CFN – Betcha that most of you reading this have never heard of Joe Bodolai. Joe exited Stage Hollywood. Not the first and not the last. He left the USA seeking haven in Canada during the Vietnam years and built a career in Comedy. The irony that many who give so much [...]
CFN – Tragedy struck Las Vegas today on lap 13 as cars crashed ultimately taking the life of Indy 500 race winner Dan Wheldon. 15 cars were reported to be part of the crash. Crash Video Clip httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TVu7iTf59SQ Wheldon, born in England, started racing at the age of four and had a life long [...]
CFN – Long time Ottawa writer and Sun columnist Earl McRae died of a heart attack today. I remember reading him in the Citizen and was surprised to find out that he wrote for the Standard Freeholder here in Cornwall Ontario. He also worked for the CBC, and Toronto Star. He was 68. [...]
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 [...]
CFN - One of Canada’s most notorious serial killer’s Clifford Olson has died of Cancer in Quebec. He was 71. Convicted of murdering 11, the BC native targeted young people before finally being caught and convicted. He exchanged his cooperation for thousands of dollars in payments to his wife, and made the news for his [...]
Cornwall ON – Canada lost a great Canadian today as Jack Layton passed away in Toronto. He was 61 and recently led the NDP to their greatest election victory; something I’m sure made him proud. He was human. Not cold and machine like as our current PM. He gave a [...]
Montreal QC – Radio legend Ted Tevan passed away Friday at the age of 78. Ted was a throwback. I remember as a wee gaffer listening to our big console as he spat out his thoughts and yes, I myself, was machine gunned once by the raspy voiced devil of radio. You either [...]
CFN – Sadly this is so not a surprise. Singer Amy Winehouse has been found dead at the age of 27. The Back in Black songstress had struggled with drug and alcohol issues to the point of tragedy for years; most of it in the media’s glare and spotlight. Performances like this one recently [...]
Shaver, Ray Lorne . Peacefully at the Cornwall Community Hospital, McConnell Site, on Tuesday, July 12, 2011 Ray Lorne Shaver of Cornwall in his 80th year. . Beloved husband of Deborah Shaver. . Loving father of Jeremiah of Ottawa, Rayanne (Dwayne) Scott of Cambridge, Emily (Kiel Bortolotti) Shaver of Ottawa and Zachary (Nicole) of Sudbury. [...]
CFN – Jack Ass star Ryan Dunn, 34, did his final stunt. Tweeting shortly before his demise with beer and cigarette the actors Porsche was involved in a single car crash and caught fire with Mr. Dunn and his passenger killed in the blaze ni Pennsylvania. Mr. Dunn and co-star Johnny Knoxville were famed for [...]
Cornwall ON – The Cornwall and Area Chamber of Commerce has lost another member and board executive. Douglass Randlett of Long Sault lost his life in a motorcycle accident Thursday. He was travelling westbound on South Branch Road and was involved in a collision with a pick-up truck travelling eastbound turning north on to McConnell [...]
Cornwall ON – In spring 1996 I was working for the Habs. It was fun, but I was leaving the sports biz to take my shot at professional writing; chiefly writing screenplays and hoping to break into producing movies. It was crazy, but after locking myself away for a few months, and writing my [...]
Cornwall ON – Canadians are stunned and saddened at the passing of Canadian Air Farce funny man Roger Abbott at the age of 64. I know that Air Farce is better known for the ageless CBC television shows, but I grew up listening to Air Farce on the radio; especially when I worked in what [...]
Cornwall ON – Hollywood has lost another of its brightest lights as Elizabeth Taylor as passed away at the age of 79 of congestive heart failure. Her long career started as a child actress making her way through to adult siren and star of films like Giant; Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, and many [...]
Cornwall ON – Blair River, spokesman for The Heart Attack Grill has passed away at the age of 29 from an undisclosed cause, although a Heart Attack hasn’t been ruled out. Flat Liner Fries and Double Bypass Burgers are most likely the culprit. When I lived in Los Angeles Black Death cigarettes were sold [...]
Cornwall ON – February is the cruelest month and on its last day it snatched Hollywood Bombshell Jane Russell who has died at the age of 89. Russell shot to fame in The Outlaw, a high budget film Howard Hughes built around her statuesque figure. Russell had a long career and played against [...]
Cornwall ON – February is a brutal month. So many pass away and sure enough Sunday, Hall of Fame Baseball legend Duke Snider died at the age of 84. I know most people will remember him for leading the Brooklyn Dodgers to the World Series and his great career, but for this Montreal boy my [...]
Akwesasne Mohawk Territory – This arrived from the Mohawk Council of Akwesasne. “It is with deep sadness that the Mohawk Council of Akwesasne announces the passing of one of our communities’ most respected elders, Condoled Life Chief Ernest Kaientaronkwen Benedict, on the morning of January 8, 2011. Mr. Benedict was exemplary in every sense of [...]
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