On the day after Prime Minister Mark Carney's first face-to-face with U.S. President Donald Trump, we lead with another area municipality amending its procurement policy to reflect a Buy-Canadian stance. Cornwall did so last week.
Elsewhere in the area, a proposed building in downtown Brockville meets with pushback from neighbours, while a Kingston car dealership faces court action from its landlord after shutting down.
Construction season is also among the topics of the day at Cornwall City Hall, while in Belleville officials continue to deploy speed cameras to slow down leadfoot drivers
And Brockville's Junior B hockey team is back with dogged determination. Those stories and more from our newsrooms throughout the region can be found below. |
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Coun. Fred Ngoundjo, left, speaking about Cornwall's procurement of goods and services as CAO Tim Mills, centre, and Mayor Justin Towndale listen on Tuesday, April 29, 2025, in Cornwall, Ont. PHOTO BY SHAWNA O'NEILL/Cornwall Standard-Freeholder |
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With construction season set to begin, the City of Cornwall hosted an open house on Thursday, May 1, 2025, to give residents the opportunity to provide feedback on a wide array of proposed construction projects for 2025. Infrastructure and municipal works supervisor Alexandre Boileau was on hand to speak with residents and answer questions. PHOTO BY MARC BENOIT/Cornwalll Standard-Freeholder |
Open house highlights Cornwall's upcoming road construction season
As we look out our windows and see the trees slowly turn green, it’s a marker of the season that is upon us— and as the saying goes, in Canada there are two seasons; winter, and construction season.
To give residents the chance to provide feedback to city staff, Cornwall hosted an open house on road construction projects on Thursday, May 1.
The City of Cornwall will be undertaking six reconstruction projects, six resurfacing projects, and 10 watermain lining projects. For its 2025 budget, city council outlined $9 million for capital works spending on roads. |
The Cornwall Standard-Freeholder newsroom would love to hear from you. To reach just this newsroom, email csf.news@sunmedia.ca. |
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Mark Krajicek voices his opposition to a planned commercial and residential tower on the former Dailey’s lot during a public meeting of Brockville council’s planning and development committee on Tuesday, May 6, 2025. PHOTO BY PHOTO BY RONALD ZAJAC/The Brockville Recorder and Times |
Downtown Brockville residents object to proposed building on Dailey's lot
It’s meant to look like a ship, but to neighbours it looks more like a prison.
Downtown residents on Tuesday voiced their objections to a proposed mixed-use building that would bring businesses and 140 rental apartment to the long-vacant former Dailey’s lot at the corner of King Street West and Home Street. At a public meeting held by city council’s planning and development committee, residents mainly of nearby Apple Street worried construction of the planned building will damage their foundations, while the completed tower will exacerbate existing traffic problems. |
Brockville, Gananoque teens among 'Ingenious' award winners
Two student-led projects at the Upper Canada District School Board are among the Ontario award winners in a youth-focused contest run by the Rideau Hall Foundation.
The projects at Thousand Islands Secondary School and Gananoque Secondary School are among 69 regional winners of the foundation’s “Ingenious+” regional awards. |
The Brockville Recorder & Times newsroom would love to hear from you. To reach just this newsroom, email rzajac@postmedia.com. |
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The lot at Paulette Auto Sales is vacant following its closure. According to a notice on the door of the dealership, the tenant, Paulette, was "in breach of the lease for having abandoned the Premises and failing to actively carry on business in them." Shown on May 6, 2025. PHOTO BY MAEGEN KULCHAR/The Kingston Whig-Standard |
Kingston car dealership abandons location, according to landlord
Paulette Auto Sales, a used car dealership in Kingston that had been locally operated by Brad Paulette since 2014, has abruptly closed its doors.
According to a notice on the door of the dealership, the tenant, Paulette, was “in breach of the lease for having abandoned the Premises and failing to actively carry on business in them.”
The letter which was dated April 28, 2025 went on to say, “The tenant further confirmed to the landlord that it has no intention of resuming business or repossessing the premises.”
As a result, the landlord, Springer group of companies, has taken possession of the property and said it will be seeking rent, sales taxes and charges owning at the present time and throughout the balance of the term of the lease. |
Kingston Police in search of stolen buffalo robe Kingston Police are asking the public’s help in located a sacred buffalo robe that was stolen from a building in the area of Lower Union and Wellington streets.
Police say the robe was taken from the downtown location on the morning of April 7, 2025. |
The Kingston Whig-Standard newsroom would love to hear from you. To reach just this newsroom, email whig.local@sunmedia.ca. |
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A third rotation of moveable speed cameras will go live in four Community Safety Zones across Belleville next month, say City of Belleville officials. SUPPLIED PHOTO |
Belleville rotating speed cameras to new temporary locations A third rotation of moveable speed cameras will go live in four Community Safety Zones across Belleville next month, say City of Belleville officials.
The “Automated Speed Enforcement (ASE) cameras will be moved to new locations beginning the week of June 2 to 6. Signage has been posted at the four new locations to notify drivers of the upcoming change,” the city announced.
The mobile speed cameras were first introduced in July of last year to slow motorists in areas of the city where speed is deemed a risk to residents near schools and parks.
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Belleville's Glanmore plays host to sign language exhibit
The Canadian Language Museum’s travelling exhibit, Sign Languages of Canada, is now at Glanmore.
Its colourful, informative panels include maps and QR codes to direct users to videos and illustrations about the histories and unique aspects of the languages. They include American Sign Language, la langue des signes Québécoise, and Plains, Inuit, Maritime, and Oneida Sign Languages. |
The Belleville Intelligencer newsroom would love to hear from you. To reach just this newsroom, email tmeeks@postmedia.com
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The Brockville Bulldogs will unveil their new logo ahead of their debut season. |
Brockville Tikis rebrand to new name, logo
After nearly 50 years of being the Brockville Tikis, the city’s Junior B hockey club will be changing to a new name. The team will now be known as the Brockville Bulldogs, and the name change will be going into effect immediately. Officials for the team said the logo would be unveiled at a later date, but the Wikipedia page for the Brockville Tikis has been updated with the new logo. The Brockville Junior B team has been known as the Tikis since 1967, but the new ownership felt it was time for a change. |
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Kingston firefighters respond to a small fire on the exterior of the Hanson Memorial Parking Garage, where fire damaged material covering an ongoing renovation in Kingston, Ont. on Tuesday, May 6, 2025. PHOTO BY ELLIOT FERGUSON/The Kingston Whig-Standard |
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Nazi Germany surrenders
On this date in 1945, in the French town of Reims, German representative Alfred Jodl signed the instrument of unconditional surrender on behalf of Nazi Germany, bringing an end to the Second World War in Europe.
The Soviet Union, however, demanded a full, final signing in Berlin, which was set for the following day. |
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