(PRESCOTT, ON) On May 2, 2018, at approximately 6 p.m. the Grenville County Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) responded to a motor vehicle collision on highway 401, east bound, between Blue Church Road and Merwin Lane, in Augusta Township. At this location a tractor trailer, caring a flatbed full of load steel rolls, lostContinue Reading

PICTON RESIDENT CHARGED WITH MULTIPLE OFFENCES Former Executive Director of Local Children’s Aid Agency (ORILLIA, ON) – The Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) has charged a Picton resident following allegations of wrongdoing in connection with the operation of an agency that placed foster children in area homes. Members of the OPP CriminalContinue Reading

Worker Killed on Cheese Production Line in Trenton, Company Fined $150,000 May 1, 2018 Convicted: Saputo Dairy Products GP. Corporate Headquarters: 6869, Métropolitain Est Montréal, Québec, a company which produces different cheese types. Location: The company’s cheese production facility at 7 Riverside Drive, Trenton, Ontario. Description of Offence: A worker was killed by aContinue Reading

MOTOR VEHICLE COLLISION – ROADWAY CLOSED   (NORTH STORMONT,ON) – Stormont, Dundas & Glengarry (SD&G) Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) officers are currently at the scene of a two (2) vehicle collision on Highway 417 Westbound at mile marker 56, North Stormont Township.   Preliminary investigation has indicated that at approximately 4:32pm,Continue Reading

AUTHORITIES IN CANADA AND US MAKE ARREST IN MULTI-JURISDICTION INVESTIGATION   (SOUTH DUNDAS AND SOUTH STORMONT, TOWNSHIP) – On April 24, 2018, Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry (SD&G) Crime Unit executed two Criminal Code Search Warrants at two residences in South Dundas and South Stormont Townships.  Continue Reading

Cornwall Ontario –  It can be bewildering sitting in a council meeting in Cornwall.  Monday night was first one in about three years, but more about that in a later editorial. Monday night we were treated to a presentation of information from Transport Canada that any journalist or city stafferContinue Reading

Cornwall Ontario – In Ontario you don’t have to be a lawyer or paralegal to be appointed as a Justice of the Peace.  You don’t need any legal training or background.   Essentially you need a highschool diploma, which is why former Cornwall Mayor Bob Kilger couldn’t become one, and reallyContinue Reading

Cornwall Ontario –  It’s amazing how far some can get in the Cornwall area with just a PSW certificate.   Makes this writer think I should get one too. Cornwall City Councilor Maurice Dupelle has seen his take him to a top management position with near Sunshine List remuneration with CommunityContinue Reading