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• Connecting with community at 2026 Aultsville Filmfest in Cornwall

  26-01-2026 23:53 via standard-freeholder.com
  Local connections were on screen and in the audience over the weekend, during the sophomore edition of the renewed Aultsville Theatre FilmFest. “It was a really powerful weekend,” said Aultsville Theatre general manager Brittney Waldroff, following the film fest’s final offering, Peak Everything. Waldroff said she believes this second edition of the resurrected festival reflected its original purpose from co-founders, Pam Maloney and Melanie Baker-Brown. “They said to us,
  
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• St. Andrew's Winter Carnival draws out families ahead of storm

  26-01-2026 23:39 via standard-freeholder.com
  ST. ANDREWS WEST — More than 100 residents, highlighted by about 40 children, braved the winter cold to attend the first St. Andrew’s Winter Carnival on Sunday. Organizer Keith Lafave, the Cornwall district deputy for the Knights of Columbus, said everything was well received. “It was all free,” he said, of the outdoor activities at the rink, the nearby tobogganing hill, and the bonfire.Horse sleigh rides were also scheduled, but the team had to pull out after the horse c
  
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• Winter storm blankets Cornwall, eastern Ontario

  26-01-2026 23:32 via standard-freeholder.com
  Roads across eastern Ontario remained blanketed or partly covered in snow on Monday morning, as winter cleanup from the latest snowfall continued. After extreme cold hit most of Ontario and Quebec over the weekend, a major storm moved in late on Sunday, lasting through much of the day on Monday. According to Environment and Climate Change Canada, a large and strong low pressure area passed to the south of the Great Lakes, creating dangerous driving conditions and record-breaking snowfall in some
  
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• North Glengarry adopts 2026 budget with 5.46% increase to tax levy

  26-01-2026 22:04 via standard-freeholder.com
  ALEXANDRIA — North Glengarry council has approved a tax levy increase of 5.46 per cent for this year, which would equate to an approximately $15 increase per month, per household for the so-called average homeowner. “It’s a tough year, with lots of expenses,” Mayor Jamie MacDonald said at a special budget meeting held on Jan. 8. Council approved the budget at its Jan. 12 meeting. The total municipal tax levy will increase to $7,536,593, compared to $7,146,198 in 2025. Of
  
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• Cornwall police charge man with assaulting two youths

  26-01-2026 21:04 via standard-freeholder.com
  A 25-year-old man from Cornwall is facing two charges following a police investigation. Police alleged the man assaulted a youth using an edged weapon on Aug. 5, and also assaulted another youth. He was located and arrested on Friday. The man was charged with assault with a weapon, and assault. He was released from police custody to appear in Cornwall court on March 3.Threats, fail to attendA 41-year-old woman from Cornwall is facing two charges following separate police investigations. Police a
  
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