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• Freezing rainstorm loses punch, turns into Thursday flurries in most of Cornwall region

  12-03-2026 22:29 via standard-freeholder.com
  They say that if March comes in like a lion, it goes out like a lamb, and vice versa. But what does that age old idiom say about what happens during the middle of the month? Or what happens when the severity of a freezing rainstorm arrives later than forecast and loses some of its punch, as temperatures stayed above the freezing point overnight? According to Environment Canada, strong wind gusts up to 40 kilometres per hour would carry snowflurries across the sky in the Cornwall and SDG area thr
  
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• Cornwall police not participating in gun buyback program, board says

  12-03-2026 22:12 via standard-freeholder.com
  The Cornwall Police Service (CPS) board released a statement Wednesday that the organization is not participating in the federal government’s Assault-Style Firearm Compensation Program. The decision reflects some other police service boards across the province and country, with CBC reporting in January that the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) will not be participating in the program
  after consultation with the provincial government. The Ottawa Police Service, in a joint statement with the
  
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• Two people charged with smuggling offences after police traffic stop in Cornwall

  12-03-2026 21:59 via standard-freeholder.com
  Two people are each facing charges following a police traffic stop in Cornwall on Feb. 12. The Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA), Akwesasne Mohawk Police Service (AMPS), and other members of the Cornwall Regional Task Force were involved in the investigation, where the CBSA alleged a black pickup truck was being used for contraband smuggling. The RCMP conducted the traffic stop, leading to the seizure of the vehicle itself, 7,160 tins of nicotine pouches with an estimated value of $198,815; a
  
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• Massey Commons risk assessment presented to Cornwall council in January - what happens next?

  12-03-2026 20:01 via standard-freeholder.com
  Now that a risk-assessment report was received by Cornwall city council in January, what are the next steps? Will the information lead to any changes? Members of council were polled in recent weeks to discuss the report, its recommendations, and what comes next. Cornwall councillors first received information about the project’s risk assessment whenabout it on Jan. 12. Council later received an administrative report with a risk assessment chart on Jan. 26. It identified for city staff to c
  
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• École secondaire catholique La Citadelle student wins regional spelling bee

  12-03-2026 17:45 via standard-freeholder.com
  Kaleb Banville, a Grade 8 student at École secondaire catholique La Citadelle, took home first prize in the Épelle-Moi Canada regional spelling bee held in Rockland on March 7. The competition had 10 competitors, each of whom was given a list of words to study for the competition back in November. The competitors were then randomly placed in order of who would have to spell first to last. If a competitor spelled a word wrong, they were eliminated, and the word was passed to the nex
  
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• Cornwall police Senior Officers' Association ratifies four-year deal

  12-03-2026 17:15 via standard-freeholder.com
  The Cornwall Police Service board announced Tuesday the bargaining committees for the Senior Officers’ Association (SOA) and the board had ratified a four-year collective agreement. Insp. David Michaud, association bargaining committee chair, said there are nine members in the SOA, including two inspectors, as well as directors and managers. The board’s press release highlighted how the bargaining committees entered the negotiation process with the goal of balancing fiscal responsibi
  
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• Cornwall police charge man with theft, breaches

  12-03-2026 16:05 via standard-freeholder.com
  A 52-year-old man from Cornwall is facing three charges after a police investigation into a complaint from a Second Street East business. Police alleged the man removed merchandise from the store without paying for it on Sept. 8, and later issued a warrant for his arrest. He was located at the Cornwall courthouse and taken into custody. The man was charged with theft under $5,000 — shoplifting, and two counts of breach of probation for failing to keep the peace. He was released from police
  
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