Cornwall Ontario City Councilor Bernadette Clement Takes Official Leave for her Run for MP in SD&SG Ontario – March 28, 2011
Cornwall ON – Cornwall Ontario City Councilor announced tonight that she will be taking leave from Council to focus on her run for the Federal Election. Ms Clement is the Liberal Candidate and stated that she will not be participating further until after the results of the May 2, 2011 Election.
MPP Jim Brownell and Pearson Canada Donate Live Ink, Grade 9 English to Grade 9 Students of Rothwell Osnabruck School – March 28, 2011
Ingleside ON – Today, MPP Jim Brownell and Pearson Canada presented Live Ink for Grade 9 English to the Grade 9 students of Rothwell Osnabruck School. This brand-new educational resource includes print and digital resources that provide students with access to content in ways that are familiar and preferred. Pearson Canada is a member of [...]
Take Our Poll – Is Mr. Harper Being a Hypocrite Over Coalitions? – March 28, 2011 – Cornwall Ontario
Cornwall ON – Is Prime Minister Harper changing his tune when it comes to coalition governments in Canada? So far the Harper Government has come out swinging trying to inveigle Canadians that if they don’t vote Conservative the other parties will team up and form a coalition as if that would be akin to eating [...]
Founding Member of Royal Canadian Air Farce, Roger Abbott, Succumbs to Leukemia at 64 – March 28, 2011 – Cornwall Ontario
Cornwall ON – Canadians are stunned and saddened at the passing of Canadian Air Farce funny man Roger Abbott at the age of 64. I know that Air Farce is better known for the ageless CBC television shows, but I grew up listening to Air Farce on the radio; especially when I worked in what [...]
Your Daily Throwayz’ by Jay Schwartz – March 28, 2011 – Cornwall Ontario 12
Cornwall ON – Here is your daily Throwayz’ Comic strip by Jay Schwartz. Please CLICK the strip to enlarge it.
Earth Matters by Jacqueline Milner – Earth Hour 2011 – March 28, 2011 – Cornwall Ontario
Cornwall ON – Well Earth Hour has come and gone and many people are feeling really good about taking a step forward to help our Earth. During this hour I looked into the darkness around our neighborhood and many houses had their lights on. A big thumbs up for everyone who participated. A step forward [...]
Robert Ede of Thornhill Ontario Calls for 36 Days of Rage Over Federal Election – March 28, 2011
Thornhill ON – The GG had three options on March 26/11. He could have refused Mr Harper and called upon someone else he believed could curry the confidence of the Lower House, or, reserved his decision for a few days to allow input from All-the-Talents under his Executive Power (the Appointed-for-Life Privy Councillors starting with ‘the Dean’, 1957-appointed, Paul [...]
Dear Tony Clement – Please Make Sure the CRTC Does Not Allow Usage Based Billing. Death to UBB! – March 27, 2011
Cornwall ON – UBB. The CRTC is being lobbied by the Internet Carriers to have caps on your bandwidth and charge exorbinant amounts of money over and above. Where it might cost less than 1 cent to deliver a gigabyte of data some carriers like Bell or Cogeco want to charge as much as [...]
Harper Conservatives Don’t Understand Meaning of “Contempt” by Kevin Parkinson – March 27, 2011
Cornwall ON – The gamesmanship and follies at our Canadian parliament came to a halt last week, as the opposition parties gave the Conservative government their marching orders on a vote of non-confidence, based on a motion of “contempt”. The Opposition parties, leveraged by the Speaker’s ruling believe that the Conservatives have withheld vital information [...]
Of Attack Ads and Coalitions – Editorial by Jamie Gilcig – March 27, 2011 – Cornwall Ontario
Cornwall ON – The bell has been rung and the horses have left the gate. All across Canada the daggers are being aimed. It’s beyond partisan politics as well. The reality is that attack ads really do work. Good attack ads work really well. Here is one of the most successful attack ads I’ve [...]
View From the Hill by Keith Beardsley – Iggy’s Clever Twist of a Word – March 27, 2011
Ottawa ON – An interesting choice of words from the Liberal leader, but people who follow politics know that politicians chose their words very carefully. That one sentence allows Ignatieff considerable wiggle room should he wish to form a government with the support of either the NDP or the Bloc or both. “I will not [...]
Akwesasne Warriors Defeat New York Aviators to Win First Federal Hockey League Championship! 5-2 – March 27, 2011
Akwesasne Mohawk Territory – For teams to win big their stars have to come through in the big games and last night Pierre Dagenais didn’t dissipoint scoring 2 goals and an assist in the Akwesasne Warriors win which made them the first Championship team in Federal Hockey league history! The former Hab had 10 shots [...]
Redcliff Realty Owned Cornwall Square Shopping Mall Refused to Allow SD&SG Green Party Candidate Entrance – March 26, 2011
Cornwall ON – Green Party of SD&SG Ontario Candidate Mr. Wyatt Walsh was expelled from the Redcliff Realty owned Cornwall Square shopping centre early Saturday on the first day of active campaigning. Police had to be brought into the matter and Chris Savard, a former city councilor and failed PC Provincial candidate had to be [...]
JL Computers – 164 Pitt Street in Cornwall Ontario has a Monitor for you! – March 26, 2011
Cornwall ON – JL Computers, 164 Pitt Street in Downtown Cornwall has some very special offers on a new batch of Monitors that have arrived just in time for Spring! 23 inch diagonal LG for only $225.00! Imagine plugging your new Netbook into a big 23 inch monitor to play those games or watch the [...]
Akwesasne Warriors One Game Away from First Ever Federal Hockey League Championship! – March 26, 2011
Akwesasne Mohawk Territory – Tonight has all the ingredients of being a very special night for Basem Awwad and his team, the Akwesasne Warriors who are now one game away from winning the first championship of the Federal Hockey League. The New York Aviators fended off a sweep Friday beating the Warriors 6-3. I [...]
Letter to the Editor – John Milnes of South Stormont Ontario Pleads to Not Vote for Stephen Harper’s Government – March 26, 2011
So, the Conservatives decided they wanted to go to the electorate and, typically, did not have the integrity to do things in a direct manner. They brought down a budget knowing that none of the opposition parties {Harper’s vision of a Coalition] could possibly accept it. The Finance Minister said very positively there was no room for negotiation. [...]
Small Business Incubator in Cornwall Ontario? Why Not? Editorial by Jamie Gilcig – March 26, 2011
Cornwall ON – For a few years now I’ve been talking Micro-Commerce and Incubation for small business in the city I live in, Cornwall Ontario. Recently I ran a story about 19 businesses that shuttered since the holiday and that the plight of many more are in peril. I have talked with a lot of [...]
South Stormont Deputy Mayor Tammy Hart Drops Her Support for Stasko Brothers Canadian Bio-Pellet Plant – March 26, 2011
Long Sault ON – South Stormont Deputy Mayor Tammy Hart surprised her council counterparts by announcing Wednesday night that she could no longer support the proposed Canadian Bio Pellet plant set to be built in Ingleside Ontario. The evening started out well enough with South Stormont receiving a cheque for $5,000 from Budget propane. But [...]
