Newswatch COVID-19 Digest: Wednesday April 8, 2020
Here are the latest local, regional and national headlines on the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) for Wednesday, April 8, 2020: There have been 4,726 confirmed cases […]
St. Lawrence River
Seaway opens for 2020 season
SAINT-LAMBERT, Que. – The St. Lawrence Seaway has opened for the 2020 season. The Canada Steamship Lines freighter, Baie St. Paul, went through the St. […]
Spring flooding possible early next week: SNCA
FINCH – One regional conservation authority is warning people that a lot of rain forecast for next week could lead to some flooding. The South […]
St. Lawrence Seaway shipping down in 2019
CORNWALL – The number of ships and the cargo they were carrying on the St. Lawrence Seaway was down in 2019. Numbers from the St. […]
St. Lawrence River outflow in overdrive
CORNWALL – With the St. Lawrence Seaway shut down for the season as of Tuesday (Dec. 31, 2019), the International Lake Ontario-St. Lawrence River Board […]
‘Risk is mounting’ for 2020 St. Lawrence flooding; Ontario-New York shoreline groups band together
BROCKVILLE – With only months before a spring melt, the president of United Shoreline Ontario (USO) says her group is joining U.S. counterparts to lobby […]
Wider area looked at for smoke-free Cornwall waterfront; enforcement through ‘peer pressure’
CORNWALL – Cornwall is looking to cast a wider net to have people butt out along the waterfront. It’s looking at not only making the […]
Last push for smoke-free waterfront trail
CORNWALL – The main proponent behind making a section of the waterfront trail smoke-free will make a last-ditch plea to council tonight (Tuesday). Patricia O’Hara, […]
Barges gone from waterfront after MNRF, City vowed to take action
CORNWALL – Two barges have been removed from Cornwall’s waterfront after the province said it would investigate the boats squatting on the shore of the […]
Barge builders ordered off Cornwall waterfront
CORNWALL – Two companies associated with barge building were ordered to clear their equipment off Cornwall’s section of waterfront in the east end. After a […]