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• Municipal funding necessary to keep Social Development Council running until 2027

  19-01-2026 23:28 via standard-freeholder.com
  Executive director of the Eastern Ontario Training Board (EOTB) Martha Rochon confirmed last week that the Social Development Council of SDG, Akwesasne, Cornwall and Area (SDC) needs municipal funding in order to continue its programming in 2026-27. The United Counties of SDG approved only $1,000 for the SDC of a total $36,000 that was requested in its 2026 budget. This funding is intended to support the organization’s work with the regional emergency strategic response council. Rochon sai
  
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• Concern over the condition of Lakeview Marsh in South Stormont

  19-01-2026 21:38 via standard-freeholder.com
  Growing concerns from a local conservation group have drawn attention to declining water levels and habitat loss at a marshland well known to Cornwall and SDG’s birding and recreation communities. The Lakeview Marsh, an unofficial name for a 40.5-hectare (100-acre) marsh off Richmond Drive east of Long Sault, was donated to the Raisin Region Conservation Authority (RRCA) in 2021 by the Township of South Stormont. A popular location for birding enthusiasts, the marsh is said to be home to g
  
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• Cornwall police soft launch enhanced online-reporting system

  19-01-2026 21:31 via standard-freeholder.com
  Deputy Chief Chad Maxwell told the Cornwall police service board last week the organization’s enhanced online-reporting system is already in place and will hopefully benefit the public and police. Having previously used an American-based software called Coplogic, the service is now using a Canadian-based crime reporting and intelligence system called Rubicon. “Over the course of the last 12 months, Rubicon has really expanded within the Ontario law-enforcement circle,” said Max
  
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• Cornwall police charge couple with assaulting each other

  19-01-2026 20:23 via standard-freeholder.com
  Two people from Cornwall are each facing charges after police responded to a intimate-partner violence call on Saturday. Police alleged an 87-year-old man assaulted his 78-year-old spouse, and hit the woman with a chair and a cane. Police also alleged the woman assaulted her spouse, injuring him, and assaulted the man with a frying pan. The man was charged with domestic assault, and domestic assault with a weapon. He was held in police custody pending a bail hearing in Cornwall court. The woman
  
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