CFN– My understanding of our Senate in Canada growing up was that it was the somber house of last resort; a check to the balance of whatever laws elected officials in Parliament tried to ram through. We of course need a Senate to balance the vagaries of partisan political aspirationsContinue Reading
CORNWALL Ontario – That’s Todd Lihou, editor of The Seaway News which is owned by TC Media (Transcontinental). It used to be known as The Shoppers News or Shopping News and is a free weekly hand out. Mr. Lihou was hired after a meeting occurred where Rick Shaver, formerContinue Reading
CORNWALL Ontario – Since my political smear involving my being charged by Cornwall Police Services, and my announcing my candidacy for Mayor I’ve seen a tremendous amount of frankly, hate. A small group of people started a boycott page against CFN on social media. They plunked people into the group.Continue Reading
Cornwall Ontario – Today was wear pink shirt day about anti-bullying. I think by now after a day of talking about anti bullying most of you reading this know about bullying. And yes, my pic on the left was on a site that is attempting to bully me intoContinue Reading
CORNWALL Ontario – Wednesday February 26th is wear a Pink Shirt Day to celebrate Anti-Bullying. Bullying in our Politically Correct world is a scary thing. It’s about conforming and what happens to those that don’t. It’s what happens when an honest person confronts a group or person that is lyingContinue Reading
CORNWALL Ontario – Gerry Benson and his friends on the Community Action Group are funny cats. I’ve been a member for two years now and receive no information from them nor does this group do much except send the odd email. While they make a valid point theyContinue Reading
CFN – I always marvel at how we humans communicate? The concept of Shop at Home is critical and something that always is important to any community; but there are also barometers. For example should we spend $25 for a book that we can buy online for $5? IfContinue Reading
CFN– One of the problems with politics is that you have to filter the message and sometimes legitimate criticism is muted because of the adversarial nature of the Partisan political system. Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne just celebrated one year of office. Ms Wynne clearly was the Liberal Party makingContinue Reading
CFN– If Quebec Premier Pauline Marois and her Separatist friends are serious about a Spring snap election I would suggest that she call it an all or nothing call. That a vote for her party is a vote clearly for separation and that if granted a majority government itContinue Reading
CORNWALL Ontario – Whatever happened to all those tax dollars spent on the Benson Vanity University project? The study still has yet to be released to the public. Looking at the names on the committee above we can see that most have fortunes of their own or multipleContinue Reading
CFN – There are calls again to raise the minimum wage. As someone who’s worked for minimum wage in their lifetime I understand the symbolism of that term, but what it’s become is a fulcrum for poverty development that actually hurts the employability of masses of people. AdvocatesContinue Reading
Cornwall Ontario – That’s Todd Lihou, editor of The Seaway News. He also has worked for the Freeholder in the past. Yesterday Mr. Lihou, as editor of the Seaway News, published an article by Claude McIntosh. Mr. Lihou also has gone to journalism school. Now in the publicContinue Reading
Cornwall Ontario – Chem tanks on our waterfront. It’s been a hot story this past month here in Cornwall Ontario; but what it really highlights, what it really is about is our community; Cornwall Ontario. What it shows is a clear lack of genuine leadership. It shows a corruptContinue Reading
CFN – Neil Young made a political statement participating in an event focused on First Nation’s treaties and the Oil Sands, but at the end of the day has the Harper Government gone all in on a losing bet? High resource prices led to massive shut down of factories andContinue Reading
Cornwall Ontario – It looks like Alyssa Blais is running for City Council in Cornwall Ontario. I say it looks like as Ms Blais has not issued a release nor is she listed yet on the City’s election page. LINK Normally when someone runs for public office theyContinue Reading
Cornwall Ontario – Dear Bob, you still haven’t publicly stated that you’re against the Chemical Tanks on the former Kaneb property even though just about every single resident of Cornwall is against them as well as the tanks being against the city’s future waterfront plans. Why is that?Continue Reading
CFN – Life is about improving and making things better, and after a year of research and consultations with a lot of people we are pleased to be announcing our new comments policy on CFN. As many know there are different formats used by various news sites. CFN manuallyContinue Reading
Cornwall Ontario – Ah Choo! I am recovering from a nasty bug. It’s freezing out. I may not step outside until April, except that tomorrow I’ll be in front of City Hall having called a press conference. Thursday January 2, is the opening of the Ontario MunicipalContinue Reading