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• Scottish heritage celebrated at Sir John A. Great Canadian Kilt Skate in Williamstown

  23-02-2026 23:51 via standard-freeholder.com
  WILLIAMSTOWN — The annual Sir John A. Great Canadian Kilt Skate returned to the Char-Lan Recreation Centre on Sunday. The event is a part of the annual Great Canadian Kilt Skate, a series of skating events that take place across Canada in celebration of Scottish heritage. Every year, the event is held in partnership with North Glengarry and is hosted in alternate years by each municipality. This year was South Glengarry’s turn again. “It is always nice to have it close to home,
  
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• Regional history in the spotlight at Heritage Fair in Cornwall

  23-02-2026 23:41 via standard-freeholder.com
  Heritage-Patrimoine Cornwall Committee held its annual Heritage Fair at the Cornwall Square on Saturday. The fair featured booths from museums and historical societies from Cornwall, the surrounding area and beyond. The event capped off Ontario Heritage Week, which ran from Feb. 16-22. There were 17 organizations on hand at this year’s event, which has been held in Cornwall annually since the 1980s. “We are honoured that the Commonwealth War Graves (Commission) has joined us this yea
  
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• Breaking down barriers, promoting belonging at Black History Month event in Cornwall

  23-02-2026 22:38 via standard-freeholder.com
  February is Black History Month and a number of local groups, advocates, and Black residents came together to celebrate during an event at St. Lawrence Secondary School on Saturday. In all, there were 15 community partners participating in the event, which featured local activist Peggy Civil as master of ceremonies. The event had fun group activities including dance classes, and virtual reality games provided by local VR rental company Poptronic. (Disclosure: the author’s partner is one of
  
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• Cornwall police charge man with threatening two other people

  23-02-2026 22:08 via standard-freeholder.com
  A 24-year-old man from Cornwall is facing two charges after police responded to a complaint on Saturday. Police alleged the man threatened to kill his ex-boyfriend, and another person. The man was charged with uttering threats to cause death or bodily harm — domestic, and uttering threats to cause death of bodily harm. He was released from police custody to appear in Cornwall court on March 17.Drug chargesSix people are each facing various charges following a search of a residence in the 2
  
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• L'Association canadienne française de l'Ontario celebrates 35 years in Cornwall region

  23-02-2026 20:23 via standard-freeholder.com
  For 35 years, l’Association Canadienne-française de l’Ontario — Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry (ACFO-SDG) has been a driving force in Cornwall’s francophone community. On Friday, the francophone community was out en force to celebrate three-and-a-half decades of quality services and community building.“We’re commemorating what we did for projects since 1990,” said projects manager Justin Chenier. “We’re celebrating who has been a part
  
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