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News Alert!
Cumberland residents! BBM may be calling you
(Broadcast Bureau of Measurement)
Current headlines
Where are all the Blue Jays?!
 Coyotes
spotted in Forest Hill - Blue Jay area
WINTERLUDE - last chance to participate, this weekend
 UPDATE:
Culvert replacement on Canaan Road
Katimavik Rockland - another successful venture
Clarence-Rockland "delivers" second City-INFO edition
120 million litres of sewage "leak" into Ottawa River
Obituaries (Burns, Shorthill): Two Cumberland residents will be sorely missed
Open House for Prescott-Russell Services to Children and Adults
Hwy. 174 safety audit calls on city to invest in additional road improvements
Debate over Hwy. 174 has long-term ramifications
Check out our new City of Clarence-Rockland page
C-R -Overnight winter parking now in effect
Crow's Nest or Dog's Breakfast!
OPINION: What cell phone to buy
for the Canaan area?
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Cumberland residents... BBM Canada may call
 Cumberland residents, you may be getting a call from BBM Canada, the Broadcast Bureau
of Measurement. The caller is legitimate. Read more...
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Where are all the Blue Jays?
 A couple of days ago, my neighbour Morlen asked me if I had
seen any Blue Jays lately? He wasn't talking about the Toronto baseball team.
No I hadn't, was my reply, in fact come to think of it I haven't seen any Blue Jays at our feeders for some weeks
at least. Have you?
We asked Ottawa naturalist and birding expert Tony Beck for his take on the missing birds.
Click here to find out some possible answers.
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Cotyotes spotted in Forest Hill - Blue Jay area
A heads up o local residents. There have been several sightings of coyotes in
the area. These include one coyote off Canaan Road near the Forest Hill area, one coyote seen walking through a
yard in Blue Jay Ridge, and up to eight or nine claims one resident on the vacant lot just south of the corner
of Canaan Road and Baseline.
The person from the second sighting thought at first that she saw a wolf. (This photo is not what was seen.) For
more on the story, related links and to see the difference between the two animals, click
here.
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| WINTERLUDE - This is the last weekend |
 This is youir last chance to enjoy the 32nd edition of Winterlude.
The National Capital Commission says the festival is an "ideal destination" to discover Canadian winter
traditions.
This weekend's events include daily skates down the Rideau Canal from Laurier to Dows Lake; presentations of winter-inspired,
short animated films at Jacques-Cartier Park; the National Snow Sculpture Competition; Sub-Zero DJ Series (Groove
to the chillin’ sounds of DJs in the “coolest” sub-zero setting); and much, much more.
The Winterlude festivities take place all weekend in Jacques-Cartier Park, in Confederation Park and along the
Rideau Canal. To find out more click
here.
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 UPDATE: Canaan Culvert replacement
Construction for the culvert replacement is now in progress
and is scheduled to last until March 15. "A" marks the spot.
Canaan Road will be blocked off between Baseline and Vinette
(Blue Jay residents and people using Canaan Road south will be most affected however local traffic will be permitted
for people entering Forest Hill from the North, or Blue Jay Ridge from the south.)
For a satellite map showing the construction area, click here...
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Katimavik Rockland - Eco Film Festival - O.K.!
The eleven participants who made up the last Katimavik group worked very hard to put on the Eco Film
Festival held at the Optimist Cultural Center. They come from a wide background and from all across Canada, says
Heather Darwish, the project leader in Rockland, and now after six months they are all heading back home.
A new group will be arriving in Rockland in a few weeks and then it will be their turn to work within the community
and to pick a project. Watch this site for more.
Katimavik offers Canadian youth the opportunity to contribute to the sustainable development of communities across
Canada through challenging volunteer service programs. For more information about Katimavik, click
here. The local Katimavik number is: 613-446-0898.
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C-R "delivers"
second City-INFO edition
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If you have not seen or received the City of Clarence-Rockland's latest edition of City-INFO,
you can read it online.
Get the latest from the Mayor and Council, current Municipal News, the inaugural celebrations
of the new Optimist Performance Hall (attached to the Recreation and Cultural Center), the word from recent Council
meetings and the Rockland and Hammond Olympic Torch Run.
You can find the link on our City of Clarence-Rockland
"Community Information" Web page.
Click here.
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120 million litres of sewage flows
into river
How does it affect Rockland downstream?
Robert O. Pickard Environmental Centre - Ottawa
The heavy record rains are being blamed for sending millions of litres of raw sewage from the City of Ottawa
treatment plant into the Ottawa River. The city estimates 120 million litres of raw sewage and untreated waste
water overflowed the sewage system and into the historic waterway on Monday. The Ministry of Environment, Ottawa
Public Health and downstream water system operators have been notified of the spill.
What does this mean for Clarence-Rockland?
Click here to read more.
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Obituaries: Two area residents will be sorely missed
Mary Lynn Burns
Reverend Mary Lou Shorthill
 Karen Lynn Burns, comes from a long line
of Cumberland area families... Findlay, Edwards, Burns. She was very well liked, as can be seen by the messages
her family recieved on the Legacy Guest Book, linked from her obituary.
We hope to have more information soon.
You can click here to see her obituary and the link.
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 Reverend Mary Lou Shorthill,
a one-time Cumberland resident, an ordained minister and a former teacher, passed away on Friday, January 22. She
was well known and loved not only through her Cumberland connections, but also through the many parishes that she
worked in over the years.
We hope to have more background on her soon.
You can click here to see Reverend Shorthill's obituary.
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PRSCA Open House a success
The open house for the Prescott-Russell Services to Children and Adults was
by all
accounts a success. Here, the Rockland office staff pose for the Canaan Connexion camera.
We will have more news on the open house and the services provided by this
worthy organization. In the meantime...
For more information you can call 613-488-2211. You can also visit
their Web site.
(Photo - Patrick Meikle)
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PRSCA Open House Thursday, January 21
The Rockland office of the Prescott-Russell Services to Children and Adults has
moved to their new location at 415 Lemay Street in Clarence Creek. That's the building previously used by the Clarence-Rockland
City Council. This is your chance to see the new digs and to meet the people who make the PRSCA happen. The open
house will run from 1:30 p.m. to 6:00 p.m.
For more information you can call 613-488-2211. You can also visit
their Web site.
(Photo - Patrick Meikle)
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Hwy. 174 safety audit
calls on city to
invest in additional road improvements
Highway 174, November 7, 2001. Things haven't changed! (Photo-Patrick Meikle)
Fred Sherwin writes on his "Orleans Online" Web site:
A study conducted to assess safety issues along the eastern portion of Hwy. 174 east of Trim Road, calls on the
city to make a number of improvements along the busy roadway which has been the scene of 270 collisions and five
fatalities from Jan. 1, 2003 and Dec. 30, 2007.
The majority of the accidents occured along two consecutive sections of the roadway -- from Trim Road to Quigley
Hill Road and from Quigley Hill Road to Cameron Street. More...
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To read related stories, letters and links, click here.
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Commentary by Fred Sherwin:
Debate over Hwy. 174 has long-term ramifications
Fred Sherwin writes on his "Orleans Online" Web site:
A report addressing safety issues along the eastern portion of Hwy. 174 between Trim Road and the border with the
United Counties of Prescott-Russell has once again raised the debate over who's responsible for the problem and
who should pay to fix it.
Forget for the moment that it took more than two years to complete the study. Two years during which over 100
more accidents took place, according to the statistics contained in the report.
When debating the present and future state of Hwy. 174, there are two main issues that must be considered -- safety
and growth.
To read more of this commentary, click here.
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C-R -Overnight winter
parking now in effect
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Overnight winter parking restrictions are now in effect in Clarence-Rockland.
Click here for more information.
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Please Note:
We are constantly upgrading the Canaan Connexion Web. Some links or stories may be missing or seem out
of place. If you see any information that affects your group or area, please let us know and we will make the necessary
corrections. And, If you have sent material for us to put on the Web site and it does not appear, please let us
know as well as some items have been lost due to a computer glitch. Thanks for your patience and support. - Patrick
Meikle, Editor 
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Crow's Nest or Dog's Breakfast!
Some of you just don't get it, do you? (Photo - Patrick Meikle)
If you are wondering why there is a mess at the end of your driveway, when you come
home on garbage day... For those doubting Thomases who don't think crows can mess up
our garbage... here is proof. This cawing character was caught on Blue Jay Drive the day
before garbage pick-up. The owner had put the refuse out the night before, but did not put
a lid on the can, giving our black-feathered friends plenty of opportunity to mess up. Delicious!
To avoid this mess, please put your garbage bags in a garbage can, and use the cover.
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Opinion: What cell phone to buy for the Canaan area?
Thinking about buying a cell phone if you live in this area? Read our story. Click
here.
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NOTE: Just
a reminder to our visitors...
The Canaan Message Centre is a much overlooked
resource that you may wish to take advantage of.
You can leave notices and personal announcements to
share with other members of the Canaan Community.
For Example in an earlier message, Forest Hill
resident Bruce Bouer gives us a heads up on the
promotional material that "Xplornet" keeps pumping
into our postal boxes... it is not all what it seems!
Click here for more.
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