Andre Marc Fleury caressed his cross bar in the dying minutes of last night’s 2-1 victory for the Pittsburgh Penguins. The ping was heard around the world as what would’ve been the tying goal ricocheted away in what ultimately would unthrone the defending Stanley Cup champion Detroit Red Wings. MarionContinue Reading
I attended the DRV2WRK meeting last night at the Navy Club. ( www.drv2wrk.ca) The room was filled to capacity. There was music; food; politicians; concerned citizens; and a few media types. Cornwall has long suffered labor issues that are now coming home stronger in other areas of Ontario. Cornwall isContinue Reading
L I N K Tyler Kennedy scored the winner as Marc Andre Fleury redeemed himself after giving up 5 goals in game 6. Jordan Staal also scored for Pittsburgh and Kris Draper scored Detroits Goal. Game 7 will be back in Detroit. So far the home team has won eachContinue Reading
Thanks to Cornwall City Councilor Elaine MacDonald for the heads up on this interesting event. “On the road in Ontario for good jobs, strong public services, and healthy communities People and communities are hurting because of job loss and service cuts in Ontario. There’s a caravan of folks whoContinue Reading
L I N K Now Cornwall has to finance at least $9 Million dollars of funding if not more and then of course the cost of the upkeep. I’m still against this project as are a number of other people. I still feel that the groups that use this arenaContinue Reading
Almost everyone not named Hossa scored last night as the Detroit Red Wings took a 3-2 lead in the Stanley Cup Finals. Pavel Datsyuk returned playing alongside Henrik Zetterberg as the Red Wings showed that they were not a tired bunch of old men, but Stanley Cup Champions. L IContinue Reading
What a weird and odd way Hockey sometimes works. For some reason someone at the Montreal Canadiens head office though perenial under achiever Jacques Martin was the man to stir the Habs to victory this season. Mr. Martin signed a multi year deal to leave Florida and jump into theContinue Reading
Who thought this it’d be a close series? It sure would be a heck of a thing for Pittsburgh to beat Detroit in this series, but to come back from a 2-0 deficit is as likely as Alex Kovalev wearing a C on his jersey for the Habs next year. OfContinue Reading
It’s 10:40 PM as I write this having just crossed the bridge back to Cornwall. Numerous fires are lighting up a clear sky as hundreds of people mill about waiting for something to happen at MIDNIGHT. It was suggested to me that I put my camera away so there willContinue Reading
Thats right, mushroom season is fast approaching. Over the next month thousands of species of mushrooms will “pop” up all across our beautiful province. Well wooded areas are particularly prime mushroom hunting locations. Before I delve to far into the topic I would like to suggest some further readingContinue Reading
L I N K Marian Hossa had 3 shots, Sidney Crosby had 2, and the refs let the boys play hockey in Game one of the Stanley Cup finals last night. The goalies and depth were the difference last night. It’s going to be a good series, but unless CrosbyContinue Reading
I had the honor of spending an hour or so with Cornwall City Councilor Syd Gardiner Friday afternoon. I have to tell you the passion shared by Syd for Cornwall and the projects that he works on truly is inspirational. We talked about a range of subjects; about hisContinue Reading
The budget must be getting low as the Lift Off people opened the crypt and dragged out Amanda Marshall from obscurity. Ms Marshall hasn’t put out a new album since 2001 and hasn’t been on tour much either. It should be an interesting show. Luckily Lift Off is a superContinue Reading
L I N K Rally today next to the Canada Customs border crossing at 6:30 today (Friday May 29) No matter what your position communication is a good thing. I do think there’s a solution to this issue that could meet the needs of both sides. please visit our sponsors:Continue Reading
Today the Conservative mess we call government announced the biggest ever single year deficit in Canadian history. At the same time, Cornwall Ontario, a small city of just over 40,000 people with a tax base of less than 15,000 awarded a contract to a Whitby firm for $1, 367,500.00 toContinue Reading
Some people just can’t drive in the rain as our photos show. A 3 car crack up in front of the Sunoco on Brookdale. No injuries reported at this time. OPP were present on the site. Photo courtesy of J.Gilcig Photo courtesy of J.Gilcig If you see news email usContinue Reading
This year’s Stanley cup looks to be a “fowl” affair. (my apologies to those that hate puns) As the Pittsburgh Penguins advanced over the Carolina Hurricanes in a 4-1 victory last night. Crosby and Malkin did not score but were present. It should be an exciting series and I’m notContinue Reading
Local Liberals will be hosting the Hon. Ken Dryden, MP for York Centre, at their annual Strawberry Social taking place the Best Western Parkway Inn, June 14th from 2 to 4 p.m. For Tickets contact Denis Sabourin at 613-346-5416 or e-mail m3011@glen-net.ca . please visit our sponsors:Continue Reading