Brockville News

The future home of Community and Primary Health Care is one step closer to becoming reality after excavation began this week at the Parkedale Avenue site.

A third guilty party in a May 5, 2010 armed home invasion in Brockville will wait at least a month to learn his fate.

The Upper Canada District School Board's Director of Education, David Thomas, at the bi-annual Carleton Place and Almonte family of schools meeting at the Arklan Community Public School in Carleton Place on Wednesday, May 2. Desmond Devoy That was the message from the Upper Canada District School Board's Director of Education, David Thomas, at the ... (more)

Three charities are holding their annual walks on the same weekend to raise money and awareness for their respective causes, but organizers blame the economy rather than donor fatigue for slower advance registrations this year.

Organizers of a slimmed-down Brockville jazz festival hope the event will pack as much of a punch with the public -and leave everyone singing the blues, in a good way.

"We have put on the notice [paper] that we have the intention that, if we want to, we have the ability to introduction legislation at the first opportunity on Monday," Ms.

CP Rail and the Teamsters union have reached a deal to keep big-city commuter trains running, including Hamilton's GO route, even if there is a strike.

The trial of a Brockville man charged in connection with a home invasion on Hubbell Street May 5, 2010 entered a new phase Thursday in Ontario Superior Court at Brockville.

Now, its story, which is also that of its founding family, the Lors, is about to be told on the other side of the world.

Local fields might not look like a dust bowl, but a low water advisory remains in effect for Brockville and surrounding area to prepare for what could be shaping up as a dry summer.

Visa problems in Moscow involving one member of a Russian delegation initially scheduled to tour the Brockville area this week are at the root of the trip's postponement, city economic development director Dave Paul said Monday.

It was both the kickoff to a series of anniversary celebrations and a glimpse into the organization celebrating the milestone.

Thousands of Canadians are dying each year due to medical errors that could be avoided with a systemwide shift in focus toward prevention, a leading health advocate said Thursday during a presentation in Brockville.

Anxious shoppers filtered into Fabricland once the doors finally opened signifying the grand opening - and return - of the popular retail outlet to the Brockville Shopping Centre Thursday.

An eastern Ontario police force has set up a program to collect medication that is expired or no longer needed, which it hopes will keep the drugs away from thieves and youth.

Brittany S. St. John, 26, Brockville, Ontario, was charged by Jefferson County sheriff's deputies Friday morning with seventh-degree criminal possession of a controlled substance after Fort Drum police said they found three hydromorphone tablets in her car.

With the rich scents of dozens of exotic dishes from more than a dozen countries hanging in the air, there could be no mistaking the Brockville and District Multicultural Community Festival was underway.

MEGAN BURKE The Recorder and Times A remoreseful Brian Jones sits in the defendant box of Courtroom 4 at the Leeds and Grenville County Courthouse Thursday, waiting to hear his fate in an aggravated assault charge.

Sunday marks the 30th time area runners will be seen jogging through Brockville for the annual California Charity Run - but the pace is up to them.

Greg Wanless said he was in the "right place at the right time" when he founded Thousand Islands Playhouse 30 years ago on the banks of the St.