Author Archives: Derrick Scott

People around the Navan area are up in arms over plans to expand the local landfill. Waste Connections, the company behind it, says the expansion won't make things worse than they already are and that...

The Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) is alerting residents across the region to an emerging scam trend involving suspects who pose as police officers to defraud victims of substantial amounts of money....

Julie Sguin has announced her opposition to the federal government's proposed Alto high-speed rail project, which would connect Ottawa and Montral. Sguin, who ran as the Conservative candidate for Pre...

Members of the Hawkesbury Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) have arrested a motorist for impaired driving. On Saturday, February 28, 2026, shortly before 4:30 p.m., officers were condu...

In Champlain, council unanimously decided to abandon the sidewalk extension project along Highway 34 between Vankleek Hill's Foodland and the VCI School. The project, estimated at $1 million, would ha...

The council of the Township of Champlain has approved the sanitary sewer rehabilitation project in L'Orignal, worth approximately $3.2 million. More than two-thirds of the funding comes from provincia...

Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry MP Eric Duncan says he has received many concerns about the potential route of the Alto bullet train, which could run through North Glengarry and Prescott-Russell. Dunca...

Two people have been taken into custody following a reported robbery at a bank in Rockland. OPP responded to the situation on Laurier Street just before 9:30 this morning (Friday, Feb. 27). The indivi...

Three people face charges after a drug seizure in Hawkesbury. On Friday, February 27, 2026, the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) East Region Community Street Crime Unit (CSCU) executed a search warrant...

A citizen rally is planned for March 5 at 4:30 p.m. in front of the CAB Caf in Chute--Blondeau to express peaceful opposition to the ALTO high-speed train project. The organizers denounce the potentia...