My name is Vanessa Carter, the daughter of Richard & Micheline Carter & sibling of Melanie Verdone, Matthew & Chad. My family has supported me throughout every endeavour, so I need to mention them from the start.
Although I presently live in Ottawa, my parents reside just outside Cornwall, where I have to admit I go [...]
Do you pay attention to where your purchases are made?
I am one who always checks where and with what my products are made before purchasing. Where a product is made is something that will affect my decision to purchase. I am absolutely astounded by the number of products on our store shelves which read ‘Made [...]
ROGER SAUVÉ – Life Trends – Facts And Figures That Matter To You – How are you doing, eh? Pretty good.
This is not a trick question. Statistics Canada actually has the answer. All results are based on what we say and are not based on what our doctors claim, our special friend or spouse says or what the [...]
Greening Up Valentine’s Day
Many of our Holidays have become so commercialized in that we have become accustomed and brainwashed into spending all sorts of resources and in many cases have lost sight of the meaning of what the holiday is all about. The modern St. Valentine’s Day celebrations have roots in both ancient Christian and [...]
Insulation
There are lots of ways of looking at your home, e.g. “Home is where the heart is”, “Home Sweet Home”, and so on. For many of us, our home is the biggest single financial investment we’ll ever make, so it had better be a good one.
For the engineer or building contractor, a home is a [...]
ROGER SAUVÉ – Life Trends – Facts And Figures That Matter To You – Region has more smokers than almost anywhere in Ontario
Smoking kills! That is the message that Canadians have been hearing for at least two decades. Are you listening? Are you doing anything about it?
The incidence of smoking in this region is not good. [...]
Light Pollution…What is that?
Have you ever noticed the glow in the night sky as you approach a city or subdivision? If you are a city dweller have you wondered where the stars have gone or why you cannot see the stars at night? The answer to these questions is light trespass or light pollution. This [...]
Is a natural product always earth friendly?
Some months ago we switched to recycled newspaper pellets, ‘Yesterday’s News’ for our furry felines as we came to realize that a simple natural clay substance wasn’t necessary the best choice for our home environment or for our earth.
According to Wikipedia about 2 million tons of cat [...]
ROGER SAUVÉ - The People of Cornwall and SD&G – A 10 week feature for the Cornwall Free News – Week 10 – The Education Miracle
The levels of education in SD&G have changed dramatically over the last generation. The availability and the need for higher education have been behind this progress. In addition, the older generation [...]
Are you flushing precious resources down the drain?
I had to examine this question after reading Mr. Komorowski’s article on the water meter question a while back.
Mr. Komorowski suggested that local government consider a program to subsidize low flow toilets before looking at purchasing and installing water meters to encourage people to conserve treated water.
Installation [...]
ROGER SAUVÉ - The People of Cornwall and SD&G – A 10 week feature for the Cornwall Free News – Week 9 – This is what we do for a living
There are basically two ways to classify what we do for a living. At the SD&G level, the 2006 Census provides a list of 23 major [...]
ROGER SAUVÉ - The People of Cornwall and SD&G – A 10 week feature for the Cornwall Free News – Week 8 – HOME – The places where we live
There are over 44,000 private dwellings in SD&G, providing a place to live to over 110,000 residents.
On average, there are 6.6 rooms per dwelling while there are [...]
What begins with ‘P’ and ends in ‘C’ and is being found in such places as cows stomachs and can often be found trying to camouflage itself in our precious trees? It is the ‘P’ word. PLASTIC.
It is everywhere. Just pay close attention while you are out this Christmas Season looking for that special [...]
ROGER SAUVÉ - The People of Cornwall and SD&G – A 10 week feature for the Cornwall Free News – Week 7 – How long has your family been in the area?
The longer your family heritage in the region, the larger may be your Holiday dinners. Many of our families have been here a long time.
For the [...]
ROGER SAUVÉ - The People of Cornwall and SD&G – A 10 week feature for the Cornwall Free News – Week 6 – Are you married or what?
Relationships are important in all our lives. They start, they change, they continue or they either end by separation, divorce or death. Life happens in SD&G.
Here are the latest [...]
Munich Takes the Initiative
Canada, and North America as a whole, have always lagged behind the Europeans regarding energy efficiency. Perhaps it’s because we’ve had it too cheap for too long. As we’ve never had to pay European prices for oil, gas and electricity, we don’t appreciate the true value of what we have, and [...]
Boy did we have fun Sunday at Schnitzels. Shooting any show can have its challenges and we had ours including our camerman coming down with H1N1 and needing a last minute replacement, but everyone came together and our Star Red Seal Chef Shawn Kretz created some amazing dishes.
We’re busy editing, but you’ll get [...]
Cornwall Council Ignores Green Option – Will Continue to Plunder Taxpayers
Progress continues on Mayor Kaneb Drive, the new road between Second Street East and Marlowe. This week, the street lights were installed.
Last month, I suggested in this column that the city install LED streetlights on this new road, which would have saved taxpayers about $87,000, [...]
