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• Strawberries at the Martintown Mill

  25-06-2017 20:15 via standard-freeholder.com
  
  Great weather, great strawberries.
  
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• Catholic parishioners asked tough questions about faith community's future

  10-06-2026 21:44 via standard-freeholder.com
  
  It has been nearly 200 years since the first Catholic settlers in the Cornwall area began congregating to form the parish of St. Columban. One of its sister churches, St. Francis de Sales, opened in the late 1930s as an offshoot of the original historic parish.Today, the archdiocese of Ottawa-Cornwall is looking at new ways to move forward as local pews grow emptier. Currently, less than two per cent of Cornwall residents attend English Catholic mass on a weekly basis at St. Columban’s an
  
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• Cornwall Youth Ambassador Committee talks about leadership, taxes

  10-06-2026 21:19 via standard-freeholder.com
  
  The Cornwall Youth Ambassador Committee drew laughs and smiles from councillors as students spoke to learning more about municipal government throughout the 2025-2026 school year.Last September, council supported an initiative introduced by Mayor Justin Towndale to re-engage with local youth in the form of a youth ambassador program. The committee formed quickly with student representatives who were selected from six high schools, aiming tostrengthen youth participation in municipal decision-ma
  
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• North Glengarry inks rescue service agreement with Ottawa Fire Services

  10-06-2026 20:50 via standard-freeholder.com
  
  NORTH GLENGARRY — North Glengarry council has approved fire chief Matthew Roy’s recommendation to enter an agreement with Ottawa Fire Services for specialized rescue services that cannot be provided by the township department.Through the agreement, Ottawa Fire Services will provide specialized rescue services, at North Glengarry’s request, for technical rope, confined space, trench, grain bin or silo, machinery rescue and supplement water/ice rescue. Outlined in the agreement,
  
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• Alexandria business owner runs for mayor in North Glengarry

  10-06-2026 20:44 via standard-freeholder.com
  
  NORTH GLENGARRY — Alexandria business owner Cody Pierce is running for Mayor of North Glengarry in the upcoming municipal election.Originally from Cornwall, Pierce believes that everyone should try hard to find success, proven by his Alexandria Customs recent recognition as Business of the Year in North Glengarry.Pierce believes that the mayor should be open to communication and be a symbol as a community leader. He said it’s easy to complain but feels he is ready to take action and
  
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• Alexandria business owner runs for mayor

  10-06-2026 20:44 via standard-freeholder.com
  
  NORTH GLENGARRY — Alexandria business owner Cody Pierce is running for Mayor of North Glengarry in the upcoming municipal election.Originally from Cornwall, Pierce believes that everyone should try hard to find success, proven by his Alexandria Customs recent recognition as Business of the Year in North Glengarry.Pierce believes that the mayor should be open to communication and be a symbol as a community leader. He said it’s easy to complain but feels he is ready to take action and
  
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• Ontario SPCA and Humane Society launches campaign for its new centre in Cornwall

  10-06-2026 20:09 via standard-freeholder.com
  
  It was an exciting campaign kickoff for the Ontario SPCA and Humane Society on Wednesday as the organization officially launched public fundraising for the new Cornwall and Region Animal Centre and Veterinary Clinic.Guests who attended the event held outside the future facility at 2151 Second St. W. in Cornwall heard that $5.8 million of a total $8 million fundraising goal has been raised to date, leaving $2.2 million left to be raised to support the new 743 square meter or 8,000 square foot bu
  
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• McGimpsey, Co-operators donation helps CTC reach its annual goal

  09-06-2026 23:38 via standard-freeholder.com
  
  For Bill and Darlene McGimpsey, supporting the Children’s Treatment Centre (CTC) just makes sense. That’s why, for the fifth time, they’ve donated $10,000 to the non-profit.The McGimpsey family has been supporting the CTC for years , bringing their overall contribution to $50,000 over five similar donations.“It’s too bad that they have to exist, but we’re lucky to have the treatment center,” said Bill McGimpsey, adding that because the demand exists the
  
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• Encore Education Centre closes after 32 years in Cornwall

  09-06-2026 21:54 via standard-freeholder.com
  
  The Encore Education Center’s board of directors recently made the difficult decision to dissolve the centre after 32 years of it being in operation in Cornwall.President of the centre Linda Mercer described what sounded like a perfect storm that led to the demise of the non-profit education centre for people 50 and older, which originally launched in collaboration with St. Lawrence College in 1994. Some of these key contributors included a lack of enrolment coming out of the pandemic, th
  
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• Teen from Cornwall arrested after domestic assault incident

  09-06-2026 21:48 via standard-freeholder.com
  
  A 16-year-old youth from Cornwall is facing four counts of fail to comply with an undertaking and one count of domestic assault. Police alleged the youth punched and contacted his ex-girlfriend on June 3. According to police, he was bound by pre-existing conditions to not communicate with his ex-girlfriend or be within 50 metres of her. Police were contacted on June 5, and the youth attended police headquarters to deal with the matter on June 8. He was held in custody pending a date in Cornwall
  
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• Abandoned dog's emergency surgery prompts urgent call for support

  09-06-2026 21:43 via standard-freeholder.com
  
  It’s a busy time for staff and volunteers at the Ontario SPCA and Humane Society Cornwall and Region Animal Centre.The Ontario SPCA is asking community members and supporters to help out with an urgent campaign.Nalu, a black-and-tan mixed-breed dog, recently came into the care of the Ontario SPCA after a landlord found the animal left behind in a unit vacated by its former tenants.“The landlord brought her into us because the tenant had moved out and left her there. The landlord did
  
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• Teen from Cornwall charged with arson

  08-06-2026 22:32 via standard-freeholder.com
  
  A 14-year-old youth from Cornwall was arrested on June 5 and charged with arson–damage to property. Police alleged that the youth set a structure on fire on March 18. Following a police investigation, the youth attended police headquartres to deal with the matter. He was released to appear in Cornwall court at a later date. Domestic Assault A 20-year-old woman from Cornwall is facing assault and breach of probation charges following a disturbance call Saturday. Police alleged the woman wa
  
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• Township of North Dundas adds new well to system

  08-06-2026 22:09 via standard-freeholder.com
  
  WINCHESTER — North Dundas Township celebrated an expansion to its water supply system May 11.The official opening of its Wellfield #8 Facility on Lafleur Road marked the addition of 20 litres per second of water supply to the system.“Bringing this new water source online is a major step in meeting our current servicing demand, while preparing for our future water demand,” the township said in a press release .“This project is one of many infrastructure upgrades that we h
  
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• Fiesta Filipino brings in visitors to celebrate culture

  08-06-2026 18:40 via standard-freeholder.com
  
  When the weather forecast was bleak on Saturday morning, organizers of Fiesta Filipino struck an upbeat tone.“Rain or shine the show must go on,’’ was their social media message, and perhaps it helped. Maybe an early afternoon performance at the Lamoureux Park event did too.“We did a sun dance,’’ Marieta Betournay said with a laugh. “It worked.’’Betournay, one of the event organizers, and hundreds of people who celebrated near the bandshell,
  
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• History on the Porch brings settlers of 1784 to life

  08-06-2026 17:32 via standard-freeholder.com
  
  The story of Cornwall’s first European settlers was told on Saturday afternoon at History on the Porch.The Loyalists are Landing was a drop-in event presented in Lamoureux Park, and it kicked off the 70th anniversary celebrations for the Cornwall Community Museum.“We’ve had a lot of people coming up to hear the story,’’ said one of the re-enactors, Dona Cruickshank, who’s the president of the SDG Historical Society that operates the museum.It was an interacti
  
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• Danny and Delilah open Upper Canada Playhouse summer season

  08-06-2026 16:45 via standard-freeholder.com
  
  MORRISBURG — The Upper Canada Playhouse began its summer season June 5 with one of the latest plays by Canada’s playwright emeritus Norm Foster, Danny and Delilah.The play centres on Danny Becker, a retired widower and grumpy Maple Leafs fan, who lives with his school teacher’s daughter Sherry. His life is thrown for a curve when Sherry invites Delilah, a Pakistani student, to stay with them, while her father travels to help with a family crisis. With little in common at first
  
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• Seniors Month kicks off with ribbon cutting at Cornwall City Hall

  05-06-2026 22:15 via standard-freeholder.com
  
  It’s Seniors’ Month.Across Ontario the month of June is acknowledged as Seniors Month , meant to honour and celebrate the segment of the population who are 65-year-old and older.The occasion was marked at Cornwall’s City Hall on Friday with a ribbon-cutting ceremony that included Mayor of Cornwall Justin Towndale, and the Age-Friendly Community Committee.Towndale addressed the committee on Friday morning, touching on how COVID-19 intensified isolation among seniors and that ha
  
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• Cornwall's youth honoured at YourTV Youth Achievement Awards

  05-06-2026 21:44 via standard-freeholder.com
  
  In an inspiring display of community, togetherness and forward thinking, the YourTV Cogeco Youth Achievement Awards, powered by the Optimist Club of Cornwall, honoured and acknowledged the countless contributions made by the city’s youth.The award show took place at Royal Canadian Legion Branch 297 on Thursday, and will be broadcast on YourTV Cornwall later this year.The annual awards bring together families and friends from across Cornwall to celebrate how young people strengthen the cit
  
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• Southbridge Cornwall succeeds as residents voice concerns over minor variance

  04-06-2026 22:29 via standard-freeholder.com
  
  Looking north on Holy Cross Boulevard is going to feel a bit different for residents, following Southbridge Care Homes’ successful approval of a minor variance on Wednesday that will see the long-term care facility be able to expand considerably by adding 320 more beds.The development follows a weeks’-long saga involving two separate committee of adjustment meetings after the first one ended with more ambiguity than answers.The Cornwall City Council chambers were standing room-only
  
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• Cornwall police charge woman with shoplifting, breach

  04-06-2026 21:50 via standard-freeholder.com
  
  A 39-year-old woman is facing two charges after police investigated a complaint from a business on Ninth Street West.Police alleged the woman removed merchandise from the store without paying for it on April 14. She was located by police on Wednesday and taken into custody.The woman was charged with theft under $5,000 — shoplifting, and breach of probation for failing to keep the peace.She was released from police custody to appear in Cornwall court on July 14.
  
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• Special Investigations Unit clears Cornwall police officer who broke suspect's hand during arrest

  04-06-2026 19:46 via standard-freeholder.com
  
  The province’s Special Investigations Unit (SIU) has cleared a Cornwall police officer following a Feb. 20 arrest where a suspect’s left hand was fractured.SIU director Joseph Martino released the report of his investigation into the incident on Thursday, where he determined there is no basis to proceed with criminal charges against the officer.In the incident summary, Martino wrote the Cornwall police’s emergency response team (CERT) had executed a warrant under the Controlle
  
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• Listening for the birds at Cooper Marsh in Birding Beyond Sight

  04-06-2026 17:09 via standard-freeholder.com
  
  SOUTH LANCASTER — Members from the Canadian Council of the Blind (CCB) in Cornwall headed to Cooper Marsh on May 20 to participate in the Birding Beyond Sight initiative created by Bird Friendly Cornwall.Traditionally, bird watching has focused on visual identity; however, Birding Beyond Sight encourages visually impaired persons to participate in identifying birds by their birdsongs.Raisin Region Conservation Authority (RRCA) regulations officer Lissa Deslandes explained that birds are m
  
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• Events paused at Dunvegan Recreation Association Hall

  03-06-2026 21:24 via standard-freeholder.com
  
  DUNVEGAN — The Dunvegan Recreation Association (DRA), along with the Township of North Glengarry, are potentially facing some unexpected repairs to the Dunvegan Hall.While little information has been made public about the possible structural problems, some upcoming events that were to be held at the recreation centre have been put on hold.The DRA has not replied to inquiries about the state of the hall, but the municipality responded, “the Township of North Glengarry is aware of rep
  
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• A 240-acre vision for Morrisburg

  03-06-2026 20:16 via standard-freeholder.com
  
  MORRISBURG — While it may seem like all the recent development talk has focused on residential projects in Iroquois, a major Morrisburg residential, commercial, and industrial project is inching away closer to reality.The project, which will develop 97.5 hectares (240 acres) of land north of County Road 2 across from Steward Drive that was added to the settlement boundary of the village in August 2024, is owned by Sunshine Sky Farms Inc. The company’s preliminary plan for the proper
  
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• South Dundas mayor angry over Transport Canada move to stop cutting grass at Iroquois Lock viewing area

  03-06-2026 18:32 via standard-freeholder.com
  
  This article’s headline and subhead have been edited to reflect the intent of the original headline and subhead published by the Morrisburg Leader.MORRISBURG — South Dundas Mayor Jason Broad was pulling no punches in a council discussion over a lease with the federal government.The mayor blasted the government over breaking historic promises made by the government to the area about the St. Lawrence Seaway project as it concerned the Iroquois Lock viewing area.Broad told council the
  
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• South Dundas mayor angry over Transport Canada move to divest Iroquois Lock viewing area

  03-06-2026 18:32 via standard-freeholder.com
  
  MORRISBURG — South Dundas Mayor Jason Broad was pulling no punches in a council discussion over a lease with the federal government.The mayor blasted the government over breaking historic promises made by the government to the area about the St. Lawrence Seaway project as it concerned the Iroquois Lock viewing area.Broad told council the viewing area at the lock is part of the overall legacy of the seaway in the area, just as are the plazas, the parking lots, and the infrastructure that w
  
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• Cornwall police charge man with assaulting spouse, daughter

  03-06-2026 16:26 via standard-freeholder.com
  
  A 49-year-old man from Cornwall is facing two charges after police responded to a disturbance call on Tuesday.Police alleged the man assaulted his spouse and his daughter.The man was charged with domestic assault, and assault.He was released from police custody to appear in Cornwall court on June 23. Mischief An 18-year-old man from Cornwall is facing a charge after police responded to a complaint on Tuesday.Police alleged the man damaged someone else’s vehicle.The man was charged with mi
  
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• Walk for Alzheimer's returns to Alexandria in 2026

  02-06-2026 21:29 via standard-freeholder.com
  
  This article has been edited to update the amount raised by the Storm Troopers team.ALEXANDRIA — This year, the Walk for Alzheimer’s was a smashing success across eastern Ontario.According to each walk’s dedicated fundraising page, the annual event brought in about $45,000 from events held in Cornwall on Saturday, along with in Alexandria , and Rockland .The Alzheimer Society of Cornwall and District hosted the three local events.This year was a notable one for the Alexandria
  
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• Cornwall police charge woman with assaulting, threatening neighbour

  02-06-2026 17:07 via standard-freeholder.com
  
  A 29-year-old woman from Cornwall is facing three charges after police responded to a complaint last month.Police alleged the woman assaulted her neighbour and threatened to harm that woman on May 22, after which a warrant was issued for her arrest. The woman was taken into custody at police headquarters on Monday.The woman was charged with assault; uttering threats to cause death or bodily harm; and, breach of probation for failing to keep the peace.She was released from police custody to appe
  
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• Cornwall Kinsmen Farmers' Market returns for 2026

  02-06-2026 00:23 via standard-freeholder.com
  
  In the nine years since the Cornwall Kinsmen Farmers’ market first began bringing together local producers, artisans and foodies, the market is now bigger and better than ever before.The market kicked off on Sunday with its annual plant sale in full bloom. Special event days are planned throughout the 2026 market season, with a Father’s Day pork burger barbecue, Christmas in July set to bring holiday style cheer in the hot summer months, and in August patrons can enjoy the All Thing
  
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