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• Cornwall received more buildings permits from 2023-25, and processed them faster

  25-09-2025 23:47 via standard-freeholder.com
  Cornwall council heard Monday that from June 2023-May 2025, the city collected over $5 million in revenue from building permits as the time it takes to process and approve those permits has fallen. A report with detailed statistics was presented by the city’s new director of development and building services Ryan Windle, and the city’s new chief building official Chris Roelofs, who was officially appointed to the position during the meeting. “We hope in (this report) that those
  
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• 50 years of francophone pride celebrated across Cornwall

  25-09-2025 23:22 via standard-freeholder.com
  Bonne 50e fête au drapeau Franco-Ontarien! Today marks 50 years since the green-and-white flag representing Ontario’s French-language community was first created. While rainy and wet conditions led to the cancellation of the annual flag-raising ceremony in Lamoureux Park and parade down Montreal Road, Cornwall’s francophone high schools still honoured this cultural heritage indoors. “Today is a really big celebration,” said Association canadienne‑frança
  
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• Cornwall police charge man Morrisburg with robbery, assault, threats

  25-09-2025 17:39 via standard-freeholder.com
  A 20-year-old man from Morrisburg is facing three charges following a police investigation into a complaint from a Ninth Street East business. Police alleged the man removed merchandise from the store on July 28 without paying for it, then assaulted and threatened the store’s loss-prevention officer. A warrant was later issued for his arrest. He was taken into custody by OPP as part of an unrelated investigation on Wednesday, and later transferred to Cornwall police custody. The man was ch
  
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