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&/#3&'r#3*&'4 SURINTENDANTE DE L’ÉDUCATION Le Conseil scolaire de district catholique de l’Est ontarien (CSDCEO) a récemment annoncé la nomination de Chantal-Chris- tine Gratton à titre de surinten- dante de l’éducation, à compter de la nouvelle rentrée scolaire 2018-2019. Mme Gratton occupait le poste de directrice de l’École secondaire catholique L’Escale à Rockland depuis 2017 et a été directrice à l’École secon- daire régionale de Hawkesbury de 2014 à 2017 et à l’École secondaire de Casselman de 2010 à 2014. Elle a également occupé le poste de directrice adjointe à l’École secondaire catholique de Plantagenet, à l’École secondaire catholique Embrun, en plus d’avoir été enseignante de 1993 à 2001. DÉBAT ÉLECTORAL À CASSELMAN Un débat électoral entre les candidats à titre de conseiller municipal pour le Village de Casselman aura lieu le 26 septembre prochain au Complexe J.R. Brisson. L’évènement, orga- nisé par un groupe de citoyens, débutera à 19 h. Tous sont invités à y assister. – Caroline Prévost
MP STILL HOPES FOR GOOD NEWS ON NAFTA
GREGG CHAMBERLAIN gregg.chamberlain@eap.on.ca
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The future of trade relations between Canada and the U.S. hinges on results of last-minute negotiations on NAFTA. But MP Francis Drouin remains hopeful. Late last month, Trump announced that the U.S. and Mexico, the other NAFTA member, had reached a separate deal on the international trade agreement, and that Canada had until the end of the month to come back to the table to negotiate. “The minister has said that we’re not going to negotiate in public,” MP Drouin said during an August 29 interview, referring to President Trump’s frequent critical public statements and Twitter comments about UIF/PSUI"NFSJDBO'SFF5SBEF"HSFFNFOU /"'5" BOEIJTUISFBUTPGQVOJTIJOHUBSJGGT on Canadian products if his demands for DIBOHFTUP/"'5"BSFOPUBDDFQUFE Late last month, Trump announced UIBUUIF64BOE.FYJDP UIFPUIFS/"'5"
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On August 8, the United Counties of Prescott and Russell (UCPR) donated one of its ambulances to the non-profit organization Firefighters Without Borders (FWB) Canada. The ambulance will be placed into service in Samaná Province in Dominican Republic and will be accompanied by several other emergency vehicles. This ambulance represents the second donation made by the UCPR through this organization. A team of 20 firefighters will travel from December 1 to December 8 to provide training to the Dominican firefighters. The eight members of the UCPR council, Christina Eggiman and Carl Eggiman, representatives of FWB Canada; Daniel Boisvenue, member of FWB Canada and firefighter for The Nation; and Marco Beaulieu, paramedic for the UCPR. —photo submitted
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