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The Eadys celebrated their milestone 70th wedding anniversary recently. â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Page 6 â&#x20AC;&#x201C;
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Deaths every year along the Highway 17 corridor of Renfrew County are blamed on everything from driver error, bad weather, lack of road maintenance and the virtual absence of a fourlane highway. But perhaps the newly-formed TEAM Highway 17 Working Group is about to make the highway a whole lot safer. During a visit to Renfrew County last week, ofďŹ cials with the Kingston regional ofďŹ ce of the Ministry of Transportation made a presentation to county council on construction achievements, construction plans, and past and future maintenance standards. The MTO, the Ontario Provincial Police and County of Renfrew staff met in a teleconference call about a month ago, then met again face to face for an Ottawa meeting Oct. 26. Five days later, Norm Meyers, the trafďŹ c head for MTO Eastern Region, told county council that three action items have been identiďŹ ed for the working group. The groupĘźs next meeting is Jan. 17, 2013. The working groupĘźs terms of reference are to identify of discuss safety or operational concerns, potential improvements and potential public education opportunities. The working groupĘźs mandate is to maintain or improve the safety and/or efďŹ ciency of Highway 17 from Campbell Drive (just west of Arnprior) to the countyĘźs western boundary (about 20 kilometres east of Mattawa). The working groupĘźs co-chairs are Meyers and Darren Waters, senior project engineer for the MTO Eastern Region. Renfrew County director of public works Dave Darch, whoĘźs a member of the group, says, â&#x20AC;&#x153;How can we make the highway safer while weĘźre waiting for four-laning to come?â&#x20AC;? The working groupĘźs other ďŹ ve members are MTO Eastern RegionĘźs trafďŹ c supervisor Toby Covell, regional communications co-ordinator Brandy Duhaime and regional planner Josee Bessette; and Dave Springer and Mark Andrews of the OPP. Springer and Andrews are the respective trafďŹ c and marine inspectors for the OPPĘźs east and northeast regions.
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Jags win cross-town showdown Sonya Bergin, at right, was top scorer for the St. Josephâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Senior Jaguars last Thursday afternoon as they defeated the RCI Raiders 43-20 to advance to semi-final action this past Tuesday at Arnprior District High School. The Redmen won that contest 43-25.
Most of long-gun registry destroyed spreading the story. The Quebec data remains in the registry because of a court injunction ďŹ led by the Quebec government. Gallant said she welcomes the deletion of the long-gun registry contents. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The opposition has vowed to reinstate the long-gun registry, should either one of them become government. So we have deleted the data, making it difďŹ cult for the opposition to reconstruct the registry,â&#x20AC;? said Gallant. â&#x20AC;&#x153;ItĘźs what our government promised, and weĘźre pleased to
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Renfrew-Nipissing-Pembroke Conservative MP Cheryl Gallant is pleased with the governmentĘźs recent destruction of millions of records in CanadaĘźs long-gun registry. Media reports last week reported that a spokesperson for Public Safety Minister Vic Toews conďŹ rmed the registryĘźs destruction (except for data related to Quebec, restricted ďŹ rearms and prohibited weapons) as of Nov. 1, after gun enthusiasts started
have a majority government to keep that promise.â&#x20AC;? Gallant says the long-gun registry was â&#x20AC;&#x153;ineffective and wasteful. It has not saved a single life. And it was approaching $1 billion, some say $2 billion, to create and maintain it.â&#x20AC;? Meanwhile, gun owners still must have a POL, or Possession Only Licence, which is valid for ďŹ ve years and allows ďŹ rearms owners to possess ďŹ rearms, including borrowed ďŹ rearms. See LONG-GUN, page 2
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