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GREGG CHAMBERLAIN gregg.chamberlain@eap.on.ca UCPR COUNCIL REVIEWS STORM RECOVERY AID REQUEST 5IFXJOETUPSN BMTPLOPXOBTBEFSFDIP because of the severity and intensity of its IJHIXJOET MFGUBTXBUIFPGEFTUSVDUJPOJOJUT XBLFXJUIEPXOFEBOECSPLFOQPXFSMJOFT trees toppled onto roads, and damaging farm buildings and houses in many rural areas of UIFUXPQSPWJODFT
The eight mayors of Prescott-Russell will decide next month how to answer a request from Boisés Est for financial help for local woodlot owners still dea- ling with the damage to their holdings from last year’s destructive wind storm that blew across Eastern Ontario. During its January 26 session, the United Counties of Prescott-Russell council (UCPR) voted to consider a resolution at its next meeting concerning funding for a proposed storm recovery project proposed last De- DFNCFSCZ#PJTÊ&TUBOE5IF.BQMF4ZSVQ 1SPEVDFST"TTPDJBUJPO .41" UISPVHIJUT &BTUFSOSFHJPOMPDBM5IFUXPPSHBOJ[BUJPOT SFQSFTFOUXPPEMPUPXOFSTBOEPQFSBUPST of sugar maple plantations throughout the &BTUFSO0OUBSJPSFHJPO #PJTÊT&TUBOEUIF.41"XBOUUIF6$13 to contribute $75,000 in support funding to help begin a cleanup and replantation QSPHSBNGPSXPPEMPUTUIBUTVGGFSFEEBNBHFE GSPNUIFXJOETUPSNUIBUTXFQUBDSPTT&BT - UFSO0OUBSJPBOE8FTUFSO2VÊCFDPWFSUIF .BZMPOHXFFLFOE
Cleanup after the storm continues in TPNFQBSUTPGUIFUXPQSPWJODFTBTNBOZ XPPEMPUPXOFSTMPPLBUSFQMBOUJOHUIFJSMBOET UPUSZBOESBJTFBOFXHFOFSBUJPOPGUSFFT for their forestry and maple sugar producing PQFSBUJPOT4PNFMPDBMCFFLFFQJOHPQFSB - UJPOTIBWFBMTPTVGGFSFEGSPNUIFTUPSNXJUI IJWFTEBNBHFEBOETPNFáPXFSFEBSFBT SVJOFEXIFSFCFFTXPVMEHPUPDPMMFDUOFDUBS GPSNBLJOHIPOFZ The Ford provincial government promised disaster aid funding in the aftermath of UIF TUPSN #VU #PJTÊT &TU TQPLFTNBO Jean Saint-Pierre has told UCPR council and media that his group has failed to get BOZDPOàSNBUJPOGSPN2VFFOT1BSLPGIFMQ GPSXPPEMPUPXOFST/FXMZFMFDUFE1SPHSFT - TJWF$POTFSWBUJWF.114UÊQIBOF4BSSB[JO has also made inquiries and reported to #PJTÊT&TUUIBUUIFMPDBMXPPEMPUPXOFST may not qualify for aid under the provincial
Le conseil des Comtés unis de Prescott-Russell décidera en février de fournir une aide financière à un projet proposé pour aider les propriétaires de boisés locaux qui doivent encore faire face aux dommages causés à leurs propriétés par la tempête de vent destructive qui a soufflé sur l’Est de l’Ontario en mai 2022. —photo d’archives
#PJTÊT&TUBOE.41"POUIFQSPKFDUQSPQP - sal, UPCR council directed administration to SFWJFXUIFQPUFOUJBMMFHBMJNQMJDBUJPOTUPUIF counties in using taxpayer funds for a project that aids local private businesses. UCPR DPVODJMFYQFDUTUPIBWFBENJOJTUSBUJPOT report and recommendation on the issue at its February session.
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SHORT-TERM RENTAL CONTROL BYLAW APPROVED
YOUR GUESS IS AS GOOD AS A GROUNDHOG’S
GREGG CHAMBERLAIN gregg.chamberlain@eap.on.ca
JOSEPH COPPOLINO joseph.coppolino@eap.on.ca
Owners of vacation-style short-term ren- tal properties have new rules they must follow if they plan to set up operations in East Hawkesbury Township. -BTUNPOUIUPXOTIJQDPVODJMBQQSPWFEUIF TFDPOEESBGUPGBCZMBXBJNFEBUTFUUJOHCPUI the operating conditions for short-term rental 453 QSPQFSUJFTXJUIJOUIFNVOJDJQBMJUZBOE the penalties if those conditions are not NFU5IFCZMBXJTJOSFTQPOTFUPDPNQMBJOUT DPVODJMIFBSEMBTUZFBSGSPNIPNFPXOFSTJO OFJHCIPVSIPPETXIFSF453TBSFPQFSBUJOH XJUIJOUIFUPXOTIJQ .PTUPGUIFDPNQMBJOUTSFDFJWFEDPODFS - ned excessive noise at late hours and TPNFXPSSJFTBCPVUUIFCFIBWJPSPGQFPQMF VTJOH453TXJUIPVUBEFRVBUFTVQFSWJTJPO PSDPOUSPM5IFSFXFSFBMTPDPODFSOTBCPVU XIFUIFSTPNFQSPQFSUJFTVTFEBT453TXFSF EFTJHOFEXJUIUIFXBUFSBOETFXBHFVUJMJUZ capacity to handle the number of people occupying the premises. %VSJOHBQIPOFJOUFSWJFX$IJFG"ENJ - OJTUSBUPS-VD-BMPOEFOPUFEUIBUXIJMFUIF CZMBXXBTBQQSPWFE UPXOTIJQBENJOJTUSBUJPO JTTUJMMXPSLJOHPOESBGUJOHUIFDPNQMFUF licensing guidelines for present and future STR approval applications. He confirmed that none of the existing STRs in operation XJMMHFUBVUPNBUJDiHSBOEGBUIFSJOHuBQQSPWBM VOEFSUIFOFXCZMBXBOEUIFPXOFSTXJMM IBWFUPSFWJFXUIFJSQSPQFSUJFTBOENBLF BOZDIBOHFTOFDFTTBSZUPNFFUUIFCZMBXT operation conditions. j&WFSZPOFXJMMIBWFUPDPNQMZ u-BMPOEF said. 5IFQBHFCZMBXEPDVNFOUHJWFTUIF EFàOJUJPOPGXIBUBO453JTBOEJTOPU(SPVQ homes run by social service agencies, hotels, motels, inns, or resorts, are not considered 453T OPSJTBSFTJEFODFUIBUJTPXOFEBOE
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the coming of spring. 5IF$BOEMFNBTUSBEJUJPOXBTFOIBODFE XJUIUIFVTFPGEJGGFSFOUIJCFSOBUJOHBOJNBMT TVDIBTCBEHFST CFBSTPSGPYFT BTXFBUIFS prophets. Though no studies could be found UPQSPWFJUEFàOJUJWFMZ JUTVOMJLFMZUIFZXFSF any more meteorologically savvy than their groundhog counterparts. From Pennsylvania the tradition spread BDSPTT /PSUI "NFSJDB 5IF àSTU PGàDJBM SFDPSEFE(SPVOEIPH%BZJTDPOTJEFSFEUP CFJO1VOYTVUBXOFZ 1FOOTZMWBOJB JO 4P JGUIFNBSNPUTDBOUQSFEJDUUIF XFBUIFS XIPDBO 5IF'BSNFST"MNBOBDVTFTNBUIFNBUJDBM and astronomical models to predict long-term XFBUIFSQBUUFSOT DMBJNJOHUPCFBDDVSBUF VQUPQFSDFOUPGUIFUJNF5IJTZFBSUIF "MNBOBDJTQSFEJDUJOHBiMJPOMJLFuFOEUP XJOUFS QVTIJOHTOPXTUPSNTBOESBJOJOUP MBUF.BSDI &WFSZPOFXJMMIBWFUPXBJUVOUJM'FCSVBSZ UPTFFIPXUIBUQSFEJDUJPOXJMMTUBOEVQUPUIF XFBUIFSXJTEPNPGUIFHSFBUXPPEDIVDLT 8JMMZ 4BNBOE'SFE 0UIFSXJTF KVTU DIFDL UIF 8FBUIFS /FUXPSL Les marmottes peuvent-elles vraiment prédire la fin de l’hiver? Non, mais c’est amusant de les voir essayer. - photo de la banque en ligne.
operated by a college, university or other SFDPHOJ[FEQPTUTFDPOEBSZJOTUJUVUJPO4IFM - ters run by non-profit groups as temporary residences for people in distress, long-term care facilities, and retirement homes also are not classed as STRs. STR operators must get their properties MJDFOTFECZUIFUPXOTIJQBOEBMTPQSPWJEF DFSUJàDBUJPOBCPVUUIFESJOLJOHXBUFSTVQQMZ TFUVQBOEXBTUFEJTQPTBMTZTUFN"MPDBM contact must be listed and available for EFBMJOHXJUIBOZDPNQMBJOUT 5IFCZMBXJODMVEFTMJNJUTPOUIFOVNCFS of people staying at an STR and on noise and other problems that may result from an 453TPQFSBUJPO5ISFFQBHFTPGUIFCZMBX list all the licensing fees for an STR and the fines for violating operation conditions. Les propriétaires de propriétés de vacances louées à court terme dans le canton de Hawkesbury-Est devront désormais respecter de nouvelles conditions d’exploitation s’ils veulent continuer à faire des affaires dans la municipalité. Le conseil municipal a adopté un nouveau règlement détaillé énonçant les lignes directrices relatives à la location à court terme et les sanctions prévues en cas de violation des conditions d’exploitation. — photo d’archives
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