There will be no Canada Day celebration in Hawkesbury this year. The municipality is cancelling plans for any public events for June 30 and July 1 because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Above, Canada Day in 2018

2020-05-02 2020-05-03 @ 15:55

Hawkesbury cancels Canada Day party plans

It will be a quiet Canada Day in Hawkesbury this year.

The municipality will not hold any Canada Day celebrations on June 30 or July 1 because of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Officials have decided to maintain current provincial pandemic protection guidelines which forbid public gatherings of more than five people “which make these events impossible for the moment” according to a municipal news release.

Town staff are reviewing other options for marking Canada’s anniversary and will announce an alternative plan as soon as possible.

2020-08-06 @ 09:08

No summer fun this year at Calypso water park

Gregg Chamberlain

EAP

The gates at the Calypso water park in Limoges will stay locked until next year as park owners give up all hope now of a 2020 season.

2020-07-24 @ 13:48

Local businesses are not the “pandemic mask police”

Gregg Chamberlain

EAP

Local businessowners do not need to fear that they are legally responsible if some of their customers refuse to wear a mask while inside their premises.

2020-07-23 @ 16:59

UCDSB presents back-to-school plan proposal

Gregg Chamberlain

EAP

The Upper Canada District School Board has released its proposals for students and their studies when the new school year starts in September.

2020-07-23 @ 11:12

Search-and-seizure for drugs in Hawkesbury

Newsroom

EAP

Two people are under arrest on drug charges following an OPP raid on two apartments in Hawkesbury.

Limoges

2020-07-17 @ 15:06 16:03

Calypso water park still closed

Gregg Chamberlain

EAP

Mid-July has come and gone, it's hot, but the parking lot at Calypso Park remains empty.

2020-07-13 @ 15:26

Get out and go fishing for free

Newsroom

EAP

Fishing is a good stress reliever and the provincial government thinks it could help provide some stress relief from the current pandemic situation.

Friday windstorm leaves trail of damage and power outages

Hawkesbury and area

2020-07-11 2020-07-15 @ 10:19

Friday windstorm leaves trail of damage and power outages

Gregg Chamberlain

EAP

High winds Friday blacked out Hawkesbury and took the roof of a silo at a farm in East Hawkesbury Township.

2020-07-10 @ 10:40

Wanted : Eric Vining

Newsroom

EAP

Residents of Eastern Ontario are asked to call police if they see Eric Vining in their area or know where he is.

L'Orignal

2020-07-09 2020-07-10 @ 10:02

Locals only at L’Orignal Beach

Newsroom

EAP

It’s locals only for the rest of summer at L’Orignal Beach.

2020-07-09 @ 12:59

UCPR works on Prescott-Russell economic restart plan

Newsroom

EAP

Local business owners can help draft the economic restart plan for Prescott-Russell.

Eastern Ontario

2020-07-09 @ 12:34 16:36

UCDSB hopes for budget surplus

Gregg Chamberlain

EAP

Trustees for the Upper Canada school district could find some good news in the 2020-2021 budget report.

2020-07-08 2020-07-09 @ 16:44

Ecolomondo recycling project is on track

Gregg Chamberlain

EAP

Work continues on the Ecolomondo project, a “green” addition to Hawkesbury’s industrial sector and the company is optimistic about having its new showpiece recycling facility ready soon.

Eastern Ontario

2020-07-07 2020-07-09 @ 11:32

Masks are now mandatory

Gregg Chamberlain

EAP

Since this morning, masking up in public is mandatory.

L'Orignal

2020-07-02 @ 08:21

Police hit the beach

Gregg Chamberlain

EAP

L’Orignal Park will have a beach patrol for the month of July.

Eastern Ontario

2020-07-01 2020-07-03 @ 08:07

Masks to become mandatory

Gregg Chamberlain

EAP

Masking up in public will become mandatory in Eastern Ontario soon.

2020-07-01 @ 07:18

Four Prescott-Russell nominees for special honours

Gregg Chamberlain

EAP

This year’s Canada Day list of Canadian Honours awards from the Governor General has four names from the Prescott-Russell area on it.

2020-06-26 @ 14:34

Warp-speed Internet service wanted

Gregg Chamberlain

EAP

The next stage of Eastern Ontario’s broadband project is to provide the fastest Internet service possible so local businesses can keep up with the global market.

2020-06-26 @ 09:58

Beer and paddleboarding don’t mix say OPP

Newsroom

EAP

Leave the beer on the shore is the warning from police for anyone going out on the water on any kind of vessel this summer.

2020-06-25 @ 16:18

UCPR shoots for September office reopening

Gregg Chamberlain

EAP

If a second wave of COVID-19 doesn’t happen the office doors for the United Counties of Prescott-Russell could reopen to the public in September.

Vankleek Hill

2020-06-25 @ 12:21 21:18

Farmers Market returns for summer

Blue sky and hot sunshine marked the official start of summer and also the return of the Vankleek Hill Farmers Market.

Vankleek Hill

2020-06-24 2020-06-25 @ 21:19

Oktoberfest cancelled this year

Gregg Chamberlain

EAP

Summer in Vankleek Hill will be a little quieter this year without an Oktoberfest thanks to COVID-19.

COVID-19

2020-06-22 2020-06-25 @ 21:14

Second outbreak ended at Pinecrest

Gregg Chamberlain

EAP

Pinecrest Nursing Home in Plantagent is no longer on the watch list for COVID-19.

2020-06-22 2020-06-24 @ 12:31

Virtual awards ceremony honours VCI’s best

Newsroom

EAP

Staff and alumni at Vankleek Hill Collegiate Institute went virtual to honour their best and brightest of the past school year.

<em>We Are One</em> rally against racism

Vankleek Hill

2020-06-17 @ 22:09

We Are One rally against racism

Gregg Chamberlain

EAP

They all gathered in the streets of Vankleek Hill Friday afternoon to take a knee and show their support for the fight against racism everywhere.

2020-06-18 2020-06-19 @ 16:13

Three-vehicle accident near Wendover

Newsroom

EAP

An air ambulance was called to take one person to hospital following an afternoon accident east of Wendover June 17.

2020-06-18 @ 15:28

Virtual farmers market goes online for the region

Newsroom

EAP

A virtual farmers market for the entire Five Counties region goes online this summer.

Education

2020-06-17 @ 22:59

Education can fight racism says UCDSB

Gregg Chamberlain

EAP

The head of one of Eastern Ontario’s school boards says that a good education teaches students how to resist and fight against racism.

Win-win bargain with old Christ-Roi school site?

Hawkesbury

2020-06-18 @ 09:38

Win-win bargain with old Christ-Roi school site?

Gregg Chamberlain

EAP

What looks like a bargain deal for a developer for the old École Christ-Roi land could also prove a very profitable tax revenue opportunity for the Town of Hawkesbury.

2020-06-17 @ 22:30

Pandemic forces UCPR budget revision

The COVID-19 pandemic has had an impact on budget planning for the United Counties of Prescott-Russell.

New paving project planned for County Road 17

Alfred-Plantagenet

2020-06-17 @ 21:59

New paving project planned for County Road 17

Gregg Chamberlain

EAP

A planned paving project for part of County Road 17 near Alfred will get a little extension thanks to some extra financing.