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, […]
CORNWALL – South Stormont Mayor Bryan McGills and South Glengarry Deputy Mayor Martin Lang have thrown their names in the hat to be the next Warden of SDG Counties. The two candidates put their names […]
CORNWALL – A proposal to outsource a full-time planning staff position in South Dundas to SDG Counties has been withdrawn.nnLast month, SDG Counties council discussed a plan put forward by the Counties’ planning department to […]
CORNWALL – SDG Counties added its support behind a call by the Eastern Ontario Warden’ Caucus for a more sustainable infrastructure funding plan for rural municipalities.nnAt the July 15 meeting, council backed a resolution of […]
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