Email to the Editor: Risks of selling online
I’d like to warn people about selling online. If you sell stuff and people come to your place to pick up the items, make sure […]
opinion
COMMENTARY: Fresh face to Highway 138 police enforcement
Highway 138 is a highway filled with countless tales of harrowing near misses, horrible crashes and too many lives lost. They are purposefully not called […]
COMMENTARY: O.P.P. East Region communication center closure will affect service
Outside of the urban centers, when you make an emergency call to the Ontario Provincial Police it goes to Smiths Falls, in Eastern Ontario. But […]
COMMENTARY: SD&G roads need their signs
More information for you as a driver with your eyes on the road in your field of view is a really good thing, especially if […]
Email to the Editor: In wonderment of essential vs. non-essential
In time of lockdown, I have seen many things that make me wonder. I would appreciate if a person could answer me. Why is it […]
Email to the Editor: Let them play golf
I recently read (May 11, 2021 Cornwall Standard-Freeholder) data obtained from Goggle’s mobile phone data that people are spending 71% more time in parks. Reportedly, […]
COMMENTARY: Bad neighbours don’t make good policy
The “activist council” for the City of Cornwall is living up to its name now that a councillor wants to regulate where people point their […]
Email to the Editor: Film crew needed traffic control
While it might be nice for the local economy to have a film crew in town, it is not good for safety. Trying to drive […]
COMMENTARY: Leadership starts with control of council meetings
In 2018, Mayor Bernadette Clement said in her inaugural address that it was “not a bedtime story, and I don’t want to put you to […]
COMMENTARY: Cornwall police keep helping shoplifters
Getting the clues from the public while they’re fresh and helping people recall what they may have just seen are keys to solving a crime. […]