Ontario looking to break ties on asylum seekers
TORONTO – The Ontario Progressive Conservative government says Ottawa is to blame for the crisis of people illegally entering this country at Canada-U.S. border and […]
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Nav Center asylum seeker redux possible
CORNWALL – The grass outside one of Cornwall’s largest conference centers could once again be filled with tents of asylum seekers. The federal government has […]
Cornwallite appointed to federal tribunal
OTTAWA – A Cornwallite been named to be part of a federal tribunal overseeing transportation in Canada. Federal Transport Minister Marc Garneau announced yesterday (May […]
Feds will sell Cornwall waterfront land by 2020
CORNWALL – The federal government says over 300 acres of waterfront land in the City of Cornwall will be sold “within two years.” That’s according […]
Mayor: Cornwall waterworks 2018 budget will address infrastructure and ‘perception of the people’
CORNWALL – Mayor Leslie O’Shaughnessy appeared content with his proposed 6.25 per cent increase in the water and sewer budget for 2018, which was passed […]
Cornwall unsure on national housing strategy
CORNWALL – The social housing supervisor for SD&G is unsure how a Canadian national homelessness strategy is going to affect the city and SD&G. Cornwall […]
LTE: Stop federal tax ‘shenanigans’
The federal initiative to improve the Canadian tax system by closing tax loopholes to high income earners of over $150,000 is a step in the […]
Nav Center no longer required for asylum seekers: Ottawa
OTTAWA – The federal government says Cornwall’s Nav Center is no longer required to house asylum seekers, given improvements with processing individuals. An ad-hoc intergovernmental […]
Mayor concerned leadership lacking on asylum seeker undertaking
CORNWALL – The city’s mayor says he would like to see somebody take the lead on the asylum seeker project underway at Nav Center. Leslie […]
Up to 800 asylum seekers to arrive in Cornwall; city will be reimbursed
CORNWALL – The city’s emergency management coordinator says around a third of the mostly Haitian asylum seekers from the United States are being housing at […]