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RICHARD MAHONEY richard.mahoney@eap.on.ca Food bank needs clean-up: former president the needy. That is its sole purpose,” says Clermont, who had volunteered for two years before handing in her resignation. “The people who contribute have to raise their voices and ask for change,” she states. Baril has defended his approach, reasoning
that tight controls are required to ensure the service is not abused and that the food bank respects its original mission.
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HAWKESBURY | Supporters of the Hawkesbury Central Food ought to speak out in order to ensure the organization can help the needy, says former president Shirley Clermont. “There has to be a clean-up there. We need a new manager and new board members,” states Clermont, who says she stepped down because she could no lon- ger tolerate the new stricter eligibility re- strictions imposed on clients. “I am for the people. This is a food bank, not a business,” comments Clermont. “This new protocol is not right. It is ridiculous. People who are needy, people who are on welfare, need that food.” She was referring to a new proposed re- striction that would limit to five the num- ber of times per year a client could seek assistance at the Main Street service. Citing an “alarming” rise in requests for help, food bank manager René Baril has maintained the new restriction is necessary to ensure the survival of the organization. The new proposed policy would affect a small mi- nority because most clients visit four or five times per year, says Baril. But Clermont con- tends that Baril has lost sight of the food bank’s mission. “He is not supposed to ask people about how they spend their money. The food bank is there to give out food to
Rigaud, Argenteuil et les municipalités situées le long de la rivière des Outaouais sont particulièrement concernés par les risques potentiels de ce projet. Même les personnes vivant en Ontario, près de la frontière provinciale, pourraient être tou- chées. Seront présents Steven Guilbeault, co-fondateur et directeur principal d’Équi- terre, des élus de la région et des experts de
la question. La groupe Les Citoyens Au Courant sou- ligne que la compagnie Enbridge a enre- gistré 804 déversements de ses pipelines entre 1999 et 2010. La compagnie est res- ponsable du plus grand déversement pé- trolier sur le sol Nord-Américain (en 2010 au Michigan), qui a contaminé 48 km de la rivière Kalamazoo.
SAINTE-JUSTINE-DE-NETWON | Une soi- rée d’information publique aura lieu, le lundi 11 mars, au sujet d’ un projet d’utiliser le pipeline dans la région de Rigaud pour transporter d’énormes quantités de pétrole des sables bitu- mineux de l’Alberta. La rencontre à micro ouvert aura lieu à 18h30 à la salle municipale de Sainte-Jus- tine-de-Newton, au 2842, rue Principale. La réunion est organisé par Les Citoyens Au Courant, un regroupement de citoyens de la région de Rigaud qui se mobilisent afin d’informer le public sur le renverse- ment de flux du pipeline 9B prévu par la compagnie Enbridge. « Quelle que soit votre opinion à la fin de la soirée, au moins vous saurez de quoi il est question quand on parle de faire passer du pétrole extrait des sables bitumineux dans le pipeline qui traverse notre territoire », a décla- ré Patricia Domingos, maire de Sainte-Jus- tine-de-Newton. Les résidents de Très-Saint-Rédempteur, Sainte-Justine-de-Newton, Pointe-Fortune,
TRIBUNE-EXPRESS NEWSROOM@EAP.ON.CA Thieves hit storage facility ing the theft that investigators believe oc- curred in the previous week.
Anyone with information about the theft is asked to call Constable Sébastien Brisson at 613-632-2729 or 1-888-310-1122. 20 charges In the week of February 25 to March 4, Hawkesbury O.P.P. officers responded to 226 occurrences and laid 20 charges. Offi- cers investigated one break and enter inci- dent, four thefts and six assaults. Three RIDE initiatives were conducted. There were no impaired driving related charges laid.
The public is being asked to help police find the culprits who broke into a com- mercial storage facility in Wendover in February. February 17, Hawkesbury Ontario Pro- vincial Police (O.P.P.) constables were dis- patched to the scene of the break-in on Main Street. Someone had gained access to the stor- age facility where some items were vandal- ized and other items were stolen. A bicycle, a collection of money and elec- tronics were some of the items taken dur-
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