Today marks 50 years since the green-and-white flag representing Ontario’s French-language community was first created.

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While rainy and wet conditions led to the cancellation of the annual flag-raising ceremony in Lamoureux Park and parade down Montreal Road, Cornwall’s francophone high schools still honoured this cultural heritage indoors.

“Today is a really big celebration,” said Association canadienne‑française de l’Ontario — Stormont Dundas Glengarry (ACFO-SDG) francophone coordinator Cassandra McElhone. “We’re celebrating our cultural roots, our history and the 50th anniversary of the Franco-Ontarian flag.”

Typically, the student body from both schools are joined by students from some Cornwall elementary schools for a march down Montreal Road and a flag-raisi

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