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• Strong-mayor powers not used in Cornwall's recent staff restructuring: mayor

  16-06-2026 23:31 via standard-freeholder.com
  
  Changes in senior staffing were not done using strong-mayor powers, Cornwall Mayor Justin Towndale explained Tuesday in his first public comment on employees who parted ways with the city last week and others who are on leave.“Any time strong mayor powers are used, there has to be a decision posted publicly that strong mayor powers are being exercised,” said Towndale.In the strong mayor powers section of the Ontario municipal councillor’s guide , it is stated that when the hea
  
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• Cornwall police charge woman with assault for punching someone in the face

  16-06-2026 22:44 via standard-freeholder.com
  
  A 57-year-old woman from Cornwall is facing a charge after police responded to a complaint.Police alleged the woman punched someone she knows in the face on Sunday. She was taken into custody at police headquarters on Monday.The woman was charged with assault.She was released from police custody to appear in Cornwall court on July 28. Mischief, fail to attend, breaches A 39-year-old man from Cornwall is facing nine charges relating to several police investigations.Police alleged the man breache
  
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• SDG council says no to Alto entering SDG-owned forests for studies

  16-06-2026 19:58 via standard-freeholder.com
  
  The message was loud and clear during the Stormont, Dundas, and Glengarry (SDG) council meeting on Monday — Alto isn’t welcome on county land.Council voted unanimously against developing a Permission to Enter agreement with Alto.“I should note that granting permission to enter does not represent consent for the project itself, nor does it indicate property acquisition, expropriation, or confirmation of a final route that would traverse county lands,” said SDG CAO Jamie F
  
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• $34 million for new French-Catholic K-12 school in Winchester area

  16-06-2026 02:26 via standard-freeholder.com
  
  WINCHESTER — North Dundas will soon be home to a brand new French-Catholic school.Stormont—Dundas—South Glengarry MPP Nolan Quinn and Glengarry—Prescott—Russell MPP Stéphane Sarrazin were in Winchester on Monday to announce $34.3 million for the construction of a new K-12 school within the Conseil scolaire de district catholique de l’Est Ontarian (CDSCEO).The provincial politicians were joined by representatives from the school board, as well as North
  
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• A spectacular third Canadian Armed Forces Day touches down in Cornwall

  16-06-2026 01:59 via standard-freeholder.com
  
  The sights and sounds in downtown Cornwall were spectacular on Saturday.It was the third-annual Canadian Armed Forces Day festivities, with the large field in the bandshell area lined with impressive military equipment, musical performances on the stage, and the boom and thunder of ceremonial firings of Napoleonic-era cannons.It all went down under blue skies on a sun-splashed afternoon that drew big crowds to Lamoureux Park.“This is such a beautiful day for this,” said Cornwall May
  
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