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 theContinue Reading
CFN – Thanks to the folks at Diligent Solutions for these Fireworks safety tips! With July 1st here in Canada and July 4th in the US there’ll be no shortage of fireworks being set off. Some of the tips that some people don’t always think about. Having that 100Continue Reading
Cornwall ON – A seed of hope for Canadian Politics occurred Saturday in Cornwall Ontario. Rock the Vote didn’t run last year, but it was back this year at the former Snails 2 club. Hundreds of young people came out for the free music, but also listened to and talked aboutContinue Reading
Cornwall ON – Two very interesting reports have completed recently. The first was the TOP report or 2011 Trends, Opportunities and Priorities Report which focuses on SD&SG, Cornwall, and Prescott Russell and covers an awful lot of ground. It’s insightful and you can get a real snap shot ofContinue Reading
Toronto ON – British Columbia is on the right track with its controversial move to a harmonized sales tax (HST), according to a C.D. Howe Institute report released today. In “The Time is Still Right for BC’s HST,” authors Finn Poschmann and Alexandre Laurin say the shift to a value-addedContinue Reading
Cornwall ON – Le groupe des World Changers revient à Cornwall du 18 au 23 juillet 2011. Le Groupe Renaissance les accueillera pour une 12e année!. World Changers est un groupe religieux américain invitant les étudiants à s’impliquer dans la communauté, et ce, en réalisant bénévolement des projets de rénovation. CetteContinue Reading
Cornwall ON – Sous une journée nuageuse, 260 bénévoles, en plus des enfants, ont construit une nouvelle cour d’école à l’école élémentaire catholique Marie-Tanguay, le 25 juin 2011. Toute la communauté de Cornwall s’est rassemblée pour ce projet communautaire et ainsi installer de nouvelles structures de jeux. « Le nombre deContinue Reading
Cornwall ON – SD&SG Provincial Liberals reloaded their team and added some new faces as they prepare for the October election. Half of the team are women as the riding association showed off its diversity. From the meeting: Tuesday night the SDSG Provincial Liberal Association named Dany Donati as theirContinue Reading
Cornwall ON – Grade 7 and 8 students from Rothwell-Osnabruck (RO) in Ingleside participated in a full day of quality physical activity on Friday, June 24th, 2011. After spending two hours playing soccer at the new Benson Centre, they headed over to Caveman Strong for a full Paleo lunch preparedContinue Reading
Queen’s Park ON – Ontario Premier Dalton McGuinty released this statement following the death of York Regional Police Constable Garrett Styles: “I was deeply saddened by the death of Constable Garrett Styles, who was killed this morning in the line of duty. My deepest sympathies go out to hisContinue Reading
Cornwall ON – Here is your police blotter for the Cornwall Ontario area for Tuesday June 28, 2011. WARRANT – Breaches Cornwall, Ont. – A 23 year-old Cornwall male was arrested on the 27th of June, 2011 on the strength of the warrant. The male was bound by a RecognizanceContinue Reading
Queen’s Park – Ontario PC Leader Tim Hudak today issued the following statement regarding the tragic death of a police officer near Newmarket this morning. “On behalf of the Ontario PC Caucus, I want to offer our deepest sympathies to the family of Const. Garrett Styles, who was struck and killed duringContinue Reading
CFN – It’s 4th of July weekend for our American friends and we’d like to shout out a hello and Salute! Going to school for a bit in the US I got to enjoy a lot of its holidays and history. We also had the following sent in toContinue Reading
CFN – I awoke to the loud sounds of excited bird calls this morning. Certainly a call I had not heard before. I got up to have a peek out the window to find a family of crows under the bird feeder. . The family was taking advantage of theContinue Reading
CFN – Artist Michael Cartwright was kind enough to send in some photos and a blurb about the 200th Anniversary of Dalkeith. Although Dalkeith was a hub of activity surrounding the unveiling of the 200th anniversary stone , Frances Fraser took the time to congradulate and thank South Lancaster ArtistContinue Reading
Ottawa ON – There are two basic types of political discipline- internal party discipline and the party’s ability to restrain itself from foolish endeavours. The recent NDP filibuster over the Canada Post back to work legislation puts both types of discipline on display for the NDP. The NDP did wellContinue Reading
Cornwall ON – Here is your police blotter for the Cornwall Ontario area for Monday June 27, 2011. WARRANT – ESCAPE LAWFUL CUSTODY and BREACH OF PROBATION Cornwall, Ont. – A 15 year-old Cornwall male was arrested on the 24th of June, 2011. On the 21st of June, it isContinue Reading
Cornwall ON – Well more life changes today. During my brief tenure as a political candidate I shared that I believed in “Evolution, not Revolution.” The concept is very simple. If you want change you have to work mightily to make it happen, and the best way to seeContinue Reading