WARRANT Cornwall, ON – A 35-year-old Cornwall man was arrested on May 15th, 2015 on the strength of a warrant. It is alleged that the man was wanted on a warrant for harassing his ex-common-law wife and for threatening to kill her family. On May 15th, 2015 the manContinue Reading
CFN – Cornwall high school students Jeremy Mallette and Samantha Peets won a gold medal yesterday at the Canada Wide Science Fair in Fredericton, New Brunswick for their project UPOD: The Sixth Sensor. The grade twelve students from St. Joseph’s Catholic Secondary School also won the Science Fair’s one-thousand dollarContinue Reading
CORNWALL Ontario – A group is forming which will lead to the filing of a formal Conflict of Interest complaint against Cornwall Ontario Mayor Leslie O’Shaughnessy, and Councilors Elaine MacDonald and Carilyne Hebert. The incident stems from a group that came to council seeking funds that all three are onContinue Reading
THEFT UNDER $5000, BREACH Cornwall, ON – A 14-year-old Cornwall youth was arrested on May 13th, 2015 and charged with theft under $5000 and breach of undertaking for failing to keep the peace. It is alleged that on May 3rd, 2015 the youth took a cellular phone from anotherContinue Reading
BREACH Cornwall, On – A 41-year-old Cornwall man was arrested on May 12th, 2015 and charged with breaching his recognizance for being in the company of someone he has conditions not to communicate with. It is alleged that during a traffic stop on May 12th, 2015 the man wasContinue Reading
CORNWALL Ontario – Last night was odd and funny. Cornwall City Council debated a new committee to hash out a Code of Conduct. There is the municipal act, the Council and CAO covenant (a joke document that the Mayor said isn’t even implemented) , and just plain common sense, butContinue Reading
CORNWALL Ontario – The Seaway International Bridge Corporation, Ltd.(SIBC) has re-opened the South Channel Bridge to traffic at this time. Work has been completed by the SIBC maintenance crew to repair the shift in alignment to the south tower’s east expansion joint. Following an engineering assessment of the repairs, theContinue Reading
CORNWALL Ontario – So the question today is why won’t the Cornwall Community Police proceed with my complaint against Michael Bedard? Mr. Bedard made clearly false claims in February 2014 that I’d made threatening phone calls to him which resulted in my eventually being charged by police. The claim wasContinue Reading
CORNWALL Ontario – There are some excited and joyous about Wal-Mart taking over the old Target warehouse facility. There’s talk of a few hundred more jobs. More jobs of course is never a bad thing, but sadly to this writer this is not good news. Competition for positions is goodContinue Reading
PUBLIC MISCHIEF Cornwall, ON – Travis Moore, 22 and Justin Julien, 19 both of Cornwall were arrested and charged with public mischief. It is alleged that on April 14th, 2015 police were contacted to investigate break and enter at a Gulf Street address. During their investigation it was learnedContinue Reading
The Cornwall Port of entry is experiencing a disruption Service This is the port of entry Currently experiencing a Service disruption and border users May encounter delays. Until further Top Form, the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) encouraged you to Consider The Following alternate ports of entry to cross theContinue Reading
CORNWALL Ontario – Lt-Col. Steven Young of the SD&G Highlanders, known as the Glens, will tell everyone who will listen that the unit is short staffed. Since taking over the unit numbers have drifted to about half strength. Could one of the reasons why the unit have such a low amountContinue Reading
BREAK AND ENTER, THEFT Cornwall, ON – A 37-year-old Cornwall man was arrested on May 1st, 2015 and charged with break and enter and theft under $5000. It is alleged that on April 30th, 2015 the man entered his ex-girlfriend’s house and removed property that did not belong to him.Continue Reading
Child Haven International (CHI) has a Home for destitute children along with 22 women in Kathmandu , Nepal where the big earthquake recently has devastated the area. Fortunately, the children were out in the courtyard when the quake struck and are fine. There has been some slight damage toContinue Reading
CFN – As a service to Standard Freeholder readers who cannot post comments on local stories we at CFN thought we’d allot some space for you to discuss their top local stories of the day. Here are the links: An unnerving array of notice when it comes to council agendas inContinue Reading
CFN – Cornwall’s most read Newspaper is looking for a Summer Journalism student. This is a huge opportunity for a Student or recent grad to cover a lot of material this Summer! Email your CV and writing sample to Jamie@cornwallfreenews.com If you want to test your mettle and proveContinue Reading
CFN – As a service to Standard Freeholder readers who cannot post comments on local stories we at CFN thought we’d allot some space for you to discuss their top local stories of the day. Here are the links: Cornwall microbrewery a dream come true Cornwall and Akwesasne students pushedContinue Reading
PUBLIC ASSISTANCE Cornwall, ON – On Saturday April 25th, 2015 the Cornwall Community Police Service investigated a complaint at the Dairy Queen located on Pitt Street. Investigation revealed that at approximately 7:00pm someone discharged an offensive substance that caused discomfort to staff and patrons. The Cornwall Community Police ServiceContinue Reading