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Citys alert system can now register and send messages to cellphones, helpful for those who no longer have landlines.

Citys alert system can now register and send messages to cellphones, helpful for those who no longer have landlines.

Citys alert system can now register and send messages to cellphones, helpful for those who no longer have landlines.

Open house to end Fire Prevention Week organized by firefighters and featured other emergency service personnel and equipment.

Open house to end Fire Prevention Week organized by firefighters and featured other emergency service personnel and equipment.

Council moves forward with new fire hall despite lack of training centre May 26, 2021 Reading time: 2 min 30 s By Nick Seebruch An artists rendering of the proposed new fire hall. CORNWALL, Ontario – Cornwall City Council voted to keep moving forward with the proposed new fire hall in the north end of the city, despite the fact that a promised training facility is not included in the current design. The lack of a training faci...

Three Families displaced by Saturday morning fire May 23, 2021 Reading time: 30 s One of the homes damaged by the fire. Photo by Grumpy. CORNWALL, Ontario – The City of Cornwall is reporting that three families have been displaced by a fire that took place early Saturday morning, May 22. According to a witness, the fire occurred at around 2 a.m. on Glen Brook Dr. in Cornwall’s east end near Boundary Rd. The City of Cornwall states t...

Municipal services affected by Victoria Day May 24, 2021 Reading time: 1 min Closed sign in a shop showroom with reflections CORNWALL, Ontario – City of Cornwall offices are closed on Monday, May 24. The landfill is closed on May 24 and there will be no garbage and recycling collection. Collection will be pushed back a day for the rest of the week. Cornwall Transit buses will not be running. Parks and playgrounds are open, but some out...

Article content For all the challenges the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has brought to the Cornwall community, it did lead to unexpected results for the city’s fire services — an acute drop in calls for service related to fires and collisions. “I don’t know exactly the causes of that, because it has not been the experience over the province,” said Cornwall Fire Services Chief Jeff Weber. “The provincial experience has been that there have been a greater number of house fires, a greater...

City asks residents to be careful with what they put in landfill after fire May 20, 2021 at 12 h 08 min Reading time: 1 min Cornwall Fire Services truck (Nick Seebruch/ Seaway News). CORNWALL, Ontario – The City of Cornwall is asking residents to be cautious with what they put in the city landfill after a fire occurred on Wednesday afternoon, May 19. “No one was hurt, and Cornwall Fire Services was able to safely extinguish the fire,”...