Here are five stories to know today, with the focus first on Cornwall, SDG&A and Akwesasne, then on the prime minister’s openness to replacing the Indian Act.
Sarah Good wins Cornwall mayoralty by a wide margin
Sarah Good is Cornwall’s mayor-elect after taking 7,545 votes, or 65.2 per cent, in Monday’s municipal election, according to unofficial results reported by Cornwall Newswatch. Incumbent Justin Towndale finished second with 2,141 votes, followed by Art Levert with 1,588 and Nicole Spahich with 301. The City of Cornwall’s unofficial results list the eight councillors elected as Todd Lalonde, John Cameron, Dean Hollingsworth, Todd Bennett, Jason Riley, Denis Sabourin, Elaine MacDonald and Joël Côté, with Lalonde, Cameron, Riley and Côté new to council. Katherine Vrastak was elected Upper Canada District School Board trustee, and Karen Torrie-Racine and Krysta Ryan won the two Catholic District School Board of Eastern Ontario seats. The city says the clerk is scheduled to certify the results today, after which official numbers and detailed vote breakdowns will be posted at cornwall.ca/elections. Sources: Cornwall Newswatch and City of Cornwall.
Cornwall police pause use of Crime Stoppers after national data breach
The Cornwall Police Service has temporarily suspended its use of the Crime Stoppers reporting platform after a reported breach of a third-party system used by Crime Stoppers programs across Canada. Police note that Crime Stoppers operates independently and say they have not confirmed whether tips submitted through the local program were affected. CTV News and CP24 report that the platform involved is P3, operated by Navigate360, and that the stolen data includes nearly 180,000 Toronto tips submitted between January 2022 and November 2025. For now, residents with information about a crime are asked to contact Cornwall police directly at 613-932-2110 or through CornwallPolice.ca, or call 9-1-1 in an emergency, though police caution this may not offer the same anonymity. Deputy Chief Chad Maxwell said, “We recognize the concerns this incident may raise,” and questions about the breach itself should go to the Canadian Crime Stoppers Association. Sources: Cornwall Police Service and CTV News/CP24.
North Dundas gets the only new mayor in SD&G
Monday’s vote produced just one new mayor across the SD&G townships, with North Dundas Deputy Mayor Theresa Bergeron unseating Mayor Tony Fraser by just over 860 votes, according to unofficial results reported by Cornwall Newswatch. In North Glengarry, Mayor Jamie MacDonald was re-elected with 2,353 votes, about 51 per cent, while Elizabeth Caddell defeated incumbent Deputy Mayor Carma Williams, 1,877 to 1,433, Cornwall Seaway News reports; turnout there was about 48 per cent. In South Dundas, Mayor Jason Broad won a second term and Bill Ewing beat incumbent Deputy Mayor Marc St. Pierre by 24 votes. South Stormont voters elected Susan Clarke, Reid McIntyre and Matthew Tinker to council, joining acclaimed Mayor Andrew Guindon, while in South Glengarry former mayor Lyle Warden returns to council alongside acclaimed Mayor Martin Lang. All of these results are unofficial. Sources: Cornwall Newswatch, Cornwall Seaway News (North Glengarry) and Cornwall Seaway News (South Stormont).
Akwesasne mourns knowledge keeper Eddie Gray; MCA offices open late today
The Mohawk Council of Akwesasne has extended condolences on the passing of Eddie Gray, a respected knowledge keeper and traditional medicine practitioner. Gray worked with the council’s Traditional Medicines Program from 1997 until his retirement, leading medicine walks and workshops and helping young people connect with their culture. For about 35 years he represented the Turtle Clan on the Traditional Council of Chiefs of the Iroquois Confederacy, and MCA Executive Director Shannon Roundpoint said his legacy “reaches so broadly across an entire community.” So staff can attend his funeral services, MCA offices are opening at 1 p.m. today, Tuesday, October 27, while the Traditional Medicines Program and the Mohawk Government Office are closed for the day. AMBE schools and 24-hour facilities remain open on their regular schedules. Sources: Mohawk Council of Akwesasne (condolences) and Mohawk Council of Akwesasne (office hours).
Carney says he is open to abolishing the Indian Act
Prime Minister Mark Carney says Canada should move past the Indian Act, and when asked about abolishing it, he said, “I’m very open to that,” The Canadian Press reports. Carney says he will direct his ministers to work with First Nations on the issue, which could lead to reforming the Act or scrapping it altogether. The comments came around a closed-door First Nations-First Ministers meeting scheduled for Monday in Ottawa, the first such gathering of First Nations leaders, the prime minister and premiers since the 2005 Kelowna meeting, according to The Canadian Press. Ahead of the meeting, Assembly of First Nations National Chief Cindy Woodhouse Nepinak said leaders did not want it to be “one-and-done.” Any move to replace or rewrite the Act would matter to First Nations communities across the country, including Akwesasne. Sources: The Canadian Press (via CTV News) and The Canadian Press (via CP24).
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