With $80 dollar a barrel oil seeming reasonable the world is scrambling for alternatives. Solar is a hot ticket nowadays especially here in Cornwall Ontario. Recently The Heart of the City held a breakfast meeting to discuss some very interesting opportunities.
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Dr. Sudhanshu Varma and Dr. Raye Thomas of Supan Technologies said the city [...]
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 pay for it.
Countries all over the [...]
It’s sexy. Not sure if it’ll work, but it’s exciting; especially as the editor of an online newspaper. We already have a lot of you who read our paper on your Blackberry or iPhone. This exciting development could lead to smaller eye glass and contact lens bills for many of us.
The iPad has [...]
Industry Minister Tony Clement talks to the Globe and Mail about the financial recovery.
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“If there was one thing you want to achieve in government this year that you believe would help Canada’s industrial sector, what would it be?
[Government and universities have] actively engaged in innovation commercialization along with the private sector. Now [...]
Online Networking Phenomenon Twitter has just signed two deals with Google and Bing (MSN) that will result in Tweets or mini blog entries being indexed to Search engine queries.
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“In October, Twitter said it had struck multiyear arrangements that make users’ short blog postings available on Google.com and on Bing, which is run [...]
SD&G Economic News Update by Roger Sauvé - Cornwall EI recipients up 46% in October
Cornwall Ontario – December 22, 2009.
Statistics Canada reported that the number of people in Cornwall receiving regular Employment Insurance (EI) jumped by 46% in October from a year earlier.
The number of recipients in the Hawkesbury region was up by a much larger [...]
Team Cornwall played host this morning to the city of Cornwall’s 2009 Year in Review held at Aultsville hall, located on St. Lawrence College campus.
Gilles Latour Chair of Team Cornwall was the MC of the event which saw MP Guy Lauzon, MPP Jim Brownell and Mayor Bob Kilger in attendance.
The key note speaker [...]
Naughty Tiger Woods may have to cough up to half his estate. Frankly, if I were him, I’d save the legal bills and just roll it over. There really isn’t too much he can possibly say in his defense, and America especially respects you a tad more when you admit your guilt; [...]
You have 5 days to get your tix to the hottest event in Cornwall; the 2009 Annual Year in Review.
Last year Mayor Bob Kilger announced the new Shoppers Drugmart Distribution Centre coming to Cornwall. This year the only way you’ll find out first what’s going to happen is to get your tickets [...]
Canada has some funny views about communications. They tend to grant monopolies that make huge amounts of money for companies like Ma Bell and the cable companies on the back of the users, IE, we taxpayers. Competition isn’t really heard of.
The result is that Canada has one of the most expensive systems for internet and [...]
The Year in Review meeting is a popular meeting that is expected to attract hundreds of business people, including special guests from outside of the City.
The meeting will be held on Friday, December 18, 2008 at 7:00 am, at Aultsville Theatre at St. Lawrence College. The highlight of the meeting will be a review [...]
ROGER SAUVÉ – The People of Cornwall and SD&G – A 10 week feature for the Cornwall Free News – Week 4 – Job numbers down 1,800 this year How is the job market in Cornwall?
This question is not as easy to answer as you might think. Employment estimates, and estimates is all that [...]
We all want better jobs; a better economy, more chickens in our pots so why when a progressive tax is put in place is there so much hoopla to try and bring it down? To me it comes down to partisan politics and that’s sad for something as important as our country’s economic future.
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Nobody wants to pay tax. I sure as heck don’t. Taxes though, like death, are something you can’t avoid. The challenge for society is how to tax fairly.
Doctrines can be voted on and discussed, but the status quo is that we Canadians, whether at Federal, Provincial, or Municipal levels vote for people whose jobs essentially [...]
L I N K It’s a good day to go cross border shopping as our Canadian Loonie is buying more in the US. The Loonie is almost on par withe the US dollar. Fueled by high oil prices and a declining US dollar the high loonie hurts employment in Canada.
“Canadian Prime Minister Stephen [...]
Last time I stepped into Pommier Jewellers here in Cornwall the store was packed with happy shoppers. Is the high price of gold causing you to buy or sell? Gold hit $1070.80 US in London yesterday, a new world record.
I always get nervous when a stock or financial device hits a record level as [...]
Real Estate listings in several area cities such as Ottawa and locally in Cornwall have prices inching upwards, especially while interest rates are so low, are sparking questions where to put your money safely?
The Stock Market isn’t for everyone, and I personally, like some of you, are not big fans of mutual funds. Many people [...]
L I N K The banks stand to lose a few hundred million dollars per year in profits from the new Credit card rules being implemented, most as of January 1. Many say the new laws aren’t stringent enough, but this is a good start.
“The regulations had been in the works for some time [...]
