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?
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 [...]
Komorowski’s Korner – Munich Takes the Initiative – December 8, 2009
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 [...]
Cooking with Kretz Episode One Shooting! Our Online Webshow was a blast! Cornwall Ontario – November 24, 2009
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 to [...]
Komorowski’s Korner – Cornwall Council Ignores Green Option – Cornwall Ontario – November 29, 2009
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 [...]
Earth Matters – New Column written by Area Artist Jacqueline Milner – November 17, 2009
by Jacqueline Milner: Each new day brings new beginnings and opportunity. Opportunity to be a better friend to the Earth whose health and wellness is necessary to sustain us and every living thing which resides with us. This Earth requires our love and respect so that the Circle can remain whole. I know that each [...]
Joe Gunn – Real Estate 101 – Real Estate as an Investment – CORNWALL ONTARIO
Here is the latest column from Joe Gunn of Royal LePage Performance Realty: Real Estate as an Investment In these days of financial uncertainty, no one can afford to make any investment decision on an impulse. Companies such as Nortel and Enron were once considered absolutely sure investments that couldn’t go wrong, but today, anyone [...]
Komorowski’s Korner – Compact Fluorescent Lights – Are they Worth the Investment?
Compact Fluorescent Lights – Are they Worth the Investment? Compact Fluorescent Lights, or CFLs, are becoming more and more popular as they become cheaper to buy and more reliable. Most people are familiar with them now – they are the ones which look like a spiral. Compared to the old style incandescent bulbs, they only use [...]
Smart Meters and Retired People – Komorowski’s Korner – Hydro One
Here’s the latest from our Columnist Richard Komorowski. If you wish to contact Richard email us at info@cornwallfreenews.com Meters and Retired People: In last week’s column, I discussed the impact of Smart Meters on small business, using a convenience store as a model. However, as a reader kindly pointed out, I was being too kind [...]
Cooking with Kretz – DYI Wedding Meals on a Budget
Congrats to Chef Shawn and his new bride! Being a Chef has its perks and in today’s column Shawn discusses catering a wedding on a budget and uses his own as an example. To reach Chef Shawn email us at info@cornwallfreenews.com And if you’re getting married he might just be able to help. DIY Wedding [...]
Komorowski’s Korner – Smart Meters – Will they kill Small Business?
Smart Meters – Will they kill Small Business? As we have discussed, the idea of Smart Meters is to encourage less daytime, i.e. peak, electricity consumption, in order to balance the electrical supply and demand throughout the province. This way, there will be less of a need to build new, expensive generating stations, and highly [...]
Chef Shawn’s New Web Show – Cornwall Free News Exclusive!
Our very own Chef Shawn Kretz will have a series of video cooking shows here on The Cornwall Free News! It’s Harvest time and he’s busy working on the recipes for season 1 while we focus on finding yummy foods within 100 miles of Cornwall for him to prepare for you. In the meanwhile look [...]
Hydro One’s Revenue Grab – Komorowski’s Korner
Here is the latest from our Columnist Richard Komorowski. Today’s installment is titled: Hydro One’s Revenue Grab So far we’ve talked about Smart Meters and electricity prices, and how they can impact your household budget. Hydro One is introducing Smart Meters in an effort to balance the grid load – in other words, they’re trying [...]
Does Hydro One Encourage Conservation? Komorowski’s Korner
Here is the latest from our Columnist Richard Komorowski: In the last column, we discussed how smart meters, which Hydro One is expected to start using in 2010 or 2011, are going to have a major impact on your electric bill. At the moment, Hydro One customers pay a fixed monthly service charge of $16.35 [...]
Smart Meters in Ontario – Financial Ruin, or an Opportunity for Savings?
We’d like to introduce a new Columnist for us. Cornwall resident Richard Komorowski is a freelance writer with a passion for energy and environmental issues dating back to the 60s, when he studied biology in university. Here is Richard’s first column for us. Lucky most of us live in Cornwall where we are served by [...]
Cooking with Kretz – A Taste of Morocco
A Taste of Morocco By: C. Shawn Kretz Recently I have been delving further into various ethnic cuisines. While I enjoy all cuisine, I am particularly taken with a choice few; Indian, Moroccan and Thai. Many dishes in this culture can be identified as having a blend of spices that make the dish unique. For [...]
Cooking with Kretz – Menu Creation
Here is the latest column from our resident Chef, Shawn Kretz For some creating a menu while maintaining a fluid concept can be a difficult proposition. Expedience certainly comes with experience. For me the two most important factors to menu and meal creation are freshness (esp. Seasonality) and maintaining a consistent concept so that the [...]
A Market Boom – Cooking With Kretz on The Cornwall Farmer’s Market
A Market Boom by Chef Shawn Kretz Well, it is nice to see one market booming in the midst of our recession. I am talking about the Downtown Cornwall Farmers Market of course. Now that all the crops have germinated and are on their way to producing wonderful fruits and vegetables we will see [...]
The Art of the Dinner Party – Cooking with Kretz
Here is the latest column from Chef Shawn Kretz! A sucessful dinner party depends on many components coming together. The famous food writers M.F.K Fisher and Elizabeth David have waxed eloquently about the virtues a host should posess. Aside from the food and drink, our most important consideration is the selection of the attendees to [...]
