CFN – Today Matt Hays unfriended me on Facebook over Rob Ford. Matt, besides being an extremely gifted and talented writer, editor, and educator, was also my first editor. He also is a gay activist and I can understand why the gay community has issues with Rob Ford. TheyContinue Reading
CFN – The problem with liars is that eventually they all get caught, but why lie? Is it really the better tactic? It must be or why would so many politicians live and die by lying? Prime Minister Stephen Harper has been caught lying one way or the otherContinue Reading
Cornwall Ontario – It’s frustrating being a rookie councilor in this insane group of elected officials this term in Cornwall Ontario. While I do not always agree with Councilor Maurice Dupelle’s decisions I don’t think anyone can repute that he’s not the hardest working councilor this term. He stillContinue Reading
Cornwall Ontario – What is wrong with this city that I live in? Cornwall City Council just agreed to take over $4M from taxpayers and send it over to some of the largest and richest companies operating in Canada; many of whom are not even Canadian. $4.5M tax breakContinue Reading
CFN – It’s funny reading the latest on the Senate scandal, Stephen Harper’s possible political demise, and Justin Trudeau’s ascent. It’s almost like it’s a bad script. What we do know. Whatever success Mr. Harper has is because of planning and scripting. It’s boring. It’s not pretty. It’s brutal andContinue Reading
CFN – That fount of political wisdom, Celine Dion, has apparently come out in favour of the new PQ Charter which has been roundly condemned world wide including Amnesty International. I remember when long time family friend Benny Kushner would show up at our home bringing albums of theContinue Reading
Cornwall Ontario – Alyssa Blais has a funny way of running the Agape Centre and food bank in Cornwall Ontario. The hyper ambitious newlywed has been under fire lately. Many long time volunteers and staff have left in disgust pointing fingers at Ms Blais making claims of cronyism andContinue Reading
Cornwall Ontario – Why is the City of Cornwall subsidizing Smart Centres to the tune of over $4M? I know it’s incremental. I know that it will raise the value of the property and increase the tax base, but Smart Centres is not a dumb company. It is gettingContinue Reading
Cornwall Ontario – I know. It’s still nearly two weeks from Halloween, but with Christmas and the Holiday season revving up in the background it’s time to talk about a subject that’s very very important to most of our communities. Shopping locally. Why? Why not? What it really means? AndContinue Reading
Cornwall Ontario – Utter mayhem and insanity as Cornwall City Council allowed councilor Elaine MacDonald to debate and vote in issues related to the Agape Food Bank of which she’s a sitting member of the board. And to add irony to the pot the councilor was seeking funds from theContinue Reading
CFN – One of the biggest obstacles in growing our humble independent media outlet is the bizarre boycott of CFN by government agencies. While some could argue that the City of Cornwall has some sort of reason (they don’t really and were disrespecting CFN before the War started) what reasonContinue Reading
CFN – Change can be very frightening! Changing an online newspaper with a huge database can be even more frightening! Thanks to our Advertisers & Subscribers incredible support we have rolled out our new look and feel. I hope everyone likes it and of course feedback is always welcome. AsContinue Reading
CFN – I know I’ll bleed Bleu, blanc, et rouges forever, but I was a huge California Golden Seals fan as a kid. I still have a replica jersey hiding away somewhere… This week as George Parros spends time regaining his faculties after face planting the ice causing a hugeContinue Reading
CFN – Cornwall Ontario reminds me of Pittsburgh in many ways. As its early industries faded away new opportunities were created. While many suffer during transitions if handled well new opportunities can lead to prosperity. In Cornwall’s case a whole waterfront will be up for grabs. While there are someContinue Reading
CFN – I bumped into St. Lawrence College Dean Don Fairweather yesterday. The mild mannered gentleman and I caught up, and I was saddened to discover that no new students will be admitted to the journalism program as it will be folding. The current class of students will beContinue Reading
CFN – I did something I swore I’d never do this weekend. I signed up for traditional TV signing with Shaw Direct instead of Bell or our local Cable company Cogeco. (Bell didn’t answer their phone within 5 minutes and Cogeco is just wrong – a horrible company in myContinue Reading
CFN – For Canadian Filmmaker John Greyson and Dr. Tarek Loubani these are trying times. Both are on hunger strikes in an Egyptian prison after being held for over 30 days without charges. There’s even a website for them tarekandjohn.com Greyson at least is openly gay which in most MuslimContinue Reading
CFN – Bus drivers in Cornwall Ontario are mulling whether to go on strike. They cite low wages and a low offer of only about 2% from the city. What I think many of them don’t realize is that taxes have been going up for many reasons, mostly the wrongContinue Reading