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GREGG CHAMBERLAIN gregg.chamberlain@eap.on.ca FEDDEV MONEY GOOD BUT NO HELP FOR INFRASTRUCTURE NJMMJPOSVSBMSFHJPOBMMPDBUJPOXPVMEJODMVEF the agriculture sector under its commercial BOEJOEVTUSJBMJOWFTUNFOUHVJEFMJOFTi*E MJLFUPTFFXIPXPVMECFFMJHJCMF uIFTBJE .FBOXIJMF ,JSCZPCTFSWFEUIBUIJTSVSBM municipality has lobbied both senior levels of government, for the past 10 years, to include community fire halls under their infrastructure funding support program HVJEFMJOFT&BTU)BXLFTCVSZ5PXOTIJQIBT three small community fire stations, but the one in the Village of Saint-Anne used to be the local community hall and is too small for UIFUSVDLBOEPUIFSFRVJQNFOUi*UIJOLUIJT is an essential service,” Kirby said.

Mayors in Prescott-Russell are happy with the federal government’s major investment of money to help support business growth and economic develop- ment in rural areas of Ontario. But they’d also like to hear news about help for aging infrastructure. “Our specific need is infrastructure,” said .BZPS3PCFSU,JSCZPG&BTU)BXLFTCVSZ5PXO - TIJQ BEEJOHUIBUSVSBMNVOJDJQBMJUJFTMJLF his do not have a large property tax base UPTVQQPSUUIFJSFWFSHSPXJOHJOGSBTUSVDUVSF maintenance demands. i8FEPOUIBWFBMPUPGJOEVTUSZIFSF u ,JSCZTBJEi4PXFSFSVOOJOHCFIJOEu ,JSCZXBTDPNNFOUJOHPOBSFDFOUGFEFSBM government announcement of a billion-dollar investment from the Federal Development Program fund (FedDev), over a six-year period, for business and economic development QSPKFDUTJOUIF4PVUIFSOBOE&BTUFSO0OUBSJP regions. That investment includes $100 million spread across three years to target business development in rural areas of the UXPSFHJPOT ,JSCZ XIPJTUIFDVSSFOUXBSEFOGPSUIF United Counties of Prescott-Russell (UCPR), OPUFEUIBUIFJTQMFBTFEXJUIUIF'FE%FW investment, including the specific funding for rural areas. But he added that the fed- eral funding is for business development projects, and he is not certain if the $100 The Russell County Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) made several stops from February 25 to March 3, leading to charges being laid. On February 25, at about 10:30 p.m., officers responded to a commercial vehicle collision involving a dual trailer transport USVDL XIJDI MFGU UIF SPBEXBZ BOE DBNF UPSFTUJOUIFNFEJBOBMPOH)JHIXBZ XFTUCPVOE OFBSUIF-JNPHFTFYJU5IFSF XFSFOPJOKVSJFT During their investigation, officers charged ZFBSPME0UUBXBESJWFS5FSSFODF.D'BEEFO XJUIESJWJOHXIJMFVOEFS4VTQFOTJPOVOEFS UIF)JHIXBZ5SBGàD"DU)FJTTDIFEVMFEUP appear in the Provincial Court of Justice in L›Orignal, Ontario, on April 4, 2019. The very next day, at about 4:30 p.m., an

.BZPS%BOJFM-BáFVSPG$BTTFMNBOXPVME BHSFF)FBMTPJTIBQQZBCPVUUIFGFEFSBM investment in rural business development CVUPOFPGIJTQSJPSJUJFTSJHIUOPXJTBOFX fire hall for his community. i8FWFCFFOLOPDLJOHPOEJGGFSFOUEPPST for our fire hall,” he said, adding that the present fire hall building is 100 years old BOEXBTUIFPSJHJOBMNVOJDJQBMPGàDFi0VS àSFIBMMJTOPUBEFRVBUF8FTIPVMEIBWF help, either federal or provincial.” .BZPS'SBOÉPJT4U"NPVSPG5IF/BUJPO .VOJDJQBMJUZXPVMEBQQSFDJBUFTFOJPSHPWFSO - NFOUIFMQXJUIJNQSPWJOHUIFIZESPBOE OBUVSBMHBTTVQQMZMJOLTGPSUIF7JMMBHFPG -JNPHFT XIJDIIFEFTDSJCFEBTiDSJUJDBMu GPSUIFBSFB4U"NPVSLOPXTUIBUIZESPBOE OBUVSBMHBTBSFUIFQSPWJODJBMHPWFSONFOUT SFTQPOTJCJMJUZ#VUIFXPOEFSTJGUIF'FE%FW rural development funding could apply to his PGàDFSDBNFBDSPTTBUXPWFIJDMFDPMMJTJPO PO-BVSJFS4USFFUJO3PDLMBOE'PMMPXJOH an investigation, a 17-year-old male from 3PDLMBOE ESJWJOHBWBO XBTDIBSHFEXJUI 4UBSUGSPNB1BSLFE1PTJUJPO/PUJO4BGFUZ  VOEFSUIF)JHIXBZ5SBGàD"DU On February 28, at 8:30 p.m., an officer XBTDPOEVDUJOHTUBUJPOBSZSBEBSFOGPSDFNFOU PO$PVOUZ3PBEJO3PDLMBOE XIJDIMFEUP BZFBSPMENBOCFJOHDIBSHFEXJUIESJWJOH JNQBJSFEBOEIBWJOHDPOUSPMPGBWFIJDMFXJUI DBOOBCJTSFBEJMZBWBJMBCMF*TLBOEFS+BMMPVMJ received a 90-day driver›s license suspen- TJPOBOEUIFWFIJDMFXBTBMTPJNQPVOEFE GPSTFWFOEBZT)FJTTDIFEVMFEUPBQQFBS in the Provincial Court of Justice in L›Orignal, Ontario, on March 20.

Les maires des circonscriptions rurales de Prescott-Russell se réjouissent de l’annonce récente du gouvernement fédéral d’une aide importante à l’investissement, pour de futurs projets de développement commercial et économique dans les régions rurales du sud et de l’est de l’Ontario. Mais ce qu’ils aimeraient surtout savoir, c’est le genre d’aide que le gouvernement fédéral fournira pour répondre aux besoins essentiels en matière d’infrastructure rurale. —archives

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Du 25 février au 3 mars dernier, trois individus ont été arrêtés pour plusieurs voies de fait. Les officiers ont découvert, le 25 février, que Terrance McFadden, d’Ottawa, conduisait avec un permis de conduire suspendu. Le 26 février, un jeune homme de 17 ans de Rockland a été accusé d’un départ non sécuritaire d’une position de stationnement. Le 28 février, Iskander Jallouli, d’Ottawa, a été accusé de conduite en état d’ébriété et de possession de marijuana lors de la conduite. —archives

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