Articles by Phillip Blancher

WINCHESTER – Nearly half-way through its 2023-26 term, the Township of North Dundas has adopted its strategic plan at its July 18 council meeting.nnThe plan focuses on five priorities:nn n Employee Satisfaction – Focus on […]

nnCORNWALL – Traffic on the St. Lawrence Seaway is slightly up in the first-third of the 2024 shipping season. A 24.5 per cent increase in general cargo, and increases in bulk shipping has made up […]

nnMORRISBURG – It will be over three years from the time of the electrical grid failure at Upper Canada Village until the repairs and rebuild are complete.nnEstimated to cost $8-million in 2023, the rebuilt grid […]

OTTAWA/CORNWALL – A $41-million federal program announced July 25 will see over $2-million for repairs to the City of Cornwall’s social housing properties.nnThe funding, through the Affordable Housing Fund, will build or repair over 3,300 […]

CORNWALL – A new agreement that replaces the federal gas tax program has also ensured at least five years of consistent federal funding for infrastructure in SDG Counties.nnThe funding agreement, passed by SDG Counties at […]

JOHNSTOWN – Negotiations remain ongoing for the purchase of approximately 10,000 acres of land that comprises the Edwardsburgh Land Bank near Johnstown.nnThe large parcel of land is currently managed by Infrastructure Ontario.nnEdwardsburgh-Cardinal Township is attempting […]

nnMORRISBURG – Volunteers with the Friends of Grand Trunk Railroad 1008 were alerted to a significant amount of damage to the historic train display and train station at Crysler Park.nnSometime between July 17 and 18, […]