Facebook, Apple, Microsoft, Technology is Controlling Us- What’s Going on? by Kevin Parkinson
We have all fallen in to an abyss but we just haven’t realized it yet. The change that has taken place in our world in the last 10 years is greater than the previous 100 years. The changes that one generation is experiencing, took 6 or 7 generations to experience in the 1900’s. Now [...]
Does This Oreo Ad Offend You? Korean Oreo Ad Draws Fire – Editorial by Jamie Gilcig
CFN – Does this image offend you? It’s so odd here in North America, the birth place of mass produced Pornography, that the hint of the image of a nipple can cause outrage. I’m sure Oreo’s ad agency is loving it. It’s an awesome ad and millions have seen it and are [...]
Cornwall Free News Still Number one Online in Eastern Ontario – By the Numbers for the Last 30 Days – April 17, 2012
The Optics of Corruption and Incompetence or Cornwall City Council in Action – Meeting 4 PM at City Hall – April 16, 2012 CORNWALL ONTARIO – LACK OF TRANSPARENCY KNOWN AND RECOGNIZED ACROSS CANADA – LTE Corneliu Kirjan South Stormont Resident’s Claim to Fame- CANADA’S LARGEST TITANIC MOVIE MEMORABILIA COLLECTION – by Don Smith – [...]
Dear Apple, how about kicking back something to the customers that gave you $97 Billion Dollars to spend? March 20, 2012
CFN – Apple is in the news for issuing a dividend for the first time since the 90′s and announcing a share buy back program as it’s sitting on a cash egg of over $90 BILLION dollars! The company is also set according to media reports pull in as much over the next four quarters [...]
The City of Cornwall Chokes Voices on Its Facebook Page – Deletions; Censorship – Is this Really 2012?
CFN – Cornwall Ontario fascinates me. It’s part Twin Peaks; part Peyton Place, and full bore Cornwall. Since founding the Cornwall Free News nearly three years ago the person I have dealt with the most has been Mr. Bob “Vienna Sausage” Peters with the Economic destruction Development department. Mr. Peters was the author of [...]
Cornwall Ontario’s Joey Bellmore reaches 1 Million You Tube Views – VIDEO INTERVIEW – January 23, 2012
CFN - Friday our office started getting emails about Joey Bellmore. By this morning we’d had nearly 60 emails from people all over the world seeking our assistance in finding out what happened to the 30 year old St. Lawrence College Business grad. It seems Mr. Bellmore has been building a You Tube Channel that [...]
Bad Pete Marier Off the Air at CHOM in Montreal – Media trends seeing the loss of so many veterans… December 26, 2011
CFN – There’s a trend in BIG CORPORATE media that is seeing a lot of talented people being replaced by young and less experienced voices. Cost reduction or just reactions to divergence in media? Some would see a decentralization and less focus on local is the culprit. Create one radio show or one set [...]
No UBB for Canada – CRTC rules against User Based Billing – November 16, 2011
CFN – A small victory for Canadians over the big Internet providers in Canada. The CRTC did not allow them to charge for carriage. IE, UBB Usage Based Billing is dead….for now. We still pay far too much for our internet. I just got my Cogeco bill. Here in Cornwall we’re basically held hostage [...]
Apple Founder Steve Jobs Passes Away From Cancer at 56 – October 5, 2011
CFN – Sadly Steve Jobs passed away after a long fight with Cancer. The co-founder of Apple and visionary who brought the company back from brink to become the innovation leader and monster it’s become was 56. Apple’s website said it best. To me I’ll forever remember their commercial from 1984 which has [...]
Cornwall Ontario Game Makers Starting To Play! Incubator Has Great Hopes! July 16, 2011
Cornwall ON – Some amazing stuff is sprouting in the Cornwall Ontario area and Kristine Pickens from the Cornwall Game Makers sent in the following. “Video games have an interesting history. From the time of their invention in the 1940’s there was a lot of controversy over the assumed role they played – pun [...]
Why We Need Communications Regulations – Bell VS Fox TV North – Editorial by Jamie Gilcig – May 5, 2011 – Cornwall Ontario
Cornwall ON – One of the scary things about having Mr. Harper finally get his majority is the impacts and precedents I and many others fear it’s going to set. Before the election UBB was and still is a very large issue. There was a break, a delay if you will, a proroguing of [...]
So Are Mr. Harper’s People Paying People to Post Comments Online? March 29, 2011 – Cornwall Ontario
Cornwall ON – Have you ever wondered if that anonymous voice whose words you’re reading is real or not? Or no matter how badly you’ve proven them wrong they keep spinning back the same BS? Maybe this could be why? I’m not sure how much it pays, but this is the first Canadian Federal [...]
Dear Tony Clement – Please Make Sure the CRTC Does Not Allow Usage Based Billing. Death to UBB! – March 27, 2011
Cornwall ON – UBB. The CRTC is being lobbied by the Internet Carriers to have caps on your bandwidth and charge exorbinant amounts of money over and above. Where it might cost less than 1 cent to deliver a gigabyte of data some carriers like Bell or Cogeco want to charge as much as [...]
Have You Had Your Daily Dish Yet Today? March 20, 2011 – Cornwall Ontario
Cornwall ON- Have you read your Daily Dish yet today? Home Cooked Headlines Served Fresh Daily! Dailydishnews.com
Steve Jobs – What Burns Brightest Burns Shortest – Battles with Pancreatic Cancer and His Vision – February 17, 2011 – Cornwall Ontario
Cornwall ON – In the movie Blade Runner the “Skin Jobs” simply do not want to die. They want more life. In a stunning scene their creator explains to Rutger Hauer’s character, Roy, that what burns brightest doesn’t burn longest. Steven Jobs has had quite a life. It’s not over yet and hopefully he [...]
The Cornwall Free News – 3,257 Stories, 1,793,955 page views later we celebrate our 2nd Birthday! – February 9, 2011 – Cornwall Ontario
Cornwall ON – We made it to our second birthday! Only about 15% of new companies make it to their 2nd birthday and I’m very very proud of you our viewers who have made it all possible. It’s an interesting and eye opening journey this news thing…Since February 9, 2009 the Cornwall Free News has presented [...]
Openmedia.ca needs you to sign their petition to help fight Internet Metering – February 9, 2011 – Cornwall Ontario
Cornwall ON – Openmedia.ca has started a campaign to fight metered internet here in Canada. The CRTC just announced they will reexamine metered billing practices. They are seeking public input right now! This is a huge opportunity to stop Internet metering, and to ensure Canadians have access to an unlimited Internet. Please take a moment to [...]
Epic Mural New for 2011 Season – Artist Harold Town’s abstract work reflects era of the St. Lawrence Seaway & Power Development by Kevin Lamoureux – Cornwall Ontario
Cornwall ON – A big part of this region’s cultural heritage has been reintroduced to the public at the new OPG St. Lawrence Power Visitor Centre. As the centre prepares to re-open for the 2011 tourist season, visitors will have the opportunity to view a replica of the famous Harold Town mural. On display in [...]
