Month: February 2020

CORNWALL – We now know the cause of a fire at a six-plex on Montreal Road earlier this month that injured at least two people. Deputy Fire Chief Jeff Weber told Cornwall Newswatch that the […] […]

TORONTO – A Berwick man thought he won just $100. But Rodney Beckstead had to add three more zeroes because, it turned out, the self-employed landscaper and handyman won $100,000 on Encore. He matched six […] […]

OTTAWA/CORNWALL – The flight crew who transported Canadians from the Diamond Princess cruise ship in Japan back to their home country have been released from quarantine. Canada’s Chief Public Health Officer, Dr. Theresa Tam, announced […] […]

CORNWALL – Charges have been stayed against a 77-year-old North Stormont man in connection to a 2018 drug bust in the township. Gerard Sauve was first charged in March 2018 when SD&G O.P.P. searched a […] […]

CORNWALL – A break during an overtime shift turned a little sweeter for a Cornwall man. Stephen Lepage, 58, discovered he had won $250,000 on an Instant Monopoly ticket while taking some rest time at […] […]

BELLEVILLE – Four people from Akwesasne are among 10 protesters arrested Monday morning as O.P.P. enforced a court injunction to stop a native blockade near Tyendinaga, east of Belleville. East Region O.P.P. say they were […] […]

WOODSTOCK, N.B. – An American equity firm is buying a controlling stake in Xplornet, the company announced Thursday. The New Brunswick company, which has a call center in Cornwall, will be acquired by New York-based […] […]

SD&G – With a winter storm warning in effect, school buses are cancelled Thursday across SD&G. Student Transportation of Eastern Ontario has cancelled all buses in SD&G for the Upper Canada District School Board and […] […]

CORNWALL – A Cornwall man has been given a conditional sentence in connection to a 2016 drug bust tied to motorcycle gangs. Rodney Helmer, 46, pleaded guilty this month to two counts of drug possession […] […]

CORNWALL – There are a lot of smooth faces on the front line of the Cornwall Police Service. Cornwall Police Association President Dave MacLean confirmed they have been directed to shave off any beards, mustaches […] […]