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  More sewage closes Petrie

  August 13th, 2009 - 9 h 18

  “With all the good news we had this summer (about Petrie) … this story ended up putting a damper on it,” says Orléans Coun. Bob Monette of the Friday, July 31 overflow that saw all downstream beaches closed for swimming over the long...

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  Petrie’s split beach boon for swimmers

  July 22nd, 2009 - 14 h 03

  Since the start of this swimming season, Petrie’s data has been split between its east bay and river beaches as a pilot project, explains Orléans Coun. Bob Monette, after staff noted fluctuations in last year’s results between various parts...

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  City launches signage enforcement program

  June 4th, 2009 - 15 h 00

  The initiative also aims to offer more signage options for rural businesses to better promote area services, as well as industrial parks, community names and event, pedestrian directions, farms, village services and tourism. “Better directional...

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  New east-end hotel breaks ground

  May 22nd, 2009 - 8 h 47

  The four-storey, 63-room Best Western is scheduled to open on the corner of Tenth Line Road and St. Joseph Boulevard by the end of this year, representatives of developer Siljub Investments Ltd. announced on Tuesday, May 19 at a sod-turning...

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  Orléans hotel on the horizon

  May 20th, 2009 - 9 h 56

  The four-storey, 63-room Best Western is scheduled to open on the corner of Tenth Line Road and St. Joseph Boulevard in the fall, representatives of developer Siljub Investments Ltd. announced on Tuesday, May 19 at a sod-turning ceremony. "It's...

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  Sewage spills prompting government action

  March 25th, 2009 - 16 h 30

  “It’s probably more common than we’d like to think,” Orléans Coun. Bob Monette said of the wastewater flowing into the river, noting it happens each year but was never reported in the past. In an effort to make city treatment facilities...

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  Galipeau to host three passport clinics

  March 25th, 2009 - 14 h 27

  “We don’t live far from the U.S. A lot of people in Orléans have family in the States,” said Galipeau. “Families who use the car to cross the border that previously didn’t need a passport now do.” Starting June 1, 2009 a new U.S. law...

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  Oldtimers’ Swedish jaunt: the trip of a lifetime

  March 4th, 2009 - 16 h 13

  ”We had the trip of a lifetime,” Johnson wrote in an e-mail. “We played well in hockey, but were outclassed by the Swedes’ hospitality and their generosity in life. But, they know how to impress us most: building us a bar and providing...

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  Councillors frustrated by cancelled budget debates

  December 18th, 2008 - 11 h 21

  Wednesday, Dec. 10, city council approved next year's operating and capital budgets – respectively totalling $2.2 billion and $306 million, excluding transit and police – as well as a property tax increase of 4.9 per cent. But several omnibus...

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  Drivers told to slow down

  December 2nd, 2008 - 10 h 58

  From 6 a.m. to about 10:30 a.m. police responded to 27 collisions, seven of which resulted in minor injuries, as a light snow storm blanketed the region. Drivers are reminded that weather and road conditions do not cause collisions, accidents are...

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Other news

• May 27th, 2008 Petrie contamination under the microscope
• May 20th, 2008 Communication 'shortfall' in publicizing gate glitch, staff say
• May 17th, 2008 The warmth in Ghana
• May 15th, 2008 Malfunction linked to beach closures
• April 10th, 2008 Study uncovers fecal matter at Petrie Island
• March 7th, 2008 Here we go again
• Febuary 3rd, 2008 Testing the waters
• December 6th, 2007 Learning to live without running water
• November 22nd, 2007 Second passport clinic to be held at MP’s office
• September 18th, 2007 Water quality jumps leaps and bounds at Petrie Island
• September 7th, 2007 Passport clinic to be held at Galipeau’s office
• July 12th, 2007 Orléans residents share tale of cross-country walk
• June 22nd, 2007 Garbage workers vote to strike
• April 4th, 2007 Petrie Island beach endures minor facelifts after major setbacks
• March 23rd, 2007 Rural workshop set for this weekend