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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 artist's 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 facility in the current design of the proposed fire hall, which would be located at the corner of Brook...

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 that three homes were on fire when Cornwall Fire Services arrived on the scene. The City states that ...

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 outdoor team sport facilities are closed. Please be safe: avoid large gatherings, wear your mask, and k...

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 loss due to loss fires. However, we have not seen that same issue. We’ve actually seen a decrease...

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,” said Chief Jeff Weber. “The fire is not suspicious. It would be difficult to determine an ignitio...