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Retrouvez Le Reflet The News sur RUSSELL Russell and District Horticultural Society meeting Monday, April 16 at 7 p.m. at the Russell Legion/Lion’s Den. Speaker, Marcel Beauchamp’s topic will be ‘Soil’. PRESCOTT-RUSSELL Partie de sucre des Ouimet : Tous les Ouimet, familles et amis (es), sont invités, samedi 21 avril 2012 à compter de 11 h, à la cabane à sucre l’Hermine, au 212, rang St-Charles, Havelock, Qc. RSVP : Annette Ouimet-Assad : (613) 667- 7473; Suzanne/Denis Ouimet : (613)446-6207 e Groupe B&B de Casselman organise un oyage en Pennsylvanie du 20 au 23 août 2012. RSVP avant le 1 er juin 2012. Rita 613 764-0294 ou Norman 613 764-0555 CRYSLER Souper mensuel du centre communautaire de Crysler va avoir lieu le 20 avril de 5h à 7h EMBRUN Souper de fèves au lard, macaroni et pâté chinois, organisé par les Chevaliers de Colomb, le vendredi 13 avril 2012, 17 h 15 au 5, rue Forget, Embrun. METCALFE Rural Family Connections wants your used books for their upcoming 2nd annual “Big/Little Book Sale”, in support of the Live and Learn Resource Centre. The Book Sale is Saturday June 2, 2012 from 8:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. at the Metcalfe Fairgrounds. For information, call 613 821-2899 or liveandlearn@bellnet.ca communautaire Le lien community link The AVONMORE The Roxborough Agricultural Society is hosting a Dinner, Theatre and Silent auction on Saturday April 21st 2012 at North Stormont Place in Avonmore. The doors open at 7pm. tickets are available at Barkley’s store in Avonmore or from Society Directors before April 17th. For more information or tickets call 613-346-5981 CASSELMAN équipe de soccer amicale (adultes) à partir du 1 mai, tout les mardis, à 19 h. Au terrain de soccer de l’École secondaire catholique de Casselman. GRATUIT. Si vous êtes intéressés, s.v.p. appelez au 613 978-8195. Contacts : Luc Pilon ou Sophie Martineau. S.v.p. confirmez avant le 13 avril 2012. Collecte de sang le 18 avril 2012 de 15 h 30 à 20 h 30 au Centre récréatif d’Embrun. Vous pouvez prendre rendez-vous au 1 866 je donne. Souper de fèves au lard et macaroni, organisé par les Chevaliers de Colomb, le vendredi 20 avril 2012, 17 h à la salle des Chevaliers de Colomb.
Local business experts see nothing but good in double-barrel budget announcements
sector in the federal budget document, Charlebois noted, concerns revising Canada’s immigration policies that would put greater weight on the employability of new arrivals to the country. He expressed some concern about the federal government’s plan for cuts to the public sector workforce as part of its own spending restraints. “Hopefully that won’t have a big effect on this region,” he said. Provincial budget Looking over the provincial budget, Charlebois noted that it brings up concerns raised in the recent report from the Eastern Ontario Wardens Caucus (EOWC) about the need to continue work helping municipalities to fix up and improve their basic infrastructure like roads, water, sewer and other services that have suffered for lack of funding support during past provincial administrations. “We are very concerned about that,” Charlebois said. “We have been losing ground on infrastructure, whether it’s due to federal or provincial cuts, in the end it puts more weight on the local property tax to cover it and then we become very concerned about having to carry the full load.” Charlebois also agreed with Gatien’s observation about making the EODF permanent.“This is great for us,” he said. “It’s a great tool for us.” The federal budget is of great interest to John Candie, executive director for the Prescott-Russell Community Development Corporation (PRCDC). “It’s really pro- business,” said Candie. “For small- and medium-business, it’s a win-win.” La Société de développement communautaire de Prescott-Russell rappelle aux gens d’affaires que le Programme de stage dans les petites entreprises est maintenantdisponible. Le programme offre l’occasion de hausser la productivité et la rentabilité au moyen des affaires électroniques. Quelssontlesavantagesdeceprogramme pour votre entreprise? Grâce à ce programme, il sera possible dorénavant de : •mettreenœuvreunprojetliéauxaffaires électroniques et ainsi faire croître une entreprise; • embaucher un étudiant stagiaire de niveaupostsecondairependant12semaines; • se faire rembourser jusqu’à 75 % du salaire et des avantages sociaux versés au stagiaire. Haussez la productivité et la rentabilité SERVICES COMMUNAUTAIRES DE PRESCOTT ET/AND RUSSELL COMMUNITY SERVICES Don «In Memoriam» pour venir en aide aux aînés.
United Counties of Prescott-Russell (UCPR), sees both the provincial and federal budgets as very pro-business plans for the future. “From an economic development perspective, it’s talking to the business sector,” Charlebois said during a phone interview. “There are many new things in there that will also help small business.” He cited three items in the federal budget as offering immediate benefit to new business ventures in Eastern Ontario: the extension of the hiring tax credit, the innovation assistance fund, and the one- year cap on the time limit for environmental studies required for some new development projects. Charlebois noted that the time limit cap will help attract more potential investors because it removes some of the delays for some projects. “Especially when you have streams on the land that is to be developed,” he said. “It’s not fair for business to have to keep waiting for two or three years on their environmental studies.” Another point of interest to the business
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L'ORIGNAL | There are enough pages to fill up the covers of a Stephen King novel in the combined budgets for this year from both the provincial and federal governments. But it’s all good “bedtime reading” for business and economic development as far as three local experts are concerned. Russell Township’s new Economic Development Director Daniel Gatien is very encouraged with the provincial budget promise to make the Eastern Ontario Development Program (EODP) a permanent part of Ontario’s economic development strategy. He also noted that that the federal government’s extension of the hiring tax credit should also be a help to the small business sector. “We’ve got to be able to maintain what we’ve got,” he said, “and then we can expand.” Sylvain Charlebois, economic development and tourism director for the
Sylvain Charlebois, economic development and tourism director for the United Counties of Prescott-Russell (UCPR), sees both the provincial and federal budgets as very pro-business plans for the future. photo Richard Mahoney
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