{"id":138436,"date":"2026-04-29T10:38:59","date_gmt":"2026-04-29T14:38:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/refletnews.ca\/?p=138436"},"modified":"2026-04-29T10:39:45","modified_gmt":"2026-04-29T14:39:45","slug":"russell-employees-honoured-after-safely-assisting-unattended-toddler","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/refletnews.ca\/en\/news\/russell-employees-honoured-after-safely-assisting-unattended-toddler\/","title":{"rendered":"Russell employees honoured after safely assisting unattended toddler"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em>From left to right:\u00a0Councillor\u00a0Charles Armstrong,\u00a0Councillor\u00a0Jamie Laurin,\u00a0Mayor Mike Tarnowski, Brydon Cadieux,\u00a0Councillor\u00a0Lisa Deacon, and\u00a0Councillor\u00a0Marc Lalonde.\u00a0(Russell Township)\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Russell Township Council formally recognized four Infrastructure Department employees after they safely intervened when they discovered an unattended toddler near a roadway last month.&nbsp;<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The recognition was presented in partnership with the Ontario Provincial Police and Staff Sergeant Lalonde to employees Sylvain Leduc, Paul Martel, Brydon Cadieux and Will St-Yves.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to council, the incident occurred on March 31 while the four workers were carrying out their regular duties. They noticed a toddler walking alone on Notre-Dame Street near traffic and&nbsp;immediately&nbsp;understood the danger posed by the situation.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The employees acted quickly by positioning their vehicles to block the child from entering the roadway. They then&nbsp;remained&nbsp;with the toddler while&nbsp;assistance&nbsp;was&nbsp;requested&nbsp;and family members were&nbsp;located.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Municipal officials said their prompt response, sound judgment and compassion helped ensure the matter was resolved safely without injury.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Council members praised the four employees for stepping beyond the scope of their normal responsibilities to protect one of the township\u2019s youngest residents.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cYou represented the township with professionalism, kindness, and a deep sense of responsibility to the community,\u201d said Russell Mayor Mike Tarnowski during the recognition.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The mayor also acknowledged Staff Sergeant Lalonde and the Ontario Provincial Police for helping recognize the employees\u2019 actions and for their continued partnership with the municipality.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cTo me, it\u2019s a reminder of the strong working relationship we share in supporting a safe and caring community,\u201d Tarnowski said.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Council said the actions of the four employees reflected the values of public service and&nbsp;demonstrated&nbsp;the&nbsp;important role&nbsp;municipal staff can play in ensuring community safety, even while performing routine daily duties.&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Russell Township Council formally recognized four Infrastructure Department employees after they safely intervened when they discovered an unattended toddler near a roadway last month.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":138448,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[61,72],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-138436","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-society"],"acf":[],"featured_media_global":{"id":136079,"title":{"rendered":"2026-04-13_Recognition-of-Four-Municipal-Employees_1"},"description":{"rendered":""},"caption":{"rendered":""},"alt_text":"","media_type":"image","mime_type":"image\/png","media_details":{"width":2000,"height":1524,"file":"2026\/04\/2026-04-13_Recognition-of-Four-Municipal-Employees_1.png","filesize":1917250,"sizes":{"medium":{"file":"2026-04-13_Recognition-of-Four-Municipal-Employees_1-300x229.png","width":300,"height":229,"mime-type":"image\/png","filesize":136987},"large":{"file":"2026-04-13_Recognition-of-Four-Municipal-Employees_1-1024x780.png","width":1024,"height":780,"mime-type":"image\/png","filesize":1671023},"thumbnail":{"file":"2026-04-13_Recognition-of-Four-Municipal-Employees_1-150x150.png","width":150,"height":150,"mime-type":"image\/png","filesize":47459},"medium_large":{"file":"2026-04-13_Recognition-of-Four-Municipal-Employees_1-768x585.png","width":768,"height":585,"mime-type":"image\/png","filesize":929221},"1536x1536":{"file":"2026-04-13_Recognition-of-Four-Municipal-Employees_1-1536x1170.png","width":1536,"height":1170,"mime-type":"image\/png","filesize":3730562},"Image Size 500x500":{"file":"2026-04-13_Recognition-of-Four-Municipal-Employees_1-500x500.png","width":500,"height":500,"mime-type":"image\/png","filesize":517628}},"image_meta":{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0","keywords":[]}},"source_url":"https:\/\/editionap.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/04\/2026-04-13_Recognition-of-Four-Municipal-Employees_1.png"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - 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