News

CORNWALL – The 66th shipping season on the St. Lawrence Seaway is officially underway. The international shipping waterway officially opened for the 2024 shipping season on March 22. The season opening marked not just the […]

This week’s headlines in The Leader include: Charges laid in Iroquois stabbing; CSDG ambulance changes to improve critical response; Homelessness Maze provides insight into ongoing struggles; One step at a time, Canadian Horse statue progress; […]

PRESCOTT – A long-awaited Transportation Safety Board report released last Wednesday on the 2021 head-on collision between two CN freight trains cited alcohol use by a rail traffic controller as a contributing factor. The union […]

WILLIAMSBURG – Year after year this generous community steps up when the Community Food Share and the people it serves are most in need and that was the story once again at the 2024 Annual […]

This week’s headlines in The Leader include: Iroquois parking lot stabbing, police seek info; Union claims safety issues cause of 2021 derailment; Gun and drug seizure; Morrisburg Lions exit playoffs; Continuing to put the ‘community’ […]

SOUTH DUNDAS – South Dundas Fire and Emergency Services, police and ambulance were all called to the Flagg Road CN level crossing March 6 around 3 p.m. where a passenger train was stopped with smoke […]

PRESCOTT – Alcohol consumption was cited as the contributing factor to a 2021 head-on train collision in Prescott after a two-and-a-half year investigation by the Transportation Safety Board of Canada. On September 2, 2021, a […]

CORNWALL – A familiar sight will return to the St. Lawrence River beginning March 22 as the St. Lawrence Seaway will open its 2024 navigation season. Navigation for the Lake Ontario to Montréal section, passing […]

CORNWALL – The former warden of SDG Counties, who was convicted of sexual assault in 2023, has died. Formerly the mayor of South Glengarry and previously elected as deputy mayor and a councillor of that […]

CORNWALL – The City of Cornwall has requested financial support from the upper levels of government to deal with the increased pressure on city services from recent asylum claimant arrivals. “For well over a year, […]