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Article content Cornwall city council’s dive into its operating budget deepened on Tuesday, as it reviewed presentations from a handful of departments. During the meeting — which lasted roughly four hours — council received an update from the ongoing work at the municipal works yard. Following the unveiling of the city’s new salt shed facility, the project entered its second phase, which includes the construction of a new administration building and a multi-use garage. We apologize, but...

OPINION: Cornwall truly is a great place to live April 18, 2021 Reading time: 3 min 30 s By Nick Seebruch The Cornwall Clocktower with a banner celebrating 2020 high school graduates. The Pride flag can be seen in the background. Taken June 2020 (Nick Seebruch/ Seaway News). At the end of last week on Friday, MacLean’s released their annual ranking of the best cities in Canada to live. This year’s list was based around best ...

Article content Along with the emergency order that started Thursday, a stay-at-home order forces residents to not leave their home unless they are going to a grocery store or pharmacy, accessing health care, doing outdoor exercise, going to work that cannot be done remotely or attending school or a post-secondary institution. The lockdown has also resulted in the forced closure of municipal facilities for at least four weeks. In Cornwall, city hall, municipal works, the social housing services...

CORNWALL – Cornwall Transit’s “modest” fare increase will only affect people using non-cash payment methods. Supervisor Jean Marcil told the city’s budget committee Tuesday afternoon, transit passes and transit tickets will go up by $1 “across the board” starting in May. The cash fare will stay at $3. Marcil says ridership has dropped to about a third of normal ridership – about 900 people a day – and they are mostly essential workers. Asked why the budget has a forecast of a ...

In this February 2016, file photo, Cornwall Transit manager Len Tapp makes a presentation to the Cornwall budget committee. The city bus system, hurting for revenue since the coronavirus pandemic, is planning for a fare increase in May 2021. (Newswatch Group/Bill Kingston, File) CORNWALL – Cornwall Transit is planning a “modest” fare increase for riders, starting in May. But some users of the system may not notice it when they wave their credit or debit card because the city is also insta...

Council votes to extend free curbside and lot parking until the end of the provincial lockdown.