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BNW Newsbrief – May 15, 2023

May 15, 2023 Bill Kingston

Here are your latest Brockville and area headlines: A funeral will be held Thursday in Ottawa for a police officer shot dead after responding to […]

BNW Newsbrief – April 26, 2023

April 26, 2023 Bill Kingston

Here are your latest Brockville and area headlines: Water levels on Lake Ontario and the Upper St. Lawrence River are expected to rise over the […]

St. Lawrence River at low risk for flooding in 2022: river board

April 20, 2022 Bill Kingston

OTTAWA – The board that oversees the St. Lawrence River and Lake Ontario says the likelihood of flooding and erosion is low even if 2022 […]

Low water expected on St. Lawrence River this summer

April 13, 2021 Bill Kingston

OTTAWA – After sending lots of water out of Lake Ontario and the St. Lawrence River in January and February, the International Lake Ontario-St. Lawrence […]

Extreme water levels not expected along St. Lawrence River

April 29, 2020 Bill Kingston

CORNWALL, Ont. – The international body overseeing water levels on Lake Ontario and the St. Lawrence River says levels will peak “well below” the flooding […]

Seaway opens for 2020 season

April 1, 2020 Bill Kingston

SAINT-LAMBERT, Que. – The St. Lawrence Seaway has opened for the 2020 season. The Canada Steamship Lines freighter, Baie St. Paul, went through the St. […]

Water levels board to add municipal representatives

July 17, 2019 Bill Kingston

WASHINGTON – The governing body overseeing the board with direct say on St. Lawrence River water levels will be adding municipal representation. But those members […]

St. Lawrence River record flows continue through mid-August

July 8, 2019 Bill Kingston

CORNWALL, Ont. – The record outflow from the St. Lawrence River is expected to continue through the middle of August. That’s according to projections by […]

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Drought worsens in eastern Leeds-Grenville

September 24, 2018 Bill Kingston

FINCH – A drought has worsened in the eastern portion of Leeds-Grenville. The South Nation Conservation Authority has raised the drought level from minor to […]

Rapid water rise planned to dislodge Morrisburg ship

June 3, 2018 Bill Kingston

MORRISBURG – The International Joint Commission – St. Lawrence River Board is playing with the water levels in an attempt to dislodge a freighter stuck […]