Cornwall Ontario City Councilor Mary Ann Hug was not a happy woman last night. She wasn’t happy with the report from city administration regarding Richmond Drive and scored point after point addressing issues like noise pollution; diesel fumes, flying rocks and small debris in addition to the blasting, and rumblingContinue Reading
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NBC has bowed to pressure and bumped late night icon and car collector Jay Leno from their 10PM time slot. LINK “Mr. Gaspin said he hoped to move Leno to 11:35 p.m., “The Tonight Show with Conan O’Brien” to 12:05 a.m., and “Late Night with Jimmy Fallon” to 1:05 a.m.,Continue Reading
Tom Manley hosted a lovely evening at his own homestead this past Saturday evening. Featured were fine fresh foods from local producers, some amazing local wine, and Beau’s Brew. Even the coffee had a local flavour as the beans were freshly roasted locally from Reg Coffey of Coffey’sContinue Reading
There were a lot of passengers in the Habs 2-1 loss to New Jersey. They actually out shot the Devils, but to no avail. Marty Brodeur notches another win and the team gets to regroup while Bob Gainey gets to make decisions about what it will take to pull thisContinue Reading
A Wedding is usually the most important day of our lives. It’s a beginning of a magical & special journey. Nothing frosts the cake better than the perfect wedding band. With that in mind Andre Pommier and his team are participating this weekend at the Wedding Palace Bridal Show inContinue Reading
December Cornwall Job report by Roger Sauve – Pretty good news overall Statistics Canada release January 8, 2009. The really good news. If you can believe the monthly Labour Force Survey, the number of persons employed in the Cornwall region advanced to 31,500 in December, up by 3,000 from the year before. TheContinue Reading
Cornwall Ontario’s Fastest Growing Local Media Company is looking for a few good reps. We need socially minded people who can help communicate with our customers and solve their media promotional and advertising needs. Perfect part time position. We pay the highest commission rates in the industry. Become a partContinue Reading
CCRI Launches Cap for Youth Project Ontario’s Environment Minister John Gerretsen came to the Cornwall Square today to launch the Cornwall Carbon Reduction Initiative’s (CCRI) new program, Cap for Youth. This was the premiere of the “Climate Awareness Project for Youth”. This project is an extension of the Liberal governmentsContinue Reading
Cornwall Ontario – Art Court is coming to the Cornwallfreenews. Hurrah! (Editor Jamie Gilcig pictured with Focus Art President D’Arcy Thorpe) What a great opportunity for our visual artists, writers, musicians, dancers – giving them exposure in this dynamic on-line newspaper, that has a quickly increasing readership. The newspaper’s esteemedContinue Reading
Dear Mr Lauzon, The backlash of scorn regarding the conservative governments decision to prorogue Parliament continues on strong. I would like to add my voice to that list, and put it on record with you and your colleagues: This is a complete affront to democracy and an insult to theContinue Reading
The Montreal Canadiens do seem to want to play in front of Jaroslav Halak. It’s a conundrum of a wonderful sort as you can never have enough talent. Bob Gainey has played it textbook sticking by his star Goalie Carey Price, but the team seems to be speaking quiteContinue Reading
Local writer, poet, and musician Jason Setnyk is releasing his new book Saturday January 30th 2010 at Cafe Connectionz (located at 407 Water Street East in Cornwall Ontario) from 11:30am to 2:30pm. He’ll be signing the book as well. The event is free to attend, so please come and pickContinue Reading
Events of Environmental Note around Cornwall Happy New Year Everyone! There are many individual citizens and organizations who are passionate in the work they do, in serving the community, in sharing their talents; while being mindful of and respectful of our environment. The earth is what sustains us and sheContinue Reading
My dog Melly doesn’t like Stephen Harper Proroguing the Canadian People or dogs either. She’s not so sure about cats and Hamsters though, and really likes Cheeseburgers. CBC just released a poll showing that Canadians are really steamed about Proroguing. LINK “The poll, released exclusively to CBC News on Thursday, foundContinue Reading
Obesity is an epidemic. Many reasons; mostly excuses. Too much work. Too much time on the computer. Horrible gyms that charge too much. Not feeling comfortable around skinny sweaty fit people that make faces, and whisper snide comments. Frightening small children. The reasons go on, but in the endContinue Reading
Mayor Bob Kilger took a rare moment out of his busy schedule to sit down, answer a few questions, and talk about one of his favorite subjects, Cornwall Ontario and its future. Mayor Kilger is about to embark on on his second campaign to be Mayor of Cornwall. WeContinue Reading
The Starbright Resource Center located across the street from city hall welcomed MPP Jim Brownell yesterday. Brownell was there with other local dignitaries Dennis Thibault and Councilor Bernadette Clement to announce funding for two new programs. The Eastern Ontario Training Board has received $44,954 that will be used to developContinue Reading