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From the heart of Prince Edward County, I'm Debbie Ormsby with your County FM News (April 6 )
In local news: The county is moving forward with Submissions for County Road 49 refurbishment … the notoriously infamous road named one of the worst roads in Ontario by CAA for multiple years will be receivign a face lift over two consturction seasons in 2026 and 2027. the cost of the project is over $52 Million
Street sweeping in the county begins tomorrow. Urban areas of the municipality which includes downtown Picton, Bloomfield and Wellington, followed by the side streets. Overnight work may be required in order to complete the clean-up in a timely manner. Overnight work is not expected to cause excess noise or disruptions. The County will also begin mechanical brushing along roadways across the municipality tomorrow til May 29 between the hours of 7 am and 3.30 pm
Mechanical brushing is required to open sigh lines along road ways. For more information visit the county website.
Tehran has rejected the latest ceasefire proposal and wants a permanent end to the war with guarantees they will not be attacked again says Iran's state-run IRNA news agency. The report comes shortly before Donald Trump's deadline for Tehran to open the Strait of Hormuz or see its power plants and bridges attacked. IRNA said Tehran conveyed its response through Pakistan, a key mediator. But a regional official involved in talks said efforts had not collapsed.
The report of Iran's rejection came as Trump was making comments to journalists at an annual Easter event at the White House. It was not clear whether Trump was aware of the news. Speaking to reporters, he said the Iranian people "want to hear bombs because they want to be free." Asked if his final deadline of Tuesday at 8 p.m. ET remains, Trump replied simply, "Yeah."
And Lastly…..
Space…the final frontier ….
The Artemis II mission has broken the distance record as the farthest humans have flown from Earth.
The Canadian Space Agency has confirmed astronaut Jeremy Hansen and his three American crewmates are now the space explorers who have ventured farther into space than anyone before, surpassing a record set by Apollo 13 in 1970.
The record was broken at 1:57 p.m. ET as the crew of four astronauts passed the record of 400,171 kilometres from Earth
If that isn’t enough….the crew has been in contact with Earth for the duration of the mission so far, but that is set to change. For about 40 minutes this evening as Artemis travels behind the moon…. The Orion spacecraft will lose contact with NASA mission control. The blackout is expected to begin at around 6:45 p.m. ET, with mission control re-
acquiring communications with Orion at around 7:25 p.m. The Astronauts will see something no other humans have seen before – the dark side of the moon. Although the communications blackout may be nerve-wrackinng mission control is more
likely to be looking ahead to Orion’s re-entry into Earth’s atmosphere, which presents more serious safety risks for the crew.
Space history has been made today!
