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• Highway 138 improvements move to engineering phase

  08-01-2026 23:50 via standard-freeholder.com
  Following a town hall information session in June 2025, the recommendations of the 2017 Stantec report are set to move forward. The Ministry of Transportation of Ontario (MTO) has closed the bidding process on a request for proposal (RFP) that will see the province hire an engineering firm to move forward with the initial design phase. According to documents obtained through an request under the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act, the MTO has committed to the bulk of design pro
  
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• Semifinalists announced for the Cornwall Tourism Innovation Challenge

  08-01-2026 22:59 via standard-freeholder.com
  With just a little over a month before the main event, the Cornwall Tourism Development Funds’ Tourism Innovation Challenge has announced the semifinalists for the upcoming pitch-based competition which organizers have likened to the television show Dragon’s Den. The application process was open to all business ideas based in Canada that could present a plan that would show innovative tourism-related ideas that would serve Cornwall. “The big goal of the Cornwall Tourism Develop
  
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• Council recommends one change to Cornwall's 2026 property tax budget

  08-01-2026 22:35 via standard-freeholder.com
  Only one recommended amendment to the city’s draft 2026 property tax budget was approved by council for the mayor’s consideration on Wednesday. Divisive in nature around the table, the amendment passed in a split 4-3 vote. Considering the flavour for amendments that were not approved earlier in the afternoon, it was Coun. Fred Ngoundjo’s vote that carried the change forward. The resolution, proposed by Couns. Sarah Good and Todd Bennett, recommended providing the Social Develop
  
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• Several water main, sewer repairs approved in Cornwall's 2026 water and wastewater budgets

  08-01-2026 22:02 via standard-freeholder.com
  Since Cornwall councillors made no motions to amend the city’s 2026 draft water and wastewater budgets on Wednesday, it is now considered approved under new strong mayor budget process, and will be formally adopted through a bylaw at a future regular meeting. The city’s general taxation budget is not yet finalized, as council approved some changes to it on Wednesday. Should no councillors object to the bylaw, this means 2026 will see the city spend$27,903,566 on its water and wastewa
  
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