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(Newswatch Group/Bill Kingston, File) BRINSTON – Provincial police have seized 1,900 marijuana plants on a property near Brinston and have arrested two people. The bust by several OPP specialized units happened Tuesday at the rural property on Glen Stewart Road. A 65-year-old and a 43-year-old, both from Georgetown, Ont., are each facing a Cannabis Act charge of cultivating, propagating or harvesting illicit cannabis. They were released with a promise to appear in a Cornwall court on Sept. 9. Police estimate the pot is worth $1.9 million. In this photo provided by SD&G OPP, some of the 1,90...
Outside of the urban centers, when you make an emergency call to the Ontario Provincial Police it goes to Smiths Falls, in Eastern Ontario. But the O.P.P. has announced that is will be closing its East Region communications center over the next year affecting around 100 civilian employees who will potentially be offered transfers. Call taking and dispatch duties for all of Eastern Ontario will move to Orillia in Central Ontario – 330 kilometers away from Smiths Falls and almost 500 kilometers from SD&G. An O.P.P. spokesman insists that after a “comprehensive review” that “there will b...
Federal Tourism Minister Melanie Joly (left) brings pre-recorded greetings while Cornwall and Area Chamber of Commerce Executive Director Greg Pietersma (right) looks on during a FedDev Ontario announcement on Zoom on Friday, May 28, 2021. (FedDev Ontario/Zoom via Newswatch Group) CORNWALL – The executive director of the Cornwall and Area Chamber of Commerce says close to 55 small and medium-sized businesses in Cornwall and SD&G have been helped through a FedDev Ontario funding package. The details were shared Friday as Marie-France Lalonde, parliamentary secretary to the federal economic d...
In this provided photo, this painting entitled 'Farm Road' was the final piece in an online auction for the Winchester District Memorial Hospital Foundation, which raised nearly $2,000. The paintings were donated by a local artist. (WDMH via Newswatch Group) WINCHESTER – A social media based art auction has raised nearly $2,000 for the Winchester hospital. More than 30 paintings from local artist Carrie Keller were auctioned off starting on April 1 raising a final total of $1,860. The money goes to the Winchester District Memorial Hospital Foundation to buy equipment for the hospital. Thumb...