesbury will continue to provide fire dispatch service this spring and sum- mer, he explained, until the new system operated through the United Counties of
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En septembre prochain, Hawkesbury ne sera plus responsable des appels d’urgence pour les services des incendies de Prescott-Russell. Le nouveau système de répartition des incendies mis en place et exploité par les Comtés unis de Prescott et Russell prendra la relève. Les résidents continueront de composer le 911 pour signaler un incendie. — archives
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