County of Renfrew

#UOVOPP on scene of a collision on Hwy 17. Hwy is closed both directions for the time being. If possible please try to avoid the area. More updates to follow ^mm

🚨 Only 2 days to go until the Eastern Ontario Wardens' Caucus heads to #AMO2025 in Ottawa! We are excited to join municipal leaders, government officials, and key stakeholders to advocate for the unique needs of Eastern Ontario’s small urban and rural communities. Throughout the conference, the EOWC will engage in important conversations around: 🔷 Economic resilience 🔷 Housing 🔷 Health care 🔷Long-Term Care We look forward to productive meetings with provincial ministers and hearing from featured speakers including: 🔷Premier @fordnation Ford and Cabinet Ministers 🔷@MaritStiles, Leader of the Official Opposition 🔷@BonnieCrombie, Leader of the Ontario Liberal Party 🔷@MikeSchreiner, Leader of the Green Party 🔷Robin Jones, AMO President 📘 Read our AMO 2025 Briefing Package to learn more about the key issues we’re advocating for: eowc.org/wp-content/upl… 🌐 Explore our ongoing advocacy efforts: eowc.org

Enormously gratified at today’s announcement. @RenfrewCounty and @RenCtyParamedic have been at the forefront of expanding the scope of Community Paramedicine, particularly in meeting the challenges in our rural and remote communities.

Great day out in Eganville at the Taste of the Valley! @RenfrewCounty

Thank you ⁦@fordnation⁩ Premier Ford for making time to thank the Paramedic teams from ⁦@MuskokaPS⁩ , ⁦@RenCtyParamedic⁩ and ⁦@HaliburtonMedic⁩ for their support at the Council of the Federation in Huntsville.

Our Remote Response Vehicle supporting operations near the Council of Federations meeting in #Huntsville. Thank you to our friends @RenCtyParamedic for bringing some additional support!

Powerful evidence published today, demonstrating the success of Integrated Virtual Care (IVC), the attachment arm of @rcvtac. journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/21… "High levels of satisfaction, strong physician trust and a positive overall experience. These findings support the potential of models like IVC to address Family Physician shortages, particularly in rural areas." Residents without primary care are formally attached to a family doctor who works remotely but is embedded in a local family health team. Patients then receive comprehensive, team based care through a hybrid of in-person and virtual care options. Hundreds of IVC patients completed detailed questionnaires, so that we could analyze their experiences. Since we did this work, IVC now enables over 6000 previously unattached residents of @RenfrewCounty to have a family doctor and a primary care team. Our team, supported by @tara_kiran, Judy Belle Brown @westernuFamMed @SavoirMontfort @UofODFM and many others, will soon be publishing further evidence of the success of the IVC approach, with papers on clinician and non-clinical staff experience, factors impacting physician choices to join IVC, and a major study evaluating the clinical and economic impact of IVC, using Ontario's population level health databases. As @SylviaJonesMPP and @ONThealth legislate the commitment to all Ontarians being attached to a primary care team and @janephilpott leads the work to deliver this, one of the main challenges (highlighted by @OntariosDoctors) will continue to be supporting rural and northern communities who often struggle to recruit family doctors to physically relocate there. I hope that the evidence behind IVC will support ground breaking innovations using hybrid approaches of in-person and virtual care. IVC has delivered the promise of primary care attachment to thousands of some Ontario's most vulnerable people and has the potential to do the same for thousands more. @OntarioCollege @OCFP_President @donohueranch @PeterEmon1

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On May 28, Renfrew County Council proudly recognized visiting German paramedics! 🇨🇦🤝🇩🇪 Honoured to share knowledge & training with our international colleagues in emergency care. 🌍🚑 Strengthening global partnerships together #RenfrewCounty #CORParamedicService @RenfrewCounty

The Eastern Ontario Wardens' Caucus marked a significant milestone on behalf of our region’s municipalities. As part of our Queen's Park Advocacy Day, the EOWC had the honour of meeting with Premier @fordnation , alongside Cabinet Ministers, Parliamentary Assistants, and Eastern Ontario’s Members of Provincial Parliament. “This was a milestone moment for the EOWC,” stated EOWC Chair Bonnie Clark. “We came to Queen’s Park with clear priorities, strong regional alignment, and a willingness to work with the Province. We thank Premier Ford and his Cabinet for engaging directly with us. Our Caucus is ready and willing to work together to deliver housing, infrastructure and economic growth throughout our communities.” We would like to extend our sincere appreciation to Premier Ford, Ministers @VictorFedeli , @RobFlackEML, @DavidPiccini, @nolanmquinn, @Graydonthempp; Parliamentary Assistants and MPPs @Rae_Matt, @SteveClarkPC, @GPR_MPP, Dave Smith, @tylerallsoppPC , @johnjordan_lfk , and Billy Denault. We are proud to showcase Eastern Ontario’s strengths and outline opportunities to partner with the Province to ‘Protect Ontario.’ Together, we’re focused on shared priorities including: 🔹strengthening economic resilience in the face of tariffs and global uncertainty; 🔹streamlining investment in municipal infrastructure; and 🔹accelerating housing development. EOWC News Release:eowc.org/news/the-eowc-…

What a fantastic morning at Queen’s Park! The Eastern Ontario Wardens' Caucus was proud to kick off our Queen’s Park Advocacy Day with a Breakfast Reception, where we highlighted our strategic priorities—economic resilience, infrastructure and housing. A sincere thank you to Minister @DavidPiccini for sponsoring the event, and to Minister @RobFlackEML and MPP @tedhsu for speaking and sharing your insights. We also appreciate Ministers and MPPs attending this morning: @nolanmquinn, @Graydonthempp, @Rae_Matt, @JillDunlop1, @LisaThompsonPC, @SteveClarkPC, @johnjordan_lfk, @GPR_MPP, @LaurieScottPC, @erniehardeman, @BobBaileyPC, Billy Denault, George Darouze, and @laurasthornhill. We would also like to thank our businesses and partners - @CharlottePrdts, @heatlinesystems, @Cavanagh Concrete Ltd. / Cavanagh Communities, Freymond Lumber Limited, Eastern Ontario Regional Network, and the Eastern Ontario Leadership Council - for representing the EOWC and Eastern Ontario. We also extend our congratulations to the @OntarioCofC on their Queen’s Park Advocacy Day—we’re proud to collaborate with our dedicated chambers, and their business members across our region and Ontario as a whole. The EOWC remains ready to work, and ready to grow. We look forward to a productive day of dialogue and partnership! To read on the EOWC's new economic resilience priority, visit: eowc.org/economic-resil….

National Public Safety Telecommunicators Week: April 13-19 Thank you to our amazing 🚑Ambulance Communications Officers! Your calm under pressure and unwavering commitment to public safety play a crucial role in the delivery of emergency services and make a difference every day.

UPDATE #2: #HWY17 re-opended. ^bb

Please be advised that the Significant Weather Event declared by the County of Renfrew on April 2 has now ended. #RenfrewCountyRoads #SignificantWeatherEvent #RenfrewCounty

County of Renfrew declares SIGNIFICANT WEATHER EVENT in response to @environmentca FREEZING RAIN WARNING that will impact travel & services throughout the municipality. Freezing rain expected tonight into early Thursday morning, with ice accretion of 2-5 mm on some surfaces.

PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT Please be advised the Significant Weather Event declared by the County of Renfrew on March 28 has now ended. #SignificantWeatherEventEnded #RenfrewCountyRoads #RenfrewCounty

By sharing stories like Ashley’s, we #EndTheSilence & show others they're not alone. Wellness takes a community & together we can #BreakTheStigma. To share your story email: info@ovoht.ca #RCDDS

Yesterday, we collaborated with the @RenfrewCounty Forestry, Petawawa Research Forest, Garrison Petawawa, and Shaw Lumber to host our first Sustainable Forestry Tour of the year! Students from @BishopSmithCH spent the day learning about sustainable forest management and silviculture practices, different career paths, and wood products! #ItTakesAForest

County of Renfrew has declared a SIGNIFICANT WEATHER EVENT in response to @environmentca SNOWFALL WARNING alert, that will impact travel and services throughout the municipality. Significant snowfall expected tonight into Saturday with accumulations of 10 to 20 cm. #RenfrewCounty