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With the 2022-2023 school year just around the corner, Student Transportation of Eastern Ontario (STEO), the consortium of operators responsible for organizing bus services for the region’s English school boards, continues to scramble to find bus dri- vers. While the Consortium de Transport Scolaire de l’Est (CTSE), responsible for the French school boards, sees little concern. 5IF45&0BOE$54&BSFSFTQPOTJCMFGPS QSPWJEJOHUSBOTQPSUBUJPOUPBQQSPYJNBUFMZ TUVEFOUTGSPNUIF6QQFS$BOBEB %JTUSJDU4DIPPM#PBSE 6$%4# BOE$BUIPMJD %JTUSJDU4DIPPM#PBSEPG&BTUFSO0OUBSJP $4%#&0 BOEUIF$POTFJM4DPMBJSFEF%JT - USJDUEFM&TU0OUBSJP $4%$&0 BOE$POTFJM
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CDSBEO BOARD CHAIR NOT SEEKING RE-ELECTION
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Todd Lalonde, current chair of the Catholic District School Board of Eastern Ontario (CDSBEO), is not seeking re-election in the upcoming municipal election. )FIBTTFSWFEBT$%4#&05SVTUFFGPS ZFBST IPMEJOHUIFQPTJUJPOPGFJUIFSDIBJS PSWJDFDIBJSGPSPGUIPTF CVUUIJTZFBS IFXJMMTUFQEPXOBTCPUICPBSEDIBJSBOE USVTUFF-BMPOEFJTOFBSJOHUIFFOEPGIJT TJYUIUFSNBTCPBSEDIBJS BOEJUMPPLTMJLF JUXJMMCFIJTMBTU i*GFFMCMFTTFEUPIBWFIBEUIFPQQPSUVOJUZ UPCFBQBSUPGUIJTCPBSEBOENBLFEFDJTJPOT JOUIFCFTUJOUFSFTUPGPVSTUVEFOUT uIF TUBUFEJOBOFXTSFMFBTFi*BNFYUSFNFMZ
SPEEDING NOT TOLERATED IN EAST HAWKESBURY
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The Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) remind drivers that speeding is not tole- rated after stopping two stunt drivers on Highway 417. 5IF)BXLFTCVSZ011JTSFNJOEJOHNPUP - SJTUTUIBUBHHSFTTJWFESJWJOHMFBETUPGBUBM DSBTIFT BOEUIBULFFQJOHUPUIFTQFFE MJNJUJTUIFCFTUXBZUPLFFQZPVSTFMGBOE PUIFSTTBGF "/FQFBOXPNBO XBTQVMMFEPWFS GPSESJWJOHBULNI BOEBNBMFESJWFS XBTQVMMFEPWFSGPSESJWJOHBULNI
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