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• North Glengarry asks Ontario to resume property assessment cycle

  30-06-2026 23:18 via standard-freeholder.com
  
  ALEXANDRIA — At the May 25 North Glengarry Township council meeting, Mayor Jamie MacDonald received full council support to endorse a resolution by the Eastern Ontario Warden’ Caucus (EOWC) to request the Government of Ontario to reinstitute the cycle of property assessments.Municipalities contend that the continued freeze on assessments is negatively affecting economic competitiveness, investment, and municipal planning.Property tax assessments used to be updated on a four-year cyc
  
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• Turtles take centre stage in Cornwall youth art competition

  30-06-2026 23:00 via standard-freeholder.com
  
  They like turtles!The Youth for Climate Action (YFCA) committee held an art competition over the last month, inviting young Cornwall residents to flex their artistic muscle while also learning about our region’s wildlife and biodiversity.The initiative by the YFCA was spurred on to acknowledge World Turtle Day, which took place on May 23. According to organizers, the group was inspired by a presentation by Nicole Truesdell from SDG Turtles. RelatedYouth Climate Action Summit takes place a
  
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• Cornwall cancels its septage receiving station project

  30-06-2026 20:12 via standard-freeholder.com
  
  Cornwall council concurred with staff’s advice last week to cancel the city’s septage receiving station project and prohibit the disposal of septage within the city’s wastewater collection system.The city had planned to establish a septage receiving station at its wastewater treatment plant (WWTP) after the Ministry of the Environment, Conservation and Parks (MECP) advised the practice of accepting septage at the landfill site through the leachate collection system wasn’
  
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• SDG OPP investigating fire at Iroquois commercial plaza

  30-06-2026 00:01 via standard-freeholder.com
  
  IROQUOIS — SDG OPP investigators are asking for public assistance as they continue looking into a fire at a commercial plaza on County Road 2.OPP said Monday afternoon that officers, alongside South Dundas firefighters, responded to a fire at the business just after 2 a.m. on Monday. No injuries were reported, and firefighters were able to extinguish the fire.OPP are asking anyone who might have information, or visuals such as photos or videos, from the area around the time of the blaze t
  
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