Home » May, 2011 Entries posted on “May, 2011”

Earth Matters by Jacqueline Milner – No-Dig Gardening? – May 31, 2011 – Cornwall Ontario

Earth Matters by Jacqueline Milner – No-Dig Gardening? – May 31, 2011 – Cornwall Ontario

Cornwall ON – Yes it is possible.  I attended a “No Dig Gardening Workshop” this week-end organized by All Things Food Bouffe 360’s own Dana Kittle and presented by Karen Carrière. . Carrière has incorporated real, measurable changes in her life to insure she is making the most of all the resources she has available [...]

May 31 2011 | Posted in Earth Matters, GREEN News, Headlines, News, Opinion | Read More »

Mark A MacDonald Hand Delivers his Paperwork and Announces Family BBQ for June 13th at Lamoureux Parc!

Mark A MacDonald Hand Delivers his Paperwork and Announces Family BBQ for June 13th at Lamoureux Parc!

Toronto ON – Liberal hopeful Mark A MacDonald made it  official.   He hand delivered his final membership forms to the Ontario Liberal Party HQ. He also released the following:   I’m expecting a large turnout and people I talk to want to make sure that we work hard to protect all the gains we’ve made [...]

May 31 2011 | Posted in 2011 Ontario Provincial Election, Announcements, Community, Cornwall, Eastern Ontario Politics, Entertainment, Headlines, News, Ontario, Ontario Provincial Politics, Politics, What's Going On | Read More »

Eastern Ontario Health Unit adds Two New Public Health Nursing Positions – May 31, 2011

Eastern Ontario Health Unit adds Two New Public Health Nursing Positions – May 31, 2011

Cornwall ON – Ontario is creating two new public health nursing positions in the Eastern Ontario Health Unit.  The new nurses will help the Eastern Ontario Health Unit to better deliver targeted services to priority populations in the community. . Using a broad range of skills, such as counselling, teaching, advocacy and community development, the nurses will [...]

May 31 2011 | Posted in Announcements, Community, Cornwall, Headlines, Health & Wellness, News, Ontario | Read More »

Succès pour le Dîner-échanges! – Nouvelles en français avec David Grégoire – Cornwall Ontario

Succès pour le Dîner-échanges! – Nouvelles en français avec David Grégoire – Cornwall Ontario

Cornwall ON – Près de 75 personnes ont pris part au dîner-échanges du 27 mai dernier à la salle des Chevaliers de Colomb de Cornwall. Les invités ont pu écouter l’invité d’honneur, Fernand Hamelin, président du CA de l’Hôpital communautaire de Cornwall, tout en dégustant un succulent repas comme toujours! Lors de sa conférence, M. [...]

May 31 2011 | Posted in Community, Cornwall, Headlines, News, Ontario | Read More »

Ask Captain Dan! Ask Your Questions About Flying – Turbulence – May 31, 2011

Ask Captain Dan!  Ask Your Questions About Flying – Turbulence – May 31, 2011

Toronto ON – Pilot Dan Baz is answering your flying questions here on the Cornwall Free News. If you have a question about flying you can email Captain Dan or post below. Question While flying through turbulent air, the Captain said that he was looking for smooth air.  What did he mean by that? . [...]

May 31 2011 | Posted in Ask Captain Dan, Headlines, News, Opinion | Read More »

Nouveau partenariat à l’école Saint-Gabriel! – Nouvelles en français avec David Grégoire – Cornwall Ontario

Nouveau partenariat à l’école Saint-Gabriel! – Nouvelles en français avec David Grégoire – Cornwall Ontario

Cornwall ON – L’école élémentaire catholique Saint-Gabriel, à Cornwall, offrira dès septembre 2011 un nouveau programme récréatif le matin, soit de 7h30 à 9h, en collaboration avec le Club Garçons et Filles de Cornwall. Tous les écoliers francophones de Cornwall, de la maternelle à la 6e année, auront accès à ce nouveau service! Les jeunes participeront à [...]

May 31 2011 | Posted in Community, Cornwall, Headlines, News | Read More »

Des mathématiques en famille! – Nouvelles en français avec David Grégoire – Cornwall Ontario

Des mathématiques en famille! – Nouvelles en français avec David Grégoire – Cornwall Ontario

Cornwall ON – Les élèves du jardin de l’École élémentaire catholique Marie-Tanguay ont eu la chance de participer récemment à des soirées de mathématiques en famille. Celles-ci étaient animées par le personnel du programme Partir d’un bon pas. Les parents ont appris toutes sortes de stratégies qu’ils pourront par la suite utiliser avec leur enfant dans [...]

May 31 2011 | Posted in Headlines, News | Read More »

Bruins Beat Up Lightning in Game 7 as Whistles put away – 1-0 Shut Out for Tim Thomas – May 28, 2011

Bruins Beat Up Lightning in Game 7 as Whistles put away – 1-0 Shut Out for Tim Thomas – May 28, 2011

Cornwall ON – As much as I dislike the Boston Bruins and what they have stood for I have a lot of heart for Tim Thomas who notched a game 7 shut out in what was typical Bruins hockey. With the refs putting away the whistles the Lightning never had a chance and Boston jumped [...]

May 28 2011 | Posted in Headlines, News, NHL | Read More »

Canada’s Supreme Court Enters the Bedroom – Precedent setting case clouds consent – May 28, 2011 – Cornwall Ontario

Canada’s Supreme Court Enters the Bedroom – Precedent setting case clouds consent – May 28, 2011 – Cornwall Ontario

Cornwall ON – The Supreme court has entered the Canadian boudoir and ruled on  the type of case that you generally don’t see at the Supreme Court of Canada…or any country. The ruling determines that you can’t have sex without consent which is an easy one to understand, but it’s where the courts are going [...]

May 28 2011 | Posted in Crime, Headlines, News | Read More »

L’église Sainte-Croix à Cornwall reste ouverte – Nouvelles en français avec David Grégoire – Cornwall Ontario

L’église Sainte-Croix à Cornwall reste ouverte – Nouvelles en français avec David Grégoire – Cornwall Ontario

Cornwall ON – Suite à une pétition de la part d’un paroissien de Sainte-Croix, dans l’est de Cornwall, et de fortes pressions de la part de d’autres paroissiens et citoyens de la même ville, l’église Sainte-Croix ne ferme plus ses portes, pour l’instant. En effet, Monseigneur Paul-André Durocher, du diocèse d’Alexandria-Cornwall, a annoncé récemment un moratoire [...]

May 27 2011 | Posted in Community, Cornwall, Headlines, News, Ontario | Read More »

La bosse des sciences à l’école Le Relais! – Nouvelles en français avec David Grégoire – Cornwall Ontario

La bosse des sciences à l’école Le Relais! – Nouvelles en français avec David Grégoire – Cornwall Ontario

Cornwall ON – Huit élèves de l’École secondaire catholique Le Relais ont gagné la 1ère position et la 2e position, dans leur catégorie respective, lors de la 7e édition des Olympiades de la résolution de problèmes, à l’école secondaire catholique L’Escale de Rockland, le 11 mai. En tout, une cinquantaine d’étudiants ont participé à cet [...]

May 27 2011 | Posted in Community, Cornwall, Headlines, News, Ontario | Read More »

View From the Hill by Keith Beardsley – House of Commons Decorum – May 27, 2011

View From the Hill by Keith Beardsley – House of Commons Decorum – May 27, 2011

Ottawa ON – In an out-going interview, former House of Commons Speaker Peter Milliken pointed to the advent of minority government in 2004 as the key point from which civility in the House of Commons began to deteriorate. I would go further back to 1984 and the arrival of the then Liberal “Rat Pack.” Their [...]

May 27 2011 | Posted in FEDERAL Politics, Headlines, News, Opinion, Politics, View from the Hill | Read More »

Police Blotter & Crime Round Up for the Cornwall Ontario Area – CRTF Cigarette Bust – May 27, 2011

Police Blotter & Crime Round Up for the Cornwall Ontario Area – CRTF Cigarette Bust – May 27, 2011

Cornwall ON – Here’s the latest news from the various local law enforcement agencies in the Cornwall Ontario area for Friday May 27, 2011. POLICE SERVICES ACT – Douglas Thompson Matter Cornwall, Ont. – June 1st has been scheduled as a date for the Hearings to receive motions from the defense in regards to gaining [...]

May 27 2011 | Posted in Crime, Headlines, News | Read More »

Elaine MacDonald announces run for NDP Ontario nomination in Stormont, Dundas, & South Glengarry – May 27, 2011

Elaine MacDonald announces run for NDP Ontario nomination in Stormont, Dundas, & South Glengarry – May 27, 2011

Cornwall ON –  In what has been one of the least possible surprising announcements, Cornwall Ontario City councilor Elaine MacDonald announced today that she will be seeking the NDP provincial nomination for the SD&SG Ontario riding. Currently Jim McDonell is the Progressive Conservative candidate while the Liberals decide on their man on June 13th. Ms [...]

May 27 2011 | Posted in 2011 Ontario Provincial Election, Headlines, News, Ontario Provincial Politics, Politics | Read More »

Province of Ontario Makes Water Infrastructure Investments in Stormont, Dundas, and South Glengarry – May 27, 2011

Province of Ontario Makes Water Infrastructure Investments in Stormont, Dundas, and South Glengarry – May 27, 2011

Long Sault ON – Stormont – Dundas – South Glengarry will get additional help in order for families to continue to have access to clean, safe, reliable water and affordable wastewater services. To modernize and improve Stormont – Dundas – South Glengarry’s aging infrastructure, the province is supporting the community.  With support from the province, North Dundas will improve [...]

May 27 2011 | Posted in Announcements, Community, Eastern Ontario Politics, Headlines, News, Ontario, Ontario Provincial Politics, Politics | Read More »

Montreal Pet Shelters Going to the Dogs…and Cats – May 27, 2011 – Cornwall Ontario

Montreal Pet Shelters Going to the Dogs…and Cats – May 27, 2011 – Cornwall Ontario

Cornwall ON – Montreal is going to the dogs…and cats…It’s not the ill kept roads, like Highway 20 where I had a chunk of  roadway flipped up into my windshield causing the uproar, or the traffic jams, language issues, and ridiculous parking costs downtown that have people up in arms, but  people from across the city [...]

May 27 2011 | Posted in Community, Headlines, Montreal, News, Quebec | Read More »

Letter to the Editor – Mario Leclerc: THE BIG BLUE MACHINE STILL LAUGHS AT OUR DEMOCRACY – I’VE HAD ENOUGH! – May 27, 2011

Letter to the Editor – Mario Leclerc: THE BIG BLUE MACHINE STILL LAUGHS AT OUR DEMOCRACY – I’VE HAD ENOUGH! – May 27, 2011

Two weeks after the May 2 federal election, Stephen Harper appointed three defeated Conservative candidates to the Senate on the sly: former intergovernmental affairs minister Josée Verner, Larry Smith and Fabian Manning. They were all rejected by the voters, and yet were called upon – against the public’s will – to sit in the Senate. [...]

May 27 2011 | Posted in FEDERAL Politics, Headlines, Letters to the Editor, News, Opinion, Politics | Read More »

Police State Proposal by Tim “Cool Hand Luke” Hudak – Is it really Timmy Time? – May 26, 2011

Police State Proposal by Tim “Cool Hand Luke” Hudak – Is it really Timmy Time? – May 26, 2011

Cornwall ON – Tim “Cool Hand Luke” Hudak has just announced that if given the controls of power of Ontario that he’d force inmates to work. Essentially Mr. Hudak feels that inmates have way too good a time hanging out in prison where they can take up such activities as ““Freeing the Human Spirit” yoga [...]

May 26 2011 | Posted in Crime, Headlines, News, Ontario Provincial Politics, Politics | Read More »

Coffey's Coffee