Montreal QC – On October 17th, in St. Peter’s Square, the Church formally recognized Montreal’s Brother André Bessette (1845-1937) as a Saint of God. An estimated 2,000 or so Canadians flew to Rome to join other pilgrims for this joyous event. Somewhat closer to home, on October 30th, Montreal’s Olympic Stadium witnessed some 45,000 pilgrims [...]
Cornwall ON- It’s that time for all of the creepy little goblins and pretty little princesses to make their way through the streets taking treats or dishing out tricks! Halloween is my favorite holiday and I hope that all of you have a safe and happy Halloween! Make sure those costumes are bright and [...]
Cornwall ON – Mr Markov’s return, to home ice was a bit anti-climactic as the Habs fell to the lowly Florida Panthers 3-1. It wasn’t for lack of shots as Montreal out shot the Panthers 41-31. They evened the score in the second 1-1, but the Jaroslav Spacek pulled down David Booth which resulted [...]
The federal government has tabled new legislation with respect to refugees and has, once again, completely missed the mark. Now, I know, it is easy to sit on the sidelines and make judgements but, really, this latest Conservative initiative can best be described as an avoidance of taking responsible action. There are very simple steps [...]
Newington ON - Are the Counties NUTS? What on earth justifies a $8000.00 a year increase? This past October the Counties passed a by-law increasing the honorarium for the Wardens position from $19,159 to $27,000 that’s almost an $8,000 increase. Members of Council will receive an honorarium of $10,000 from what use to be $8,515, basically $1,500 more, [...]
Cornwall ON – Autumn is here again and once more it’s time to gear up for the highest of high holidays on the LGBT calendar. Pride/Fierté Cornwall will be marking it with the 2010 edition of their annual Halloween Hullabaloo on Saturday, October 30th. They’ll be back at the Spotlight Hall and Conference Centre at [...]
Cornwall ON – If you look at the back right-hand side of a Canadian $10 bill, you will see an old veteran standing at attention near the Ottawa war memorial. His name is Robert Metcalfe and he died last month at the age of 90. That he managed to live to that age is rather [...]
Cornwall ON -In contrast to most of the province, especially Ottawa, Toronto voters opted for the extreme right for the next four years. . Rob Ford, the renegade councillor from Etobicoke, handily beat runner-up and former provincial cabinet minister George Smitherman. . Ford took 383,501 votes (47.1%) compared to Smitherman’s 289,832 votes (35.6%). Third place [...]
Cornwall ON – How bad can a defense be when Alex Auld can get a win in net as the Montreal Canadiens back up got last night in Montreal’s 3-1 victory over the New York Islanders? Benoit Pouliot, Tomas Plekanec, and Travis Moen hit the back of the net for Montreal. Hal Gill took [...]
Cornwall ON – ARTpreneur is hosting “Network Sizzler”, a wine and cheese event, on November 5th from 4:30 pm to 7:00 pm at Nav Canada for $10.00. The event will give attendees an opportunity to meet with the special line-up of guests scheduled for the ARTpreneur conference. Those attending the entire ARTpreneur conference will be [...]
Cornwall ON – The Water Efficiency Team (W.E.T.) has been actively providing educational materials and in home support for local residents over the past few months again this past summer and have attained their goal. One hundred and fifty-five (155) homes throughout Stormont, Dundas & Glengarry, Prescott & Russell and parts of the City of [...]
Cornwall ON – Matt Cain put the San Francisco Giants two games away from their first World Series win since 1954. They say pitching and defense win World Series and it looks like the San Francisco Giants are proving just that with a team that’s very different than the Barry Bonds era teams the put [...]
Cornwall ON – Happy Birthday Winona Horowitz or as most of us know her Ryder. Angst filled star of the 80′s and 90′s in such classics as Heathers, Edward Scissorhands (while engaged to co-star Johnny Depp), Beeteljuice, and Great Balls of Fire. She also acted in main stream Hollywood fare like Francis Ford Coppola’s [...]
Cornwall ON – Not only did Alex “Big Dawg” Kovalev score a goal, but the Ottawa Senators won a game defeating 5-3. Daniel Alfredsson, Mike Fisher, Milan Michalek, and Zack Smith also scored. Tim Thomas shut out the Maple Leafs 2-0 in Bean Town. The Leafs have now fallen to 5-3-1 for the [...]
Cornwall ON – Green Party support according to the latest EKOS poll done for the CBC shows support for the Elizabeth May led party up over 10% rising from 10.4 to 11.6 Nationally. The Conservatives edged down while the Liberals held their own. Here in SD&SG support is also on the rise with party memberships [...]
Cornwall ON – Limewire, the music sharing service has been shut down by Court injunction. After losing a copyright infringement case several months ago the writing was on the wall for the pioneer in music sharing technology. LINK “disappointed with this turn of events.” “We are extremely proud of our pioneering history and have, [...]
Cornwall ON – It’s Nissan’s turn in the recall world as over 2 million of their cars have been recalled world wide. LINK The car company said that the recall was due to a faulty engine control system. Among the models being recalled are the Cube, March, Tida and six other models. The problem leads [...]
Cornwall ON – There was little surprise in Ottawa last night as the election results rolled in – out with Larry O’Brien, and in with Jim Watson. Throughout the mayoral campaign, there has been little doubt as to the outcome. Since 2006, when Larry O’Brien took over the mayor’s seat, controversy has reigned. For example, [...]
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