through the midsts of the trees spider webs crawl fire flies flit last ebbs of snow fall worms crawl through the earth searching for the sun answers unknown answers never known only hopeContinue Reading
Cornwall ON – Joseph Goebbels is considered a great propagandist and one of the tenets he practiced, not invented as many think, is that if you tell a lie often enough it starts to become the truth. The Ottawa Citizen managed to get all four of our Federal Candidates toContinue Reading
Cornwall ON – Eugene Melnyk, owner of the Ottawa Senators rewarded GM Bryan Murray with a new 3 year contract. Interesting concept. There are some teams where GM’s are in charge, and others where the owner has a lot of input. Think George Steinbrenner. The 68 year old MurrayContinue Reading
Cornwall ON – Elizabeth May took a few moments to visit party faithful in Cornwall Ontario Friday April 8th on her way to her Democracy rally in Montreal. The Greens nationally and locally are facing a slew of challenges included being excluded from the National Televised Candidates debate to Mr.WalshContinue Reading
Queens Park ON –Nurse Practitioners (NPs) may soon be able to admit and discharge patients from hospital, helping to make the health system more efficient and saving time for patients. The province is proposing changes to the Public Hospitals Act to give NPs the authority to admit and dischargeContinue Reading
Cornwall ON – L’Assemblée de la francophonie de l’Ontario (AFO) accueille favorablement le budget ontarien présenté le 29 mars dernier par le gouvernement McGuinty. L’AFO est plus particulièrement contente des annonces dans les domaines de la santé, de l’éducation, de la culture et des arts, ainsi que de l’agriculture. Mais,Continue Reading
Morrisburg ON – Thirty (30) youth between the ages of 18 and 25 and fifteen (15) Aboriginal youth will soon begin training in Morrisburg to become heavy equipment apprentices thanks to an investment of $428,605 from the Ministry of Training, Colleges and Universities. . The Operating Engineers Training Institute of Ontario (OETIO)Continue Reading
Cornwall ON- It’s showtime! Saturday April 9, 2011 an event is going to take place. The 2011 Mayor’s Spring Celebration of the Arts. Join Mayor Bob Kilger at Aultsville Theatre for a celebration of local talent! Concert followed by an Arts Reception and Silent Auction Hosted by well-knownContinue Reading
”Nouvelles en français avec David Grégoire” Cornwall ON – Douze élèves de l’école secondaire catholique La Citadelle ont visité le monde d’Ulysse et d’Homère, la Grèce, du 12 au 21 mars. Les participantes étaient accompagnées de Marie-Andrée Ouimet, enseignante et coordonnatrice des voyages en Europe, et d’Hélène Cormier, enseignante etContinue Reading
Cornwall ON – At least one Federal leader is visiting Cornwall Ontario during the election campaign. Elizabeth May, leader of the Green Party of Canada will have a whistle stop visit at approximately 10:45 AM Friday April 8th. Ms May is enroute to Montreal for a major rally forContinue Reading
Dear Editor – Recently the Federal PC. government ” Harper ” expressed the desire to rid the country of the Metric system . This idea interests me because I am a leading expert on the Metric measure . I would like to see your paper invite the Local candidates running in theContinue Reading
Cornwall ON – So what is Stephen Harper afraid of? And what are his team afraid of? His media bubble reminds me of the Cone of Silence from the Buck Henry TV show, Get Smart. Why would you hide from Canadian voters? Jean Chretien certainly was never afraid of Canadians.Continue Reading
Cornwall ON – It’s almost time for 4:20 2011. There’s a tradition growing that people go to Parliament Hill to celebrate peacefully and help create debate about the legalization of Marijuana. Last year Spanner McNeil was present and this is a re-publication of his coverage from Cannabis Culture.Continue Reading
Cornwall ON – Geez I’m po’d this morning! I’m supposed to be playing hooky today and heading off for a day trip to get away from everything. It’s not easy running a newspaper with our shoestring budgets 🙂 I haven’t had a real day off in over twoContinue Reading
Dorval QC – Like so many others I missed out on the theme of WASH week I learned that W.A.S.H. stands for World Action on Salt and Health. In the United States the increase in salt consumption has been accompanied by an increase in obesity and higher bloodContinue Reading
It’s said we have the governments we deserve. Do we deserve our current government in Ottawa? Should we re-elect it on May 2nd? Here’s a checklist of its record on key issues: Managing the economy: $56 billion deficit, largest in Canadian history Spending: $30 billion planned for stealthContinue Reading
Cornwall ON – I tell you Elaine MacDonald is one tough interview. Not because she’s difficult or hard to chat with; on the contrary she’s easy to talk with and accessible which I wish more politicians were in this area. She wears so many hats thought it’s tough to sometimes know whichContinue Reading
Cornwall ON – In his bid for Mayor in the Municipal election here in Cornwall Ontario Mark A Macdonald said one of his goals was to help grow the population of Cornwall Ontario and in his bid to win the Liberal nomination in the upcoming Provincial election he’s still lookingContinue Reading