Does Cornwall Ontario Need Ten City Councilors? Waterfront subterfuge? Editorial by Jamie Gilcig – May 22, 2012
CFN – This term of City Council here in Cornwall has shown the holes in the council system. In a time when the City of Ottawa even is considering dropping from 24 councilors it’s starting to make a lot of sense. LINK We have ten councilors currently. There is no ward system [...]
Canada: A Democratic Dictatorship? Editorial by Corneliu Kirjan – Free-Thinking Citizen
CFN – “… the liberty of a democracy is not safe if the people tolerate the growth of private power to a point where it becomes stronger than their democratic state itself. That, in its essence, is fascism – ownership of government by an individual, by a group, or by any other controlling private power.” [...]
Activist or Journalist – OPG bans me from Beavergate Meeting as City Agrees to Look at Proposal – Many Thoughts by Jamie Gilcig
CFN – So Wednesday we three get to the Civic Complex. Rebecca Sorrell was asked if we’d take a meeting with City Officials, OPG, and the Minister of Natural Resources before her second request to speak before council was submitted. (The first was refused) There’s a hitch though. I’m stopped. I’m told that I [...]
Mercury Poisoning from Dental Amalgam Admitted by Norway Government by Kevin Parkinson
CFN – In recent news Norwegian health authorities have recognized the dangers of mercury poisoning by awarding Tordis Stigen Klausen a sum of $10,000. She is the first dental assistant to have mercury poisoning recognized as an occupational illness. She is also the first dental assistant to receive compensation for mercury poisoning in Norway, as [...]
Is Breast Feeding the New Ad Buzz? First Oreo Cookies and now Time Magazine by Jamie Gilcig
CFN- Is breastfeeding the new hot buzz in marketing? Is America that nipple hungry? Has our society deprived us of human connection that by plunking it into advertising images that we feel better or is some core titillation? The people that make Oreo Cookies have probably had a billion dollars worth of exposure all over [...]
Do We Know How to Protest in Canada Anymore? Occupy Canada in Ottawa – Editorial by Jamie Gilcig
CFN – Saturday I accepted an invite from a friend who is huge on the Occupy Canada movement. We drove down to the Hill. Perfect weather and a fine day for a protest. We got there early and there was a protest over Communist Vietnam. It was bright, lots of signs, singing, and [...]
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 [...]
Is it Time for People in Cornwall Ontario to Start Working Together & End Exclusivity for Publicly Funded Events?
CFN – Personally I’ve always felt that working with people is always better than not. Since entering the media biz three years ago I’ve discovered that many people feel otherwise, but I’m going to stick to my perception. I’ve watched community events where one media company asks for “exclusivity” at the expense ultimately of [...]
420 on Parliament Hill Sets Attendance Record by Russell Barth – April 20, 2012
CFN -As Ottawa’s (arguably) most publicly-known marijuana activist, I have been consistently embarrassed in the eyes of my fellow activists – both nationally and internationally – by Ottawa stoners’ propensity for splitting the 420 crowds into two. Year after year, half the participants were going to Parliament Hill, and half were going to nearby Major’s Hill [...]
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 [...]
OP ED – Casino in Cornwall?- A Bad Idea by Kevin Parkinson – April 19, 2012
We see that a few people in Cornwall are floating a trial balloon- one that says we should lobby for a casino in Cornwall. I think it’s a bad idea and a non-starter and here’s why. Do the research on gambling and casinos and you will find discover that it’s all downhill. Casinos have some [...]
Why I no longer will be a member of any Political Party here in Canada by Jamie Gilcig – March 29, 2012
CFN – I’ve decided to become Issue-Centric politically. After three years in this industry I’ve lost any desire to belong to a political party. Traditionally I’ve been Liberal, but frankly the Federal scene and local scene have burned that out of me. The utter hypocrisy and evil of people like Stephen Harper, Tim Hudak, [...]
Cornwall Ontario CAO Paul Fitzpatrick – Sick Leave or Platinum Parachute? Editorial by Jamie Gilcig
CFN – Pee Wee, Pilsbury, Mr. Potato Head were some of the epitaphs used for the first time yesterday about CAO Paul Fitzpatrick as emails and calls flooded CFN regarding the Sick leave of $1.4 Million Dollar man Paul Fitzpatrick. Never kick a dog when it’s down? Not by Cornwall Rulz. While the city is [...]
Graham James Gets Two Years – How Unjust is our Society? Editorial by Jamie Gilcig – March 21, 2012
CFN – Theo Fleury and the other victims of Graham James have now had reinforced that our justice system really isn’t fair. Slowly over decades it’s eroded to protect the rich and guilty rather than what it truly was meant to do which is create justice for the wrong doings in society. In the [...]
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 [...]
