Cornwall council defers discussion aimed at ceasing train whistles

Many residents of Cornwall know the familiar sound of trains passing through the city railway from their droning whistles and echoes of wheels vibrating against the tracks.Coun. Denis Sabourin, with support from Coun. Claude McIntosh, made a motion encouraging the city to petition the Canadian National Railway and Via Rail to cease the sounding of train whistles at some crossings in the city , specifically at Boundary Road, Nick Kaneb Drive, Tollgate Road West, and Power Dam Drive. The petition