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Month: June 2024

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Land deal ends ED-19 landfill permanently

June 27, 2024 Phillip Blancher

nnSPENCERVILLE – For nearly 25 years, the threat of Edwardsburgh-Cardinal hosting a giant landfill has loomed large on the rural municipality. Despite the environmental certificate for the mega-dump, known as ED-19, being revoked in 2019, […]

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June 27, 2024 Phillip Blancher
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South Dundas holds strategic plan meeting

June 27, 2024 Phillip Blancher

nnMORRISBURG – The draft strategic plan for the Municipality of South Dundas was presented and discussed at a public meeting on June 19.nnThe plan, presented by Mayor Jason Broad, outlined the draft vision of council […]

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June 27, 2024 Phillip Blancher
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Wanderings – Hot Dog Math and Canadian English

June 26, 2024 Phillip Blancher

Getting behind the wheel of a car and going for a drive has always been fun for me. Ever since I received my driver’s licence, having a car meant freedom. The open road, arm out […]

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Province pauses wetlands mapping process

June 26, 2024 Phillip Blancher

MORRISBURG – The provincial government has halted the current wetlands consultation process by area conservation authorities.nnIn a June 25 letter from the Ministry of Natural Resources to South Nation Conservation Authority Chief Administrative Officer Carl […]

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South Dundas plan to outsource staff deferred by SDG Counties Council

June 20, 2024 Phillip Blancher

CORNWALL – A plan to outsource staffing for South Dundas’ planning department was deferred by SDG Counties council June 17.nnThe plan, if approved by council, will see SDG Counties hire a full-time planning technician to […]

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Wanderings – Traditions and peer pressure

June 19, 2024 Phillip Blancher

What is tradition? It’s a fascinating question to ponder. The definition – as I’ve learned it over the years is an old way, or THE old way, of doing something. Or it’s doing something because […]

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International human smuggling ring dismantled in Cornwall area

June 13, 2024 Phillip Blancher

CORNWALL – Investigators from the Cornwall Regional Task Force, an RCMP-led inter-agency task force, have broken up a human smuggling ring that centred in the Cornwall area.nnThe RCMP announced that it had charged eight people […]

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UCDSB passes $447 million budget

June 13, 2024 Phillip Blancher

BROCKVILLE – It took about 45 minutes to present the budget to Upper Canada District School board trustees and only 15 minutes to approve it. The hour-long process resulted in the UCDSB passing a $447 […]

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