CFN – This past Saturday night the St. Lawrence Acoustic Stage in Morrisburg presented another fantastic evening of music on stage as well as a display of visual artists in the hallway. The performance on this night included 6 “emerging artists” who each performed 3 songs, starting with a CFN favourite, Mélanie Brûlée formerly of […]
CFN – John Lester of JL Computers is not just a pretty face and Technology Guru. He shoots some amazing photos. This one is of Geese overhead heading south for the winter near Morrisburg, Ontario. If you wish to submit your photo of the day and have an interesting photo you wish to share […]
CFN – This months performances at the St. Lawrence Acoustic Stage once again included some great Canadian talent in the form of Del Barber and Brea Lawrenson. Brea Lawrenson is a 24 year old singer-songwriter who shows plenty of poise, determination and confidence on the stage. This is a return engagement for Brea and since […]
CFN – Come and get a head start on your Christmas Shopping. Over 14 different vendors including Happy Feet, Avon and Crafts, The Constant Knitter, Blues Bakery, Juli’s Fashions, Signature Gifts, Epicures &Spices and MANY MORE. Everyone is welcome. Saturday November 12th from 10am-2pm @ The Hartford Retirement Centre 3 Fifth Street Morrisburg ON 613.543.3984
CFN – On Saturday night another season of excellent acoustic music began at the St. Lawrence Stage. It was standing room only because the headline act was none other than multiple Juno award winner Serena Ryder. . Actually this was the first sold out concert for the stage. I know that I was excited to […]
Morrisburg ON – A visit today to Upper Canada Village is a shock. The Rose Garden has been cleared away. Between sixty and a hundred mature trees have disappeared. Stumps mark the spots where they flourished before. . As a result, what was once beautiful parkland in keeping with the Village’s 19th century rural-agricultural setting is now bare grassland scarred […]
Cornwall ON – The “British Home Child Day Act” or Bill 185 received Royal Assent on June 1, 2011. Under this Private Members’ Bill, September 28 of each year is now designated as “British Home Child Day” in Ontario. From the 1860’s to the 1930’s over 100,000 children between infancy and 19 years were brought […]
You have to hand it to him. 2006 – He declares no way will he deal with China in view of China’s record on human rights, asserting that principle trumps the dollar. In the same year, he cancels the Kelowna Accord which has a great deal to do with human rights among Canada’s native peoples. 2011 – He travels to […]
Morrisburg ON – Leeds-Grenville MPP Steve Clark joined PC candidate for SD&SG Jim McDonell in Morrisburg railing against high Hydro rates in Ontario and the Samsung deal that’s part of the Green Energy act Monday August 8th. “It is outrageous that Dalton McGuinty is thumbing his nose at Ontario families who already cannot afford his […]
CFN – ENVIRONMENT CANADA HAS UPDATED A SEVERE WEATHER BULLETIN FOR SOUTHERN ONTARIO AT 10:55 AM EDT THURSDAY 21 JULY 2011. A WEATHER WARNING IS ISSUED FOR MORRISBURG – LONG SAULT CORNWALL – LANCASTER WINCHESTER – NEWINGTON AND MAXVILLE – ALEXANDRIA. EXTREME TEMPERATURES AND HUMIDEX VALUES EXPECTED TODAY. WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FAVOURABLE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT […]
Wasaga Beach ON – Ontario is adding a new provincial park this year and expanding two others, giving families and visitors more opportunities to get outdoors and enjoy the province’s natural beauty. The expansions to Ontario Parks include: § A new provincial park called DuPont on the St. Lawrence River near Morrisburg. The park includes a mature hardwood forest, […]
CFN – Since it first opened in 1961, Upper Canada Village has played a key role in Eastern Ontario’s tourism industry having welcomed over 12 million visitors from around the world. With a reputation as one of North America’s finest living history museums, the village is a showpiece of the St. Lawrence Parks Commission which […]
Morrisburg ON – C’était en fin de semaine, du 10 au 12 juin, qu’avait lieu la 4e édition du Festival médiéval au Upper Canada Village, à Morrisburg. Les organisateurs ont invité les visiteurs à retourner dans le temps grâce à un immense village médiéval, conçu spécialement pour l’occasion, en arrière de l’Upper Canada Village. Le […]
Morrisburg ON – (Harpocrat* ‘power grabber’ from Greek harpax, harpaktes ‘robber’; Latin harpyiae ‘harpies, rapacious monsters’; English harpy ‘greedy, cruel or grasping person’ + Greek kratos ‘power, might’) Chorus: Listen to our Great Reformer! Leading us to the Promised Land! “Friends, in the name of Democracy obviously we have many freedoms: “Freedom […]
CFN – The Friends of Crysler’s Farm Battlefield will be staging their annual military reenactment on July 9-10, 2011. Re-enactors portraying the military of 1812 will take part in three battles – Saturday and Sunday afternoon on the grounds of Crysler Memorial Park next to Upper Canada Village. Saturday night’s battle will take place inside […]
Morrisburg ON – This was the last concert of the season for the St. Lawrence Accoustic Stage Performances Inc. and it was a big one. Not only did they have 6 different artists/groups perform but they also have silent auction and raffle that was conducted by none other than Melanie McDonald of General Electryk […]
In the federal all-candidates debate in the Cornwall Civic Complex, SDSG MP Guy Lauzon is reported to have dismissed Parliament’s contempt ruling against the Conservatives as simply the opposition parties ganging up, and therefore meaningless. Clearly, Mr. Lauzon has learned nothing about parliamentary democracy and has no time for it. So, why is he running for re-election […]
Morrisburg ON – This was the fourth concert of the season and the third that I have attended at the St. Lawrence Stage in Morrisburg and I can definitely see a trend here. I have made mention of the venue before, the comfortable and intimate room, limited seating (which just adds to the ambience) and […]