The City of Rosemère is supporting the Québec Lung Association’s provincial Cities and Municipalities Campaign Against Radon. The purpose of the campaign is to inform residents about what radon is and its effects on their health, but above all, to make them aware of the importance of measuring radon levels in their home and of taking the necessary corrective measures if the level exceeds Health Canada’s standard.
For this purpose, the Town of Rosemère is giving all its residents the opportunity to obtain a free radon test kit simply by sending their request to its Permits and Inspections Department. More details on the contents of the kits as well as on the ordering and delivery procedure are available on our website at ville.rosemere.qc.ca/en-radon/.
Denser than the ambient air, radon is a colourless, odourless radioactive gas of natural origin that comes from uranium within soils and rocks. It is found everywhere on the planet, at various concentrations. In the open air, this gas is diluted, so it is in no way threatening. However, it can infiltrate houses—and mainly basements—through cracks in foundation walls and floor slabs, construction joints, sumps and crawl spaces, and can accumulate in high concentrations that are hazardous to health.
After smoking, radon is the second leading cause of lung cancer. The risk of cancer increases with high radon concentrations, the number of years of exposure and smoking.
“By supporting this campaign, we want to protect Rosemerites’ lung health. We want to make them aware that no house—even a new construction—is safe for certain and that the only way to know what the radon concentration is in their home is to test it. More than ever, our residents are spending time at home due to the stay-at-home measures and the requirement to work from home whenever possible, so it is important to take this precaution to test for radon and then take corrective measures, if necessary. We can’t just rely on our neighbour’s results, either, because the radon concentration level can differ from one house to another,” explained Rosemère Mayor Eric Westram.
How to reduce the concentration level
Health Canada indicates that the concentration of radon in indoor air must be less than 200 becquerels per cubic metre (bq/m3) (the becquerel is the unit of radioactivity). Depending on the results of the analysis test, residents may decide to take corrective measures themselves, such as by sealing cracks and openings in walls, floors and around pipes and ducts, or by calling in a professional for more complex work, making sure that the professional is certified for this type of work.
The first shows broadcasted live from La petite Église as part of the Week-ends musicaux program certainly warmed up the entire City of Saint-Eustache. Alone or with family, nearly two thousand spectators have danced, sang and celebrated over the last three Fridays. The Arts and Culture Department of the City of Saint-Eustache is continuing this positive momentum by adding new shows to the program of Musical Weekends, which remain free to Eustach residents. The Acoustic Blues Summit, Arthur L’Aventurier, as well as the incomparable band Les Ringos who will pay homage to the Beatles will be live from the house of the Eustachians over the coming weeks.
Two shows rather than one!
March 5 promises to be a busy day with music. To the delight of children, Arthur The Adventurer will fly over his 25 years of adventures in song! From Quebec to the Rockies, via Africa, Costa Rica and Australia, the little ones’ favorite traveler has 1001 fascinating stories to tell! He will perform the favorite songs of adventurers which are often requested in shows and will invite young families to dance! Learning about fauna, flora and animals while having fun is great. The show can be viewed throughout the day, between 9 a.m. and 8 p.m.
At 7:30 p.m., the group Les Ringos promises an evening where several generations of music lovers will gather around the music of the Beatles. Inhabited by the same fiery, even euphoric spirit that characterized the Fab Four on stage, 4 seasoned musicians (namely Marc Déry, Éric Goulet, André Papanicolaou, Marc Chartrain) will celebrate the most playful songs from the impressive repertoire of the Beatles. An evening of reunion and pure pleasure.
New increased training program in the workplace for AEP in hygiene and sanitation in the Laurentians
The Integrated Health and Social Services Center (CISSS) des Laurentides is pleased to announce the creation a new work / study training program for the vocational studies certificate (AEP) in hygiene and sanitation which will allow students to be paid and to gain seniority during part of their studies .
This training program, set up in collaboration with school service centers in the Laurentian region, aims to respond to the significant lack of housekeeping attendants in all of the facilities serving the Laurentians population. The hygiene and sanitation attendant plays a decisive role in the prevention and control of infections, particularly during a pandemic. Our healthcare settings have a great need for people with the necessary qualifications to enable us to offer quality healthcare and service settings, ”said Rosemonde Landry, President and CEO of the CISSS des Laurentides.
This AEP, which lasts three months, allows students to learn the profession by alternating sequences in the classroom and in the workplace. In addition to promoting learning and making achievements concrete, this formula has the advantage of remunerating students during training periods taking place in the CISSS facilities, in addition to allowing them to accumulate seniority during their period of practical training.
Several cohorts will begin in the coming weeks in the following establishments: Center d’études professionnelle Saint-Jérôme, Center de formation professionnelle des Sommets, Center de formation professionnelle l’Émergence and Center de formation professionnelle de Mont-Laurier. Anyone interested is invited to register on the website www.admissionfp.com.
The CISSS des Laurentides as a follow up to the their regular press briefing announced the eight mass vaccination sites on its territory. These are the exact locations.
The vaccination sites will be located at the following addresses:
Saint-Jérôme: Neighborhood 50+: 425, boul. Jean-Baptiste-Rolland Est
Saint-Sauveur: Versant Saint-Sauveur: 191, chemin du Lac Millette
Sainte-Agathe-des-Monts: Damien Hétu sports center (arena): 40, rue Brissette
Rivière-Rouge: Community hall of the sports center and cultural activities of the Rouge Valley: 1,550, chemin du Rapide
Mont-Laurier: Theater space: 543, rue du Pont
These sites will open gradually between the week of February 22 and that of March 15.
The CISSS des Laurentides reminds the residents that the vaccination process will take place by invitation and will be by appointment only. All the details related to the appointment as well as the progress of the vaccination campaign will be communicated by the government in the coming weeks.
The Maison de la persévérance established in Blainville
Taking advantage of the context of the Journées de la perseverance scolaire, the City of Blainville is joining forces with three organizations in the Laurentians dedicated to school perseverance and the social economy as part of the project of the Maison de la perseverance, an establishment that will be located on 70th Avenue West, in the premises formerly housing La Zone.
These are the Omega Center (fight against dropping out of school), the Panda association (academic and social success of people with ADHD) and The School of Being (intergenerational and multidisciplinary activities) who have chosen to share the same roof to pool their expertise.
“It is the regrouping in the same place of three organizations working in the fields of academic and social perseverance, the fight against dropping out and support for healthy lifestyles. The House of Perseverance will be a living laboratory where synergy will be created and where we can share our human resources and achieve administrative savings. Above all, it will be a nerve center for the social economy in our region, because each dropout represents hundreds of dreams that fly away, ”said Inés Escrivá, Executive Director of the Center Omega.
For its part, the City of Blainville will guarantee the $ 700,000 loan granted by Desjardins to the Maison de la perseverance in order to carry out the development work and will grant it a sum of $ 350,000 that the organization will reimburse under a long-term lease. “The Maison de la perseverance project is precisely a dream that is now becoming reality. It is a regional project that begins in Blainville. We were looking for a new vocation for this building on 70th Avenue, which once housed La Zone pour les jeunes de Blainville. In a few months, other young people will occupy these premises and they will come from all over the MRC. Thanks to the Maison de la perseverance, this building will come back to life and become a regional center for academic perseverance and social health,” added the mayor of Blainville, Richard Perreault. Project history and EMD Construction’s contribution
Founded in 1999 and moved to Blainville in 2014, Center Oméga has seen its team grow at the same rate as its clientele, which has prompted its general manager, Inés Escrivá, to look for new premises as soon as possible. The Omega Center could not bring itself to move alone in a larger building and approached the Panda association to take the reflect on the situation further. Inés Escrivá and Isabelle Clément (Panda association) have therefore identified potential partners to finally find the rare pearl: The School of Being. “The bringing together of these three organizations will make it possible, in particular, to centralize three services in the same place, the sharing of various expertise and experiences, the sharing of premises and the maximization of periods of use. Above all, the Maison de la persévérance will help to enhance the value of the people who attend it and these people will become agents of individual and collective well-being,” added Marie-Lou Crête, vice-president of the School of Being.
To help it carry out its project, the Maison de la Persévérance called on a partner committed to the project: EMD Construction and its president Francis Charron, president and founder of the organization Persévçons ensemble supporting initiatives related to school perseverance. EMD Construction will take care of the fitting out of the Maison de la Persévérance. The preliminary plans were also presented by Isabelle Clément, general manager of the Association Panda Thérèse-De Blainville et des Laurentides. As she mentioned, “The plans provide for exclusive spaces for each of the tenants, shared spaces and rental spaces. These rental and available spaces are very important since this project is intended to be inclusive and open for all organizations of the MRC and other MRCs in the Laurentians whose activities in the territory are related to the mission of La Maison de la persévérance and require a space “. Francis Charron, president of Bâtimo and vice-president of EMD construction, is thrilled by this project, which is the continuation of many of his actions in recent years. Referring to the African proverb “It takes a whole village to raise a child”, Mr. Charron says: “More than ever, with COVID-19, our young people will need the village to get the help and the necessary resources. in order to get out of this without too much damage. The Maison de la persévérance scolaire et sociale will be a favorite place to develop concerted actions that promote academic perseverance. We are therefore proud to contribute to the success of this project”.
As for the schedule for the work and for taking possession of the premises, they should begin at the end of the spring so that the organizations are ready to welcome the young people at the start of the next school year. Mayor Richard Perreault said he was very enthusiastic about this mobilizing project for Blainville and the region: “We owe the leadership of three women the culmination of a dream that will certainly lead to the realization of other dreams, namely those of young and old who want to succeed in their lives and do their best to positively change their society. The City of Blainville is very proud to be associated with this dream which has come true today,” he concluded.
Police fear for the life of a man who was trapped under a snow shelter which collapsed near a private residence in Sainte-Thérèse, in the Laurentians. The worker had been hired by residents to remove snow from a temporary shelter, said Inspector Martin Charron, of the Régie intermunicipale de police Thérèse-De Blainville. The police were called shortly before 1 p.m. last Sunday because the man was trapped under the shelter, buried in snow. Police and firefighters attended the scene and began removing snow to locate the man. When they managed to get him out, the victim was taken to hospital, where his life is feared. The police opened an investigation and the Commission for Standards, Equity, Health and Safety at Work (CNESST) was informed since it was a work accident.
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The Integrated Health and Social Services Center (CISSS) des Laurentides announced that eight vaccination sites against COVID-19 will be deployed in the region to offer the vaccine to the population of the Laurentians.
The Integrated Health and Social Services Center (CISSS) des Laurentides announced that eight vaccination sites against COVID-19 will be deployed in the region to offer the vaccine to the population of the Laurentians.
The cities in which the sites for the mass vaccination campaign will be: Deux-Montagnes, Lachute, Blainville, Saint-Jérôme, Saint-Sauveur, Sainte-Agathe-desMonts, Rivière-Rouge and Mont- Laurel. The opening of these sites will be done gradually between the week of February 22 and that of March 8, always depending on the availability of vaccine doses.
The sites were determined based on various specific criteria, among others, accessibility, surface area, availability, and parking. Depending on their size, the eight vaccination sites will deliver between 780 and 4000 vaccines per day. It will thus be possible to vaccinate, on a daily basis, nearly 15,000 people for the region Laurentians when the number of doses available allows it. The vaccination process will
be by invitation only and will be done by appointment.
“Our priority is to be ready and to ensure accessibility to the vaccine against COVID-19 to the entire
population of the Laurentians. Currently, we are therefore ensuring that all the logistics are optimal and want the vaccination sites in the Laurentians to be operational within the desired timeframe,” explained Rosemonde Landry, President and CEO of the CISSS.
All the details related to making an appointment as well as the progress of the vaccination campaign will be communicated shortly on the website santelaurentides.gouv.qc.ca.
The CISSS des Laurentides makes sure to respect the list of priority groups established by the Ministry of Health and Social Services with regard to the vaccination prioritization sequence.
Simulation of a mass vaccination clinic
In order to practice, the CISSS des Laurentides held, on January 20, a simulation clinic of mass vaccination against COVID-19. Several employees from different sectors of the CISSS were called upon to create the perfect recipe that will allow the best progress of this important vaccination campaign which will last several months. Indeed, the CISSS des Laurentides team has developed and tested different organizational scenarios. Thus, issues of space, personnel and vaccination time were considered.
The CISSS expects to need around 100 employees per site to vaccinate, whether they are vaccinators-injectors, nurses, administrative officers, security guards, etc. All parties Interested are invited to submit their application online on the santelaurentides.gouv.qc.ca site.
The City of Saint-Eustache will receive support major financial contribution of $ 994,431 which will be paid as part of Hydro-Québec’s Integrated Development Program (PMVI)
The City of Saint-Eustache will receive support major financial contribution of $ 994,431 which will be paid as part of Hydro-Québec’s Integrated Development Program (PMVI), following the construction of the Patriotes substation at 315-25 kV and its power line, which was commissioned last October. This large sum will allow the development of a reception area, which will include a service pavilion and a green parking lot. It will also serve to increase the area of the park by facilitating the acquisition of land adjacent to the woodlot. “We are happy to collaborate with the City of Saint-Eustache to carry out a project that will allow families and residents of the city to take more advantage of this vast natural space,” said Marc Boucher, President of Hydro-Québec TransÉnergie et Equipement. Hydro-Québec is proud to support such initiatives that enhance the great outdoors and their attractions for all. “ ” Hydro-Québec’s significant contribution, as part of the Integrated Enhancement Program, helps us enhance and preserve the largest green space in our territory. This natural park with an extremely precious ecosystem, reserved for outdoor activities, is now protected in perpetuity, which constitutes a legacy of inestimable quality for future generations,” said Pierre Charron, Mayor of Saint-Eustache. About the Integrated Enhancement Program (PMVI) The PMVI is a voluntary program of Hydro Quebec which aims to improve the living environment of the communities that host its new transmission facilities (substations and lines). As part of the PMVI, Hydro-Québec pays each of the municipalities affected by its projects a determined amount to enable the implementation of initiatives chosen by the communities. Commissioning of the Patriotes substation In service since October 2020, the Patriotes substation can cope with the sustained growth in electricity needs in the cities of Saint-Eustache, Deux-Montagnes and Sainte-Marthe- on the lake. About the Saint-Eustache nature park The municipality has acquired a woodlot of over 65 hectares to make it the largest four-season natural and recreational park in Saint-Eustache. Most of it is located on the site of the Richard-Giroux cross-country ski trail. In addition to offering the Eustachians an attractive place for interpretive and outdoor activities that do not distort the place, the park offers a peaceful and serene space in the heart of the city, where visitors can recharge their batteries and enter. in close contact with nature. This project is based on a land-use planning process that included an important component of citizen consultations.
The City of Boisbriand was recently informed by the Minister of Education of the refusal of its grant application for the redevelopment project of Charbonneau Park.
The City of Boisbriand was recently informed by the Minister of Education of the refusal of its grant application for the redevelopment project of Charbonneau Park. “We are obviously very disappointed with this refusal. The equipment at Parc Charbonneau, such as chalets and tennis courts, have reached the end of their useful life. The complete redevelopment of the park represents a significant investment, but it is also a promising project since the new infrastructures would include suitable spaces where spontaneous activities would be possible, for all ages, summer and winter,” emphasized Mayor Marlene Cordato. In 2017, a vast citizen consultation under the theme “Draw your park” allowed nearly 1000 Boisbriannais to express themselves on the choice of facilities. “This park, we imagined it collectively based on the real and current needs of citizens and their families. Since the start of the pandemic, we have seen how much people appreciate green spaces and parks for walking, moving and having fun,” added Ms. Cordato. UMQ recommendations In addition, the Union of Quebec Municipalities (UMQ) has just submitted its recommendations to the government with a view to tabling the 2021-2022 Quebec budget in March. Among these, we find the enhancement of the financial assistance program for recreational and sports infrastructures, so that a greater number of structuring projects such as the one in Charbonneau Park can benefit from it. “I welcome the UMQ’s initiative and I believe that the economic recovery of all regions of Quebec also requires investments in sports and recreational infrastructure. Municipalities must be able to implement unifying projects that meet the needs expressed by the population, ”said the mayor.
