Ritchie is $50K richer in Long Sault
LONG SAULT — A resident of this village is $50,000 richer after winning the sum with an instant OLG ticket. Shaun Ritchie scored the win on the $10-per-ticket Red Hot 10X game. “I enjoy playing…
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Ingleside retiree claims $1-million lottery prize
INGLESIDE — Denise Toman of Ingleside has that “6/49 feeling” after $1 million on the lottery’s May 26 draw. A 75-year-old retiree, Toman is a confessed occasional lottery player. “The morning after I checked my…
Fat Les’s Chip Stand in Bonville adds Mini-Putt to the menu
BONVILLE — Fat Les’s has expanded again — into mini-golf. True to their word, the operators of Eastern Ontario’s ninth Fat Les’s location in Bonville have revived the disused mini-putt attraction that came with…
Male motorist dies after crashing into parked vehicle
SOUTH STORMONT — A man died in a fiery crash early this morning on Headline Rd. (County Rd. 44) in South Stormont Township. The SD&G OPP reports that he was driving westbound in a passenger…
Further details released in fatal 401 crash in South Stormont; dash cam footage sought
SOUTH STORMONT — A 64-year-old man and a 55-year-old woman, both from Brampton, died in that Highway 401 crash last week in South Stormont. The May 13 single-vehicle collision also sent a 46-year-old Brampton man…
Collision on Highway 401 westbound causes road closures from Boundary Road to McConnell Avenue
SOUTH STORMONT — Emergency services are currently at the scene of a single-vehicle collision on Highway 401 westbound at mile marker 793. Initial reports indicate that the car travelling westbound with three occupants inside left…
Fill-a-Bag Food Drive canned for second year because of pandemic restrictions; student nutrition bags available
DUNDAS & STORMONT — One of the signature events of the year for Community Food Share has become the Fill-a-Bag Food Drive. That event was cancelled last May and — unfortunately — the pandemic has…
Longue Sault Public School case was diagnosed without a positive test, medical officer confirms
LONG SAULT — The single case of COVID-19 that turned up at Longue Sault Public School last week was diagnosed without a positive test being rendered, Eastern Ontario Medical Officer of Health Dr. Paul Roumeliotis…
COVID-19 case at Longue Sault Public School
LONG SAULT — A person at Longue Sault Public School has tested positive for COVID-19, says the Upper Canada District School Board. Parents and staff at the school were informed yesterday. The Board assures the…
Payneside Farms Inc. named Premier Exhibitor at Stormont Soil and Crop Improvement Association’s annual Seed & Forage show
STORMONT — Regardless of the pandemic, this county’s fields still produced a bounty in 2020 — the best of which was recently judged and recognized by the Stormont Soil & Crop Improvement Association. First-time exhibitor…
Learn how to start vegetable plants indoors through ‘Family Earth’
SOUTH STORMONT — Family Earth’s innovative new program, Growing Families, will walk 100 families through the process of starting a garden indoors to plant outside this spring. All members of the family will learn from…
Watch: United Counties of SDG Council meeting, Feb. 16, 2021
CORNWALL — Officials with the SD&G OPP update members of the Council of the United Counties of Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry on the detachment’s successful inclusion of a mental health nurse on staff — to…
27-year-old pedestrian killed on Highway 401 in South Stormont
SOUTH STORMONT — A 27-year-old man died yesterday afternoon after being struck by a tractor trailer on Highway 401. For reasons still under investigation, the man was on foot — described by police as a…
Suspected fentanyl, cocaine and methamphetamine seized in South Stormont and Cornwall, three charged and released
SOUTH STORMONT — Three people have been charged after a drug bust in Long Sault and Cornwall yesterday. Officers seized a quantity of suspected fentanyl, cocaine and methamphetamine, as well as a conducted energy weapon…
Alexa Zummach first recipient of South Stormont Youth Volunteer of the Year Award
SOUTH STORMONT — Though the annual Township of South Stormont Volunteer Appreciation Gala has been postponed due to the pandemic, the Volunteer Appreciation Committee went ahead in recognizing the efforts of a young volunteer in…
