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costs when a Prescott-Russell ambulance unit deals with anOttawa call.The UCPR has since submitted a request to a new health ministry aid fund for about $700,000, in compensation for the costs of dealing with Ottawa ambulance calls. Chrétien outlined a six-step plan in his report to confront the City of Ottawa and the province with the seriousness of the situation and force them to develop a solution that eliminates Ottawa’s over-dependence on the UCPR ambulance service.The final steps of the plan would, if necessary, involve filing formal complaints with both the Ontario Ombudsman and the Auditor-General. “I think we’ve been waiting long enough,” saidmayor Leroux. “I would suggest that the waiting is over and we should proceed with all the steps.” “We’ll keep knocking on the door,” said warden Gary Barton, adding that recent media coverage of the situation, including reports in the Ottawa daily papers, has been “sympathetic” towards Prescott-Russell. 613-850-5744 La maison du store par Danny & Sandra Décor 100 stores en démonstration *Venez voir votre store avant de l’acheter* • Peinture • Tissus • Céramique • Cadeaux
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A few mayors of Prescott-Russell are growing short of patience with both the province and the City of Ottawa concerning the wait for a solution to the ambulance shortage situation. Emergency Services director Michel Chrétien presented the United Counties of Prescott & Russell council (UCPR) with a presentation on the situation concerning the City of Ottawa’s over-dependence on the UCPR’s ambulance units to answer emergency calls from the city. During the discussion that followed, some mayors on counties council indicated they were tired of waiting for the province and Ottawa to fix the problem. “When you’re waiting for an ambulance, and it’s a life-or-death situation,” saidmayor Pierre Leroux of Russell Township, “that’s when my patience runs out.” The ambulance situation between the UCPR and the City of Ottawa reached a crisis point last month when, for a short period of time, there were no UCPR ambulance units available for any emergencies in Prescott- Russell because they were all dealing with Ottawa call-outs. The issue gained prominence in regional media, including the Ottawa daily papers, because of a complaint filed by an Embrun mother about the long wait for an ambu- lance, when her infant son was suffering seizures and needed to go to the Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario (CHEO). All of the Prescott-Russell ambulance service units New yard waste proposal When homeowners start cleaning up those old leaves this spring, they may need to keep in mind a possible change in the disposal schedule for yard waste at the municipal landfill. City council and administrative staff reviewed and discussed three options presented during the March 6 committee of the whole session and later the March 20 regular sessions, for changes to the city’s leaf and yard waste collection policy. The favoured option among most council members was to drop the curbside collection system and keep the transfer station at the landfill site open on Wednesday evening and all day Saturday, so residents can bring their yard waste in for drop off. The main concern about that was the cost for the option versus the existing policy. City staff presented council with a brief during the March 20 regular session on the budget implications of the proposed revision. Council approved chang- ing the leaf and yard waste collection policy. The transfer station at the landfill will be open for residents to drop off their yard waste on Wednesday evening and all-day Saturday. The city will discontinue curbside collection of yard waste.. – Gregg Chamberlain BUFFET REPAS CABANE À SUCRE ÀVOLONTÉ Samedi et dimanche de 11h à 19h Réservez pour plus de 10 personnes sur semaine.
La dépendance de la Ville d’Ottawa sur les ambulances de Prescott-Russell pour les appels d’urgence continue d’être un problème. Les Comtés unis de Prescott et Russell envisagent maintenant une campagne en six points pour obliger la Ville d’Ottawa et le gouvernement provincial à trouver une solution, même si cela signifie déposer des plaintes officielles auprès de l’ombudsman de l’Ontario et du Bureau du vérificateur général. —photo archive
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were dealing with Ottawa calls at the time. Ontario HealthMinister Eric Hoskins has since issued a directive to Ottawa’s ambu- lance service for changes to its call-out policy tomake its own units and paramedics more available to deal with its own emergency calls. During his report to counties council, Chrétien explained the history behind the changes to the provincial Ambulance Act that has created the current problem, and also why the UCPR is no longer allowed to bill the City of Ottawa for travel and staff Antipoussière pour les routes Le conseil de Clarence-Rockland a approuvé un contrat de trois ans avec Les Entreprises Bourget pour fournir à la ville un agent antipoussière liquide, pour faire face aux problèmes de poussière exces- sive sur les routes de gravier rurales. La soumission de la société de 124 642 $, à l’exclusion de la TVH, a été la plus faible des quatre offres reçues pour le contrat. Le rapport et la recommandation seront soumis au conseil lors de sa prochaine s éance ordinaire pour examen et décision finale. – Gregg Chamberlain Antipoussière pour les routes Le conseil de Clarence-Rockland a approuvé un contrat de trois ans avec Les Entreprises Bourget pour fournir à la ville un agent antipoussière liquide, pour faire face aux problèmes de poussière exces- sive sur les routes de gravier rurales. La soumission de la société de 124 642 $, à l’exclusion de la TVH, a été la plus faible des quatre offres reçues pour le contrat. Le rapport et la recommandation seront soumis au conseil lors de sa prochaine s éance ordinaire pour examen et décision finale. – Gregg Chamberlain
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