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HOW TO GET THIS WEEK'S NRT:With Canada Post workers on strike, regular delivery of the NRT will be disrupted this week. ...
10/01/2025

HOW TO GET THIS WEEK'S NRT:
With Canada Post workers on strike, regular delivery of the NRT will be disrupted this week. Local subscribers are invited to pick up their copies of the paper from the NRT office at 8 Glendale Ave, Deep River. The office will be open extended hours to allow for pickup.
Local and out of town subscribers may also request a copy of the newspaper in digital format by emailing [email protected]
Copies of the newspaper will be available in local stores as usual, and delivery to regular online subscribers will not be affected.
Thank you readers for your patience and continued support!

CANADA POST SHUTS DOWN AS POSTAL WORKERS STRIKE:Canada Post has shut down all operations across the country after the Ca...
09/26/2025

CANADA POST SHUTS DOWN AS POSTAL WORKERS STRIKE:
Canada Post has shut down all operations across the country after the Canadian Union of Postal Workers (CUPW) declared a nation-wide strike Thursday. CUPW announced the strike after the federal Minister of Government Transformation, Public Works and Procurement, Joël Lightbound, ordered Canada Post to plan major changes in the way it does business, including the end of door-to-door mail delivery. In a statement, Lightbound said Canada Post is facing an “existential crisis,” with billions of dollars in losses over the past seven years and mail volumes dropping...

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TOWN TO INVITE BIDS ON HIGHWAY HOTEL:Build it and they will come? Deep River council is considering the idea of reaching...
09/26/2025

TOWN TO INVITE BIDS ON HIGHWAY HOTEL:
Build it and they will come? Deep River council is considering the idea of reaching out to developers to build a hotel in town to fill an apparent gap in short-term accommodations in the municipality. A report on this week’s council agenda called on the town to issue a “request for expressions of interest” for development of a new hotel situated along Highway 17...
> Full story in this week's NRT

TREMBLAY RECEIVES KING'S CORONATION MEDAL:Kyle Tremblay has won a lot of medals in recent years. Last week he received a...
09/17/2025

TREMBLAY RECEIVES KING'S CORONATION MEDAL:
Kyle Tremblay has won a lot of medals in recent years. Last week he received a medal of a different sort, recognizing the grit and determination it took to win the ones that came before it. Deep River’s hometown hero received this country’s highest civilian honour when he was presented with the King’s Coronation Medal for his inspiring performance at the 2024 Paris Paralympic Games. A special ceremony was held at Deep River’s town hall, where Tremblay was presented with the award by Mayor Sue D’Eon and Reeve Glenn Doncaster, at the start of last week’s council meeting...
> Full story in this week's NRT

COUNTY TO TAKE ON BANTING DRIVE:Banting Drive in Deep River will be taken under the wing of the County of Renfrew. Count...
09/03/2025

COUNTY TO TAKE ON BANTING DRIVE:
Banting Drive in Deep River will be taken under the wing of the County of Renfrew. County council passed a bylaw last week agreeing to the town’s request to have the stretch of Banting Drive, from Highway 17 to Hillcrest Avenue, added to the county road network. The county’s acceptance is conditional on Deep River rehabilitating the road and bringing it up to county specs...
> Full story in this week's NRT

REDUCED FIELD COMPLETES 40TH TRIATHLON:What a difference a month makes! August started with Deep River’s 40th annual Tri...
09/03/2025

REDUCED FIELD COMPLETES 40TH TRIATHLON:
What a difference a month makes! August started with Deep River’s 40th annual Triathlon being cancelled due to air quality issues stemming from wildfires in Western Canada. It ended with the triathlon being successfully staged under crisp, blue sunny skies on the Labour Day weekend, with not a hint of smoke in the air...
> Full story in this week's NRT

DATE SET FOR FIRST NSDF APPEAL:A date has been set for the first of two appeals over the Near Surface Disposal Facility ...
08/27/2025

DATE SET FOR FIRST NSDF APPEAL:
A date has been set for the first of two appeals over the Near Surface Disposal Facility at Chalk River. The Federal Court of Appeal has ordered that a hearing on the case will be held on Wednesday, October 8 at the Thomas D’Arcy McGee Building on Sparks Street in Ottawa. The appeal dates back to a decision released in February by Federal Court Justice Julie Blackhawk, who ordered Canadian Nuclear Laboratories and the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission to resume consultations on the NSDF with the Kebaowek First Nation...
> Full story in this week's NRT

FLUORIDE IN WATER OK, HEALTH UNIT SAYS:Should Deep River stop putting fluoride in its drinking water? Renfrew County’s m...
08/20/2025

FLUORIDE IN WATER OK, HEALTH UNIT SAYS:
Should Deep River stop putting fluoride in its drinking water? Renfrew County’s medical officer of health says no, but that the local health unit will continue to monitor “emerging evidence” that it could affect infant brain development. “Overall, in my view, the weight of current evidence does not support an adverse effect of community water fluoridation on neurocognitive development,” Dr. Jason Morgenstern says in a letter to Deep River Mayor Sue D’Eon. Morgenstern’s letter was in response to a request from a local resident for Deep River to stop adding fluoride to its drinking water...
> Full story in this week's NRT

HIGHWAY CLOSED:Highway 17 is closed west of Deep River Wednesday morning, as representatives from the Ministry of Transp...
07/30/2025

HIGHWAY CLOSED:
Highway 17 is closed west of Deep River Wednesday morning, as representatives from the Ministry of Transportation assess the damage from a sinkhole in the roadway just past Lance Road. The sinkhole is located above a culvert that drains under the highway and may require a full replacement before traffic can resume on the highway surface. Traffic continues in both directions using Lance Road as a detour...

ROSSI ALLOWED COMMUNITY LIVING:The man found “not criminally responsible” for the death of Sommer Boudreau may be eligib...
07/09/2025

ROSSI ALLOWED COMMUNITY LIVING:
The man found “not criminally responsible” for the death of Sommer Boudreau may be eligible for “transitional living” in the community in less than a year. The Ontario Review Board has ruled that Adam Rossi, 42, “remains a significant threat to the public” but that he may be allowed to live in the community “in an approved supervised setting” when doctors feel he is ready. Rossi was originally charged with second degree murder and “indignity to a body” following a police investigation into Boudreau’s death in early December 2022...
> Full story in this week's NRT

UNION REJECTS CNL OFFER, STRIKE TO RESUME MONDAY:Members of the Chalk River Professional Employee Group (CRPEG) - repres...
06/19/2025

UNION REJECTS CNL OFFER, STRIKE TO RESUME MONDAY:
Members of the Chalk River Professional Employee Group (CRPEG) - represented by the Professional Institute of the Public Service of Canada (PIPSC) - have voted to reject Canadian Nuclear Laboratories' (CNL) latest settlement offer following a three-day ratification vote that concluded Thursday at noon.

In a statement released Thursday afternoon, PIPSC said that following the vote results, it will serve notice to CNL that strike action will continue, with activities resuming Monday morning.

The union says it will implement "targeted strike action designed to maximize impact while working toward a fair agreement."

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