Author Archives: Derrick Scott

The Council of the United Counties of SDG has adopted a by-law formalizing an increase in the remuneration of elected officials. The president will see his salary increase by 25% to $52,500, while tha...

The Eastern Ontario Health Unit's Hawkesbury office will be moving to 297 Main Street West effective October 1. All current services will be maintained, with the addition of a dental clinic. The new, ...

Found not criminally responsible on account of mental disorder, the mother who abandoned her 3-year-old daughter at the intersection of Highway 417 near Casselman will have to stay up to 90 days at th...

The Township of Alfred-Plantagenet is developing a long-term plan for the management of its municipal assets, including roads, bridges, sewers and community infrastructure. A report by PSD recommends ...

Hawkesbury council plans to install two photo-radar cameras as part of a two-year pilot project to reduce excessive speeding. However, recent comments from Premier Doug Ford, who opposes their use and...

The Township of Russell received $9.6 million from the province to rebuild storm sewers and install a new water main on Notre-Dame Street in Embrun. According to Mayor Mike Tarnowski, this is a histor...

The Council of the United Counties of Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry has passed a by-law allowing them to reduce the property tax rate for existing or future multi-residential affordable housing by up...

The mother who abandoned her 3-year-old daughter on Highway 417 near Casselman has been found not criminally responsible on account of mental disorder. Judge Bertrand St-Arnaud accepted the conclusion...

Sublime Medical Esthetics had a temporary location at Rockland Golf Club for close to nine months as they completed major renovation on their building on Laurier Street. The renovations included a fou...

There were over six hundred Terry Fox Runs across the country yesterday, including several in our region including Embrun, Chute A Blondeau-Hawkesbury, and in Rockland. A large group of residents took...