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Peter Fischer of Matawatchan and family members have donated a small parcel of land that should help make Greater Madawaska Seniorsʼ Housing Corporationʼs first units a reality. The donation of just over an acre of land was announced Sunday afternoon before an audience of more than 100 people at the Matawatchan Community Centre. The announcement was made at the not-for-profit corporationʼs annual general meeting. “We feel that giving back to the community is very important,” said Fischer, who says the donation was made in memory of his father, Alois Fischer. Because of its community theme, Peter says his dad would have loved the project. Alois, who died in 2005, and wife Josy, whoʼs still living, were foster parents of more than 30 children. They were also seasonal residents in nearby Vernacher for more than 40 years. See HOUSING, page 2
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Renfrew: Guilty on one charge, not guilty on another Steve.newman@metroland.com
The Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario launches its 2012 Dream of a Lifetime Lottery. This year’s grand prize is worth $1.6 million. – Page 18 –
Thank goodness for insurance. Regarding two charges by the Ministry of the Environment, Justice of the Peace Ivana Baldelli has found the Town of Renfrew guilty of the lesser charge and not guilty of the higher charge. She made her ruling Friday in Pembroke, where Ottawa solicitor Roger A. Harris represented the town. On hand to hear the verdict, at the end of the eight-day trial, was Renfrew director of development and works Mike Asselin. The trial was based on the Aug. 20, 2008 rupture of a rubber-lined, steel
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storage tank holding ferric chloride in the townʼs old wastewater treatment plant. Ferric chloride is used to remove phosphorus, which causes an unfavourable growth of algae in the water system. The cost to defend the town against of the charges was more than $100,000. The townʼs good news from the trial was perhaps three-fold. One, the town pleaded guilty to the lesser charge, of failure to properly maintain the ferric chloride storage tank that ruptured. The fine was $15,000. Fines for that guilty verdict can range from nothing to $250,000. Two, JP Baldelli ruled the town not guilty of the charge of allowing ferric chloride to impair the health of the
Bonnechere River. The fine, for similar charges, can range from $50,000 to several million dollars. Three, insurance covers about $100,000 of the townʼs defence, because of the not-guilty ruling. Therefore, in the end Renfrew will pay some legal fees and the one fine, instead of entire costs ball-parked at $135,000. DURING CONSTRUCTION OF NEW PLANT
At the time of the ferric-chloride tank rupture, Renfrewʼs new $30-million wastewater treatment plant was being built next door. Construction of the new plant began in 2007, but it didnʼt open until August 2009.
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The day of the rupture, Asselin says staff members of the Ontario Clean Water Agency contained the ferric chloride within 35 minutes, to prevent a release into the river. In the trial, Asselin says the town argued that the ferric chloride had not reached the Bonnechere, since the processing would have taken three or four hours. “We certainly showed that the spill was handled in a manner that isolated the spill to the internal workings of the plant,” said Asselin. Staff subsequently repaired the lining of the tank at a cost of $15,000. Replacement of the now obsolete tank would have cost about $150,000.
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