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	Inquiry Offices in Weave Shed Shut down By Kevin Lajoie Standard-Freeholder February 3, 2010 http://www.standard-freeholder.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=2385058 CANADA -- The hearings have wrapped up, the final report has been tabled, and now, the lights have been turned off for good on the Cornwall Public Inquiry. The process of emptying out and closing up the inquiry offices inside the weave shed on Cotton Mill Street was officially completed on Monday, an inquiry official confirmed. "It's all said and done," said inquiry media relations advisor Joan Weinman. Following the release of the final report in December, inquiry staff set out to close up the office. Phone and Internet lines were disconnected and office furniture and computers were offered to other government ministries, with the remaining equipment being shipped to a government warehouse in Toronto, Weinman said. Meanwhile, the voluminous amount of records and paperwork associated with the inquiry were transferred to the Archives of Ontario in Toronto for preservation. Weinman said there were some copies of the final report that were left over from the Dec. 15 release date, and they were delivered to the local Sexual Assault Support Services office. Established by the provincial government on April 14, 2005, the Cornwall Public Inquiry spanned nearly four years and 345 hearing days, making it one of the longest-running inquiry's in the province's history. The final tab for the commission is expected to surpass the $50-million mark. Contact: KLAJOIE@STANDARD-FREEHOLDER.COM
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