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• Cornwall council opts for accelerated funding related to future water rates

  25-06-2026 23:47 via standard-freeholder.com
  
  Cornwall council decided earlier this week to support an accelerated funding scenario related to the city’s transition to metered water billing, that would result in higher short-term rate increases.But under metered rates, some users would still pay less than their current flat rate charge, with others paying more. Most residents in the city have had their water meters installed ahead of the move away from flat-rate billing, with bills based on their water use set to begin Jan. 1.After h
  
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• Cornwall police charge man with assaulting ex, striking her dog

  25-06-2026 21:35 via standard-freeholder.com
  
  A 33-year-old man from Cornwall is facing three charges tied to several police investigations.Police said officers involved in an earlier investigation that led to other breach of probation charges in March alleged the man had assaulted and choked his ex-girlfriend, and caused unnecessary pain to the woman’s dog by striking it. An officer went to a correctional facility where the man was being held to lay the additional charges on Wednesday.The man was charged with assault causing bodily
  
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• Cornwall police chief designate Hugh Stevenson sworn in

  25-06-2026 21:05 via standard-freeholder.com
  
  It was standing room only in the Cornwall council chambers at city hall on Thursday as the new chief designate of Cornwall Police Service Hugh Stevenson was sworn in.Stevenson will officially become the city’s next chief of police on Jan. 1. He will maintain his current designate role until Chief Shawna Spowart’s official retirement at the end of 2026.Police service staff members and members of Stevenson’s family watched as the former Sault Ste. Marie chief of police took his
  
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