Articles by Phillip Blancher – Local Journalism Initiative Reporter

WILLIAMSBURG – An unidentified 83-year-old woman from Morrisburg died from her injuries after a collision on County Road 31 Friday afternoon (November 21). SD&G OPP officers responded to a two-vehicle collision involving a car and […]

KEMPTVILLE – Catholic District School Board of Eastern Ontario chair Chris Cummings was acclaimed for a second straight term as board chair. Cummings represents Brockville, Smiths Falls, and Leeds County at the trustee board. Cornwall […]

BERWICK – North Stormont Township has hired a new Chief Administrative Officer and Clerk. The township announced the new hire November 20. Chad Brownlee will take over from retiring CAO/Clerk Craig Calder on December 15. […]

SHANLY – Premier Doug Ford had a message for cities and municipalities looking to add development charges to the cost of building a new home, “I wouldn’t do it.” Ford’s message was in response to […]

JOHNSTOWN – Negotiations to purchase the Edwardsburgh Landbank are nearing completion. The deal, which will see Edwardsburgh-Cardinal Township buy 10,000 acres of land north of Johnstown from the province. The deal is one step away […]

CORNWALL – SDG Counties Council voted November 17 to change how it will pay for a road reconstruction project. Council decided during budget deliberations in December 2024 that it would finance the bulk of the […]

TORONTO – The Ministry of Education is launching a new office of student and family support in each of the province’s 72 school boards. The offices will act in a role similar to that of […]

BROCKVILLE – Looking towards to a year that may result in considerable changes to provincial school boards and how they are governed, trustees at the Upper Canada District School Board opted to keep their trustee […]

MORRISBURG – Ontario’s Special Investigations Unit has cleared local Ontario Provincial Police officers following a four-month investigation into the use of non-lethal weapons July 13. “On my assessment of the evidence, there are no reasonable […]