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• Mother Nature serves up a hot Optimist Club of Cornwall Ribfest

  28-07-2025 23:36 via standard-freeholder.com
  
  Optimist Club of Cornwall Ribfest ribbers didn’t just face heated competition from each other – they were also challenged sweltering weather from Mother Nature. That wasn’t enough to stop the city’s biggest summer event from being a success. “If it hadn’t been for the heat, we’d probably have record numbers,” said ribfest head organizer Terry Muir, reflecting Monday morning on the four-day festival. Thursday’s high of 32 C set the tone for th
  
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• Cornwall hosts annual diving competition at Reg Campbell Pool

  28-07-2025 23:30 via standard-freeholder.com
  
  Almost 40 young competitors splashed and flipped into the Reg Campbell Pool on Monday during the city’s annual diving competition. Aquatics and programming supervisor Tara Quesnel said she has fond memories of competing in the same competition when she was a child. The event has become a summer staple in the city over the years, along with a synchronized-swimming competition, with this year’s scheduled for Aug. 8 from 1-2 p.m. at St. Joseph Pool. “It brings the community togeth
  
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• Cornwall celebrates completion of Rachel's Kids Park of Hope, phase two

  28-07-2025 22:12 via standard-freeholder.com
  Now surely Cornwall’s most popular playground park, Rachel’s Kids Park of Hope supporters believe its benefits could be a prototype for similar community endeavours. “With the popularity we’re seeing here, I think we’re going to have to explore future parks like this in the future,” said Cornwall Mayor Justin Towndale, who kicked off the ceremony marking the completion of Park of Hope’s second phase on Saturday morning. According to a participation count
  
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• Cornwall police charge man with sexual assault, assaults

  28-07-2025 20:32 via standard-freeholder.com
  
  A 19-year-old man from Winchester is facing three charges after police responded to an intimate-partner violence complaint on July 24. Police alleged the man struck his girlfriend in the face, choked her, then sexually assaulted her on July 23. He was taken into custody at police headquarters on Friday. The man was charged with sexual assault; assault causing bodily harm – choke, suffocate, or strangle; and, domestic assault. He was released from police custody to appear in Cornwall court
  
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• The Martintown startup tackling learning difficulties and inequality

  28-07-2025 19:43 via standard-freeholder.com
  
  MARTINTOWN — From South Glengarry to Kuwait, one SDG-based company is pulling ahead in the adaptive technology field. Martintown-based Neuralign, which employs people across the world, have recently partnered with U.K. company Aventido, and soon its technology-based solution for students struggling to learn to read will find its way into British schools. Aventido is a U.K. distributor of educational and assistive technologies. “We’re proud to partner with Neuralign to offer a p
  
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