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Article content If there was a fire or emergency in Augusta Township during the last 50 years, chances are good that Maynard Vandervelde was there to help. Vandervelde, one of the founders of the North Augusta fire hall, celebrates 50 years as a volunteer firefighter on May 1. We apologize, but this video has failed to load. Try refreshing your browser. Half a century with Augusta Fire Back to video At 72, Vandervelde is still on the job and says he has no plans to retire. His decades of service include as a truck captain, fire inspector and the department’s chief fire inspector.

Article content The Brockville General Hospital has opened its doors to patients from across Eastern Ontario and the Greater Toronto Area as part of a provincewide shuttle to ease the burden on overwhelmed hospitals in COVID-19 hotspots. As of mid-week, BGH had received or was expecting 30 patients – some with COVID, some not – from hospitals in Cornwall, Kingston, Scarborough and Oshawa. We apologize, but this video has failed to load. Try refreshing your browser. BGH taking patients from GTA, Eastern Ontario Back to video The patient tally includes 19 people battling the virus. Six ar...

The provincial government tightened the screws on its lockdown order on Friday by ordering new restrictions on gatherings and retail, partially closing…

Article content A third local person has died of COVID-19 in the last five days, the health unit reported Wednesday. The latest death was a woman who was a member of the community, in other words not a resident of long-term care, but the health unit could not release other details. We apologize, but this video has failed to load. Try refreshing your browser. Third COVID death in five days Back to video Susan Healey, who speaks for the Leeds, Grenville and Lanark District Health Unit, said the public health agency was trying to determine whether her death was from a variant of the virus. The...

The local health unit reported a new COVID-19 death during the weekend as 49 more cases were detected, including a virus surge in the Brockville area.