We’re very lucky in Canada, but the world today is a very small marble. When our neighbor to the South bleeds we tend to get splashed. In Europe now when a country like Greece goes through major economic mess, Germany and the rest of Europe get to help payContinue Reading
RBC provides $25,000 to Cornwall After-School Program RBC Olympian Karen Blachford will bring Olympic greetings to children at Tri-County Literacy Council CORNWALL, February 18, 2010 — RBC will help bring Olympic spirit to Cornwall through an After-School Grant presentation to the Tri-County Literacy Council with RBC Olympian Karen Blachford. TheContinue Reading
Cornwall City Councilor and unofficial Mayoralty candidate Mark MacDonald sent in another report and video from the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympic games where he is volunteering. httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t3xYaJNvmOE “The streets in Vancouver are alive with action. They estimate about 150,000 people a night at Robson and Granville. This is a video showing the crowdsContinue Reading
Brian Rafalski led Team USA to a 5-3 victory over his former Team mate Martin Brodeur with two goals and Canada’s Men’s Hockey team. The US scored early and often in the fast paced game; one of the greatest ever scene in Olympic hockey. Other US goals were by C.Continue Reading
83 year old Jean Alexander is being brought out of retirement to play legendary Coronation Street character Hilda Ogden to help celebrate the 50th Anniversary of the long time British Soap. LINK As the show battles its rival East Enders for ratings supremacy no stones are going unturned inContinue Reading
Could Dolphins be a clue in the pursuit of a cure for Type II Diabetes? I never knew Dolphins were the only other mammal to develop type 2 diabetes? LINK American scientists have discovered that bottlenosed dolphins show a form of insulin resistance very similar to that seen inContinue Reading
So how many of you picked Jaro in your Olympic Hockey Pool? The Habs property and number one goalie is building his legend one game at a time as Slovakia impressed Olympic viewers with another strong performance. The big game today is on at 4:30 EST when Canada takesContinue Reading
Wow, complaining about Coronation street; what are those US Americans thinking? The joys and pleasures of a Sunday morning romp through the week’s shows or simply catching up each evening on your local CBC affiliate. We have satellite and even have the option of watching it on different stationsContinue Reading
People with a lot of money who get an itch usually find a way to get it scratched. Tiger Woods is doing the “mea culpa, mea culpa” exercise right now. His career is at stake and he has a team of professionals guiding him through this morass fromContinue Reading
The SDG Food Council, sponsor of the SDG Farm Fresh food directory (www.sdgfarmfresh.com), invites you to a constructive workshop on an SDG local food movement with Wayne Roberts from the Toronto Food Policy Council (TFPC). Dr. Wayne Robert’s is the author of “The No-Nonsense Guide to World Food” and aContinue Reading
Congrats to director Lori Taylor and all of the team that have worked to make this program work here in Cornwall Ontario! The performance is completely sold out and Ms Taylor reported in that the team is mulling adding a second performance. We’ll be covering more about the eventContinue Reading
What is New of Environmental Note about Town? Our wonderful cherished wetland sanctuary Cooper Marsh is hosting a fund raising event March 13-14 from 1 to 9 p.m. at The Visitor Centre. This will be a family friendly event which will have something of interest for the children and adults.Continue Reading
I chat with Thom Racine every now and again. The man loves hockey. He bleeds hockey. He coaches hockey. He collects hockey. We both belong to the Cornwall & Regional Writer’s Society and I was suggesting an interview of Thom when he mentioned that he was recently interviewed byContinue Reading
UPDATE – We’ve updated this story as apparently the original quote in the original story may have been inaccurate. We’ll try and arrange an interview with the Doctor to clarify the issue further. A report in the Standard Free-Holder by David Nesseth suggests that Cornwall Ontario residents live seven lessContinue Reading
Shawn and Lily are very busy people. Bugaboo’s House of Pets has been open just a little more than a year and they keep adding and growing their locally owned business. They carry a full line of pet food along with the widest selection of Birds in Cornwall. Continue Reading
Michael Edelson is no stranger to court rooms defending alleged murderers, and has been retained by Colonel Russell Williams who appeared in a Belleville Ontario court yesterday. Colonel Williams was only relieved of his command yesterday and will still receive his salary unless convicted . If found guilty Colonel WilliamsContinue Reading
In a huge upset Slovakia beat the star studded Russian National team 2-1. The Montreal Canadiens on Jaroslav Halak stole a game saving 35 shots in the victory. Marty Brodeur picked up his first Olympic Win in Canada’s 3-2 shoot out victory over Switzerland. It was a night of nearContinue Reading
Why coalitions rarely happen The two main parties in Canadian federal politics, the Conservatives and the Liberals, maintain their images of power through singular identities. Stand-alone leadership is what defines the Liberals and Conservatives as main parties. Both main parties secretly fear joining coalitions because it dilutes their image asContinue Reading
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