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Argentina) – Felix Bouchard of Otterburn Park led Team Canada to victory in the 51st edition of the Tailhade Cup at Los Lagartos Country Club finishing four strokes ahead of Denmark and Switzerland Their strong performance was attributed to Bouchard and McKinlay’s combined rounds of 142 Spain’s Luis Roncal Masaveu finished first with 205 strokes at -8 with Bouchard closely following behind by three strokes Team scoring Individual scoring I understand I can unsubscribe at any time MontrealDeadly fire in Otterburn Park kills survivor of CIL explosionBy CTV MontrealPublished: May 08, 2014 at 10:25AM EDT Twitter feed ©2025 BellMedia All Rights Reserved Sign In Subscribe Now 2023Marilyn McVeigh Smith (nee Williams) passed away peacefully at home on May 23 Predeceased by her first husband and beloved father of her four girls QC Marilyn was graced with love again and married her second husband Gordon (Bud) Smith of Nanaimo and beloved niece Joanna - she left this world as she lived it enveloped in love and grace by those who will ensure her stories and strength will be passed down to her great-grandchildren She was blessed to live a life full of adventures Full obituary and condolences at: https://www.arbormemorial.ca/en/sands-nanaimo/obituaries/marilyn-mcveigh-smith/104314 Dialogue and debate are integral to a free society and we welcome and encourage you to share your views on the issues of the day. 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To learn about our commenting policies and how our community-based moderation works, please read our Community Guidelines Ten more communities across Canada, including one First Nation, will soon receive Level 2 electric vehicle (EV) charging stations through the Charged for Change program, a partnership between Aviva Canada and Earth Day Canada.  the initiative is expanding for the first time into First Nations territory with We’koqma’q First Nation in Nova Scotia among the 2025 recipients.  Charged for Change has provided $3 million in funding to municipalities and Indigenous communities that lack access to public EV charging infrastructure The program aims to remove barriers to EV adoption by targeting underserved areas 15 communities received support for charging station installations.  Pascal Dessureault, chief public affairs, marketing and communications officer at Aviva Canada said the company is encouraged by the program’s reach.   “We’re grateful for the enthusiastic response from municipalities to our Charged for Change initiative and pleased that Aviva has made a positive difference in multiple communities across the country,” said Dessureault “While this marks the final year of the program we know there’s still so much more to be done to support the climate transition and we’re eager to explore those opportunities.”  Earth Day Canada’s executive director noted the program’s focus on rural areas Charged for Change and our partnership with Aviva Canada has supported small rural communities across Canada in making their EV public infrastructure projects a reality,” Mallamo said “We’re very excited for this final cohort of communities to benefit from the program and to see them support EV adoption for their residents.”  Community leaders echoed the value of the initiative in furthering local climate goals Fort Erie mayor Wayne Redekop described the installation of EV chargers as a “tangible” step towards sustainability “The addition of new EV charging stations reflects Fort Erie’s ongoing commitment to building a greener future,” he said.  MontrealNEWSPQ wants to remove bilingual status of some cities in QuebecBy Rachel LauPublished: August 30, 2022 at 8:50AM EDT The BBC spoke to Alma Hardy and Margret Wilson who have treasured memories of the hall Ms Wilson said she first visited when she was nine months old and got a job there as a teenager the property was sold at auction for £305,000 by SDL Property Auctions - the third time it has changed owner in the past five years Both women hope "something will be made" of the hall again which has been a huge part of their lives ShareSaveTrial aims to silence tinnitus before it takes holdThe Newcastle study gives both electrical stimulus and sound therapy to people with early tinnitus. Fishing boat's very close encounter with orcaA fisherman captures footage of the killer whale off the Northumberland coast on Tuesday morning. Franciscan brother on dedicating his life to others"We don't live for ourselves, it's not the reason why we're put on this earth." Relive Newcastle's Carabao Cup celebrationsA round-up of the scenes in Newcastle on Saturday as the city was brought to a standstill by crowds. Watch: Sea of black and white covers Newcastle as Ant & Dec bring Toon joyTens of thousands of supporters flocked the streets of Newcastle to honour the team's Carabao Cup win. 'Don't you drop that!': Ant & Dec join Newcastle players on paradeTens of thousands of supporters have joined the celebrations as the bus travels through the city. NUFC fans not here to celebrate cup win rememberedHundreds of people send photos of their loved ones who did not live to see the long-awaited cup win. 'Art became final piece of my Parkinson's jigsaw'"I used to have a tremor in my left hand and that’s disappeared over the last 12 months." Dan Burn's PE teacher recreates Wembley goal"Everyone thought he was going to score and when he put that header in, the roof just lifted off." 'Brazen' teenagers make multiple shoplifting tripsThe future of a Gateshead shop is at risk due to increasing levels of shoplifting, its owner says. Touring Newcastle musician revisits busking spotsVictor Ray started his career busking in Newcastle six years ago and is now selling out tours. 'My XL bully was days away from being put to sleep'Smokey, who now lives in Wallsend, was rescued from the Halfway Dog House in Northern Ireland last year. American man flies 14 hours a game to follow NUFCJohn O'Hare has a love of English football and travels more than 4,000 miles to watch his team. Aspiring male strippers audition in North EastFor the first time, the Dreamboys show searches for new talent for its national tour in Newcastle. Homeless student reunites with 'lifesavers'Mark and Elisabeth from Whitley Bay housed Yasmina for a night when she found herself homeless. Newcastle United manager grants fan's dying wishSteven Hunter says it is "an absolute pleasure" to have met the Magpies' boss. Watch: Tower block demolished in plume of smokeThe button to destroy Hexham House in Newcastle is pressed by three children who won a competition. UK’s tallest living Christmas tree lit upThe 160-year-old, 42m (138ft) tree at Cragside is the height of two Angels of the North. 'We can reassure them that the water is good'Bathing water in Cullercoats Bay is rated "poor", but locals say it "never causes a problem". Boat tour passengers' thrill at shark sightingA shark sighting during a Farne Islands boat tour brings joy to passengers. A numbered company connected to Ornge air ambulance is accused of not properly training a pilot from Skead, leading to a crash a year ago that killed four people. The federal Ministry of Labour last week filed a 17-charge information against 7506406 Canada Inc. at a Brampton, Ont. courthouse. The company is accused of failing to provide pilots Capt. Don Filliter, of Skead, and First Officer Jacques Dupuy, of Otterburn-Park, Que., with the necessary training and equipment to fly safely at night, resulting in their deaths. Filliter, Dupuy and paramedics Dustin Dagenais, of Moose Factory, and Chris Snowball, of Burlington, died when their Sikorsky S76 helicopter went down May 31, 2013, following a middle-of-the-night takeoff from a Moosonee base. Other charges allege that employee safety was compromised by failing to provide pilots with a means to visual reference while flying at night, flying without adequate training and supervision and permitting aircraft to be flown by a pilot with insufficient experience for night flying. Filliter, 54, who was survived by his wife Suzanne Pelletier and children Michelle, Mark and William, was regarded by colleagues as a top-notch pilot with more than 20 years' flying experience who joined Ornge in March 2013. He was an aircraft maintenance engineer, and served as treasurer with the Helicopters Association of Canada from 2008 to 2010. Liberal Leader Kathleen Wynne issued a statement after the charges were made public. The government and Ornge leadership take these proceedings very seriously, and the air ambulance service is co-operating with federal authorities, she said. “Ornge continues to work hard to ensure the safety of all pilots, paramedics and patients in order to deliver safe and excellent care when it’s needed the most,” Wynne said. Progressive Conservative Leader Tim Hudak told QMI Agency he will be following the developments closely. “This is shocking news and heartbreaking for the families involved and all Ontarians,” Hudak said. PC MPP Frank Klees said the Liberal government was warned repeatedly of concerns that Ornge air ambulance was putting its patients and staff at risk. "As the record will show, numerous attempts were made to warn the Minister of Health, Deb Matthews, deputy ministers and assistant deputy ministers of the risks at Ornge. They were ignored. I was accused by the minister of fear-mongering," Klees said in a statement Saturday. Wynne said her thoughts were with the family on the one-year anniversary of their loss, but that she couldn't comment specifically because charges are before the courts. "There are many, many changes that have been made at Ornge over the last couple of years and we will continue to monitor the operations obviously very, very closely," Wynne said. "My heart goes out to the families of the four people who were killed." Klees said the charges confirm the findings of a Transport Canada investigation and reports from front line pilots and paramedics who raised these issues with him. Klees also said the helicopter crash occurred under a new leadership team installed by Matthews after controversial CEO Chris Mazza left Ornge. transmission or republication strictly prohibited This website uses cookies to personalize your content (including ads), and allows us to analyze our traffic. Read more about cookies here. By continuing to use our site, you agree to our Terms of Use and Privacy Policy Two paramedics who were on board a helicopter that crashed Friday in northern Ontario died doing the work they were called to do — helping others in need had his sights set on a career as a medical aid from the time he was a teen But his 19-year career came to a tragic end just after midnight Friday when the Ornge air ambulance helicopter he was flying in crashed in a remote area Fellow paramedic Dustin Dagenais of Moose Factory and First Officer Jacques Dupuy of Otterburn-Park all died while on their way to pick up a patient in the fly-in First Nations community of Attawapiskat John Snowball said the family is struggling to come to terms with the loss even when he got a spanking as a kid,” Snowball said from his son’s home in Burlington Chris had studied to become a paramedic immediately after graduating high school His son spent more than a decade working near Cape Breton before returning to Ontario for the sake of his family He said his son had long aspired to work for Ornge despite the scandal that’s engulfed the organization over a criminal probe of financial irregularities Chris landed a series of three-month contracts but was recently delighted to learn he would be beginning a year-long post in Thunder Bay That new assignment was set to begin within a week Being a paramedic seemed a natural choice for a man who always felt compelled to help others would stop and identify himself as a paramedic He just always wanted to help out,” John Snowball said is survived by his wife and three children was also married with a 10-month-old daughter Dagenais joined Ontario’s air ambulance service two years ago after working for the James Bay Ambulance Services racing around a half-dozen coastal communities to help the sick and injured The former Ontario Hockey League player’s stint with the land ambulance service included time at its base in Attawapiskat he said from the family home in Moose Factory “He would go above and beyond to make anybody more comfortable or feel more at ease,” Gould said One of those guys that everybody wants to be around The Transportation Safety Board is investigating what brought down the helicopter with the assistance of the Ontario Provincial Police said the investigation could take a “lengthy period of time,” but Ornge will help as much as it can “We don’t have any indication at this point at what caused the accident,” he said The patient in Attawapiskat will be transported by plane Ornge has grounded all five remaining Sikorsky S76 helicopters in its fleet “out of an abundance of caution,” Ornge CEO Andrew McCallum said later in the day Operations will continue with its 10 PC-12 airplanes 10 AW-139 helicopters and standing agreement carriers The 33-year-old S76 helicopter crashed around 12:11 a.m. about 0.7 nautical miles away from the Moosonee airport The terrain was relatively flat and there was good visibility despite light rain was a respected pilot with more than 20 years of flying experience and an aircraft maintenance engineer was a bush pilot in Quebec and had decades of experience flying all over the world The 43-year-old leaves behind a wife and two children Everyone at Ornge is shocked and saddened by their deaths “Their lives were lost serving the public and we owe deep debt of gratitude,” McCallum said Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne said she was “devastated” by the deaths but that their service will be honoured and remembered “You know there really are few words to express how sad we all are that this has happened,” she said in Sarnia made a tearful statement in the House of Commons about the Ornge crash “I ask all members to join me in paying tribute to this tragic loss of these four lives and those who take such particular risks to ensure the health and safety of all Canadians across this immense country,” said Rickford who worked as a nurse and a lawyer in First Nations communities in northwest Ontario 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ZWD This article was published more than 11 years ago Dustin Dagenais is one of two paramedics killed when an Ornge air ambulance helicopter crashed on the James Bay coast in northern Ontario early Friday Investigators have recovered the cockpit voice recorder of an Ontario air ambulance helicopter that crashed in the province's north Transportation Safety Board spokesman Chris Krepski says the recorder will be sent to the agency's Ottawa lab for analysis in the hope it will shed light on the cause of Friday's crash He says a team of four investigators at the crash scene in Moosonee have determined the aircraft had a "high energy impact" crash and are interviewing potential witnesses and air ambulance officials The dead crew members included two pilots and two paramedics The Sikorsky S76 helicopter had just left its base in Moosonee to pick up a patient in the remote community of Attawapiskat when it crashed Krepski says the recorder can pick up noise from the helicopter engine and rotors audio warning systems and conversations between the flight crew – providing a glimpse into the moments before a crash "If the data from the [voice recorder] is useable of course it will be a great help to the investigation," Krepski said The four victims have been identified as Capt The 33-year-old helicopter crashed around 12:11 a.m. Filliter was a respected pilot with more than 20 years of flying experience and an aircraft maintenance engineer Ornge has grounded all five remaining Sikorsky S76 helicopters in its fleet "out of an abundance of caution," McCallum said on Friday Report an editorial error Report a technical issue Welcome to The Globe and Mail’s comment community. 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Read our Privacy notice A disused grade II listed stately home with 25 bedrooms and 16 acres of land has sold at auction for the bargain price of £305,000 was sold to an unnamed private buyer on Thursday in an online auction for around £25,000 more than the UK’s average house price The Victorian country house has been disused since 2012 and will require extensive renovation the building has been disused since 2012 and vandals have been able to get inside smashing a piano and graffitiing the walls the sale exceeded the £220,000 guide price Andrew Parker auctioneer and partner at SDL Property Auctions said: “It was a great result all round that Otterburn Hall sold at the auction today “Buying a historic property of this size and in this state of disrepair is certainly not for the faint hearted and we wish the buyer all the very best with their plans for the property and look forward to seeing how things progress.” Built in 1870 as a country retreat for Lord James Murray, the neo-Elizabethan brick and stone-built property, 30 miles north west of Newcastle, was requisitioned by the military in the Second World War and has also been used as a Christian education centre. NorthumberlandFollow a high-level route on the Otterburn Ranges in Northumberland National Park to observe wild goats The Otterburn Ranges cover 90 square miles of the Northumberland National Park and have been used by the military since 1911 The Otterburn Ranges comprise some of the most remote upland areas in the UK the hoisting of red flags around the boundaries indicates restricted access visitors are welcome to drive or walk on the ranges provided they remain on roads or marked footpaths and there’s a chance you may see the rare courtship ritual between male black grouse follow the track uphill to a signpost and continue to the grass-covered remains of the Roman fort of Chew Green Continue to the next signpost and head directly uphill to join the border fence Turn right and follow this to the summit of Brownhart Law From here there are extensive views east to The Cheviot and north into Scotland Go through a gate in the border fence into Scotland and follow the track through heather and over Greystone Brae to a larger gate the course of the Roman Dere Street leads along the broad ridge where you are likely to see small herds of feral goats grazing across the hillside Birds that you might also see include skylark Swing left at the next gate and go up the final short slope to Blackhall Hill summit across the surrounding hills and down into the valleys Descend over a short but steep craggy section and on to a gate Go through this and down to the next low point where another gate leads to a track that takes you to the summit of Woden Law Here are the remains of a very extensive hillfort which is much more impressive and sharply defined than Chew Green and rather than reascending Blackhall Hill skirt round below the crags and rejoin the Dere Street track beyond Follow this through the gate and around the sides of Greystone Brae and Brownhart Law Click on the map below for an interactive versions of the route Windswept hills – boots and windproof clothing are necessary By car: Take the B6341 west from Rothbury for 4 miles then turn right on a minor road through Alwinton and Barrowburn The car park is approx 6 miles west of Barrowburn the car park can be reached via the A68 to Redesdale Camp then via the minor road across the MOD range Rose and Thistle InnAlwinton, Morpeth NE65 7BQ01669 650226roseandthistlealwinton.com 13 Jul 2023 ARCHIVED (over 3 months old) - view latest news © Northumberland County Council