EMBRUN — Russell County OPP report 1073 calls for service between December 14th and January 11th. Boxing Day saw 42-year-old John Christopher David Lavoie from Almonte celebrating the first day of the provincial lockdown by…
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RUSSELL — The Kin Club of Russell has announced that Catch the Ace is suspended due to the latest provincial COVID-19 stay-at-home order. It’s second time the pandemic has compelled a pause for the same…
Tom Van Dusen Nation Valley News VARS — Hobbled by COVID-19, action-oriented Vintage Iron & Traditions of Eastern Ontario is headed into 2021 without any plans for undertaking its lifeblood tours of machinery collections or,…
Tom Van Dusen Nation Valley News RUSSELL – What do you do to keep occupied during the COVID-19 downtime? Some turn to Netflix, knitting and long walks. Best known as queen of fundraising Trivia Night…
RUSSELL — Josée Bercier of Lefaivre, Ontario is the latest winner of the Kin Club of Russell’s Catch the Ace lottery, winning $9,722 for the Sunday, January 10th weekly draw. Josée selected envelope #45, which…
Tom Van Dusen Nation Valley News RUSSELL — Members of the Russell Agricultural Society who don’t already know will learn at their annual meeting Jan. 22 that president Lyndon Donnelly won’t complete the second half…
L’ORIGNAL — Stéphane Sarrazin, Mayor of the Township of Alfred and Plantagenet, was elected as the 2021 Warden of the United Counties of Prescott and Russell (UCPR) last month. Sarrazin’s nomination was proposed by Robert…
LIMOGES — The end of 2020 saw Russell County OPP make a substantial drug bust on Highway 417 eastbound near the Limoges exit. On December 30th, shortly before 4:30 a.m., an OPP officer pulled over…
L’ORIGNAL — In a step toward the municipality’s intended purchase of the former rail bed, the United Counties of Prescott and Russell (UCPR) and VIA Rail Canada have extended the municipality’s current lease of the…
RUSSELL — The Kin Club of Russell’s Catch the Ace jackpot now exceeds a red hot $163,000. Yesterday’s weekly winner, Paul Villeneuve, collected a cool $8,114 — though the Ace proved ever elusive as he…
RUSSELL — The Kin Club of Russell’s 3rd Catch the Ace lottery just surpassed over $200,000 in profits to be donated back to their community, and the jackpot — now exceeding $149,000 — remains up…
EMBRUN — Ontario Provincial Police in Russell County say they responded to 1,181 calls between November 17th and December 13th, 2020, and ten of them were impaired drivers who accumulated over 20 criminal charges total….
RUSSELL — They were counselled by sage lottery pundits to expect Catch the Ace jackpots of no more than $50,000.00 — given their township’s small size — if they were lucky. But with this weekend’s…
EMBRUN — Officers with the Russell County OPP responded to 1,181 calls for service between Nov. 17 to Dec. 13, 2020 — activity that included apprehending quite a number of allegedly impaired drivers. On November…
ROCKLAND — Police are asking the public for their help in identifying a suspect involved in the theft of merchandise worth $200 at a pharmacy on Laurier Street in Rockland. The incident took place on…
