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 Rachelle
Halpenny
Obituary Notices: New feature on our website
Starting next week, the Canaan Connexion will be printing the names from local obituary notices. This will be a weekly feature appearing once
a week on weekends. However if we see the notice in time, we will print it asap in the event that someone wants
to attend the visitations or services. Here are samples found on the Brunet Funeral Home website:
- M. André Chrétien - 2 février 2012
- Mme Hélène Chatelain - 1er février 2012
- Mme Viola Boileau - 31 janivier 2012
- M. Bernard Greffe - 27 janvier 2012
- M. Raymond Boyer - 20 janvier 2012
Too often we miss these announcements and often times miss the opportunity to offer condolences
to families, friends or colleagues. And as it happens we learn so much more about a person after they have passed
away.
 A example was the recent demise of local resident of note, Rachelle Halpenny. Rachelle
was disabled and you would often see her around Rockland in her wheelchair, accompanied by her faithful Black Lab.
She never considered herself as being disabled. She once said: "I'm not really disabled.
What I can't do is not what I want to do ."
Rachelle was a strong advocat for persons with disabilities and was probably singularly responsible
for having an accessible bus added to the C-R Transit fleet.
What you may not have known is that Rachelle was a paraolympian in her younger days and won many
medals representing Canada. She began competing in disabled sports in 1976 and her achievements were incredible.
Her specialties were rifle shooting, table tennis, swimming, archery, and track and field; she won medals (mostly
gold) in all of these events.
You can read two interesting stories on Rachelle's achievments, here, and here and we will add more information later. In the meantime,
here is a link to our obituary page...
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Clarence-Rockland and CUPE cut a new deal
 The Vision newspaper is reporting that the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) local 503 has ratified
a new contract agreement with the City of Clarence-Rockland and that the Clarence-Rockland council has agreed to
accept the contract.
Read more...
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Clarence Castors/Beavers - in EOJHL All Star Game
 The Clarence Creek Castors
(Beavers) will have players in the upcoming Eastern Ontario Junior Hockey League All Star Games. We will announce
them when we get them.
Read more...
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Chief Administrative Officer-City Of Clarence-Rockland
 Here is your opportunity to apply for the top job at the Clarence-Rockland
City Hall... CAO. But you better hurry, the Expiry Date for this opportunity is: 2012-02-10.
You can be a part of the City of Clarence-Rockland "a quiet, picturesque city nestled on
the shores of the historic Ottawa River, an important waterway for early explorers, fur traders and missionaries".
The job posting and promo read like a cross between a travel brochure and some might say like
a work of fiction... "The CAO will contribute leadership, strategy, direction and enthusiasm to the organization
and will work closely with Council and the management team to develop and implement a compelling vision and strategy,
establish targets and set standards of performance."
Click here to read the desired qualifications. You could
be our next grande fromage.
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Forest Hill has a fairly active Facebook page
but more community members should participate
 (Forest
Hill, Friday, January 20, 2012) The residential community of Forest Hill is located between Canaan and Joanisse
Roads and is about five clicks south of Highway 174, on Canaan Road. It was build in the early 1990s by the now
defunct Tempra Homes.
About two years ago two of its residents started a Facebook page to keep the locals advised of happenings
and events in their neighbourhood of about 260 homes.
Read more...
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Cumberland Village artist exhibits work on new web site
 Cumberland resident Rebecca Dufton is a visual artist who draws and paints animals and
landscapes using expressive lines and colour. She has lived in the Ottawa area for 35 years and settled in the
village area some time ago.
Read more...
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Recharged Chamber of Commerce scores in new arena
 (Rockland, January 18, 2012) The New Clarence-Rockland Chamber of Commerce was
inagurated with a line up of special guests and an enthusiastic crowd of close to100 people on the upper deck of
the Canadian International Hockey Academy arena last evening. Revitalized by a new board, led by Paul Paradis,
the Chamber already had 75 members signed up. Their goal is to boost that total up to 150 by March 5. That is the
number needed to sustain a viable organization. Read more... |
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Wikipedia protests SOPA with blackout
 (Wednesday, January 18, 2012) Two
Internet resources that this community news service uses many times a day, are Google and Wikipedia. These resources are invaluable not only to
journalists, but to all Internet users.
On Wednesday, several big name Internet sites, lead by the giant Wikipedia. shut their services down to protest against
proposed legislation in the United States—the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) in the U.S. House of Representatives,
and the PROTECT IP Act (PIPA) in the U.S. Senate. View 10 awesome SOPA blackouts here.
It would appear that the maneuver had some effect because as one news service put it: "US
lawmakers appear to be abandoning their support for controversial copyright legislation after one of the biggest
online protests in history." Read more related to this story...
Read our original coverage here...
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Update:
Phone scammers taget local PC users by telephone
 (Since we ran this story last week, the local
mainstream press have picked up the story! Follow to second page...)
(Clarence-Rockland, January 12, 2012) We have to thank our friends at Compufix (Jeff, Ray and Bobby Luttmer) for alerting us
to this information. Many people in the 613-833- and 613-446- telephone exchanges (Cumberland/Rockland) are being
called by fraudsters purporting to be a “tech support speciali st” from Microsoft. They are telling people that their computers
are coming up with error messages and may be infected with a virus. They then ask the "customer" to log
on to a website that will help them to eliminate the virus. Read more... |
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Read our recent news stories here.
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Your morning smile
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Quotable quotes:
Jerry Seinfield: “I wonder if illiterate people get the full effect
of alphabet soup?'
Henry Ward Beecher: A person without a sense of humor is like a wagon without springs. It's jolted by every pebble
on the road.”
Dave Barry: “Never under any circumstances take a sleeping pill and a laxative on the same night”
George Carlin: “Have you ever noticed that anybody driving slower than you is an idiot, and anyone going faster
than you is a maniac?”
George F. Burns: “It takes only one drink to get me drunk. The
trouble is, I can't remember if it's the thirteenth or the
fourteenth.”
Dan Castellaneta: “Press the any key ... hmmm where's the any key?”
Henry "Henny" Youngman: "The secret of a happy marriage remains a secret."
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UPCOMING EVENTS
Public Skating at the
new CIH arena.
Schedule
Cumberland Winterfest
Friday, February 17
Euchre Tournament
Saturday,
February 18
Dinner Dance
Silent Auction
Sunday,
February 19
Family Fun Day
Musical entertainment
Much more...
Click here
Cumberland Lions
Family Breakfast
Saturday, Feb. 18
Maple Hall
2552 Old Montreal Rd
8 am to 12 pm
Cost: $6 Adults, $3 Children
(12 and under)
More info...
Call us with
your event!
(613-833-0057)
More on our Events Page
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STORY UPDATES...
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Parents buying baby foods, Loblaw's recalling
some organic baby foods. More...
Check out the new items taken from the City of
C-R website. Keeping informed... More...
» Septic
system permits to be issued by South Nation Conservation More...
» Interviews
with CBC's Kathleen Petty More...
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New Theatre opens in old Centrum location. More...
» Ottawa Police ready to fine drivers for using GPS More...
» Donated truck (from Rockland) to help firefighters- to-be at
Cité Collégiale. More...
Your morning smile. More...
 Worth
a read...
 Selected news stories of interest...
Read more...
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LETTERS...
TO THE EDITOR
Patrick Meikle
Canaan Connexion
Rockland resident André Branchaud questions "Question Period", and,
applauds the creation of the New Clarence- Rockland Chamber of
Commerce. Read more
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City's Website
Cameron and Highway 174
Traffic Cams at 174/Trim and
Cameron Street at 174
(Click on the one you want to see.)
Are you new to the area?
When is the last time you
had your septic tank cleaned?
(Click on pic for more)
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fate" (say it out loud), at least that is how the English speaking
residents of the province call it. It is actually spelled Bienfait.
and 
As of Thursday, February
2, we are still compiling this page to make the information accurate.