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Justin Trudeau’s Policy Priority – Legalizing Marijuana   I usually don’t comment on the policy positions of other parties and their Members, but given the content of Justin Trudeau’s first policy announcement, I feel I must. I believe differences in opinion and policy are what democracy is all about. WhenContinue Reading

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CFN– Canada’s great Rail Tradition seems to be dying in Cornwall Ontario.  The River City, less than two hours from Ottawa, our Nation’s Capital seems to be written off by the rail carrier. First cuts to actual service and now it’s been announced very very quietly that the two fullContinue Reading

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CFN– What is it about Ribfest in Cornwall Ontario that worked so well Friday night when Lift Off crashed in flames?  One wag suggested more people attended Ribfest Friday night than attended the whole Lift Off Weekend. Was it because Economic Development’s Bob Peters wasn’t allowed to be in theContinue Reading

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CFN – Suicide.   This week two of my local competing media are whaling about the suicide of Cornwallite Christopher Clarke in a Montreal prison.   Condolences to the family and the issue is being investigated, but it’s odd and seems quite hypocritical for the Seaway News and Standard Freeholder toContinue Reading

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  CFN–  Karma is a bitch they say.   They really do.   But what is Karma really?  Surely if you do the right things enough times mathematically things work out? Of course the opposite would be true to.   If you don’t perform best practices.  If you are notContinue Reading

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CFN – As I sat in the courtroom Tuesday I marveled at the utter waste of tax dollars at play.   I watched Deputy Fire Chief Rob Hickley stoically sit through the process. I watched his attorney Fay Brunning hold her own not just against Super Lawyer Will McDowell ofContinue Reading

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CFN – The last column Claude McIntosh wrote for the Standard Freeholder contained a straight out lie.  It wouldn’t be the first time Mr. McIntosh made up a porkie and blurted it out on the page. Now this wasn’t some “opinion”.  Nope, it was  a clear knowing mistaking of theContinue Reading

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CFN – Ageism.   It’s wrong; but sometimes there can be grains of truth in cliches.  Sadly Cornwall Council voted to keep Fluoride in our drinking water.    Fluoride is poison; but of course many poisons have been used as medicine.  In this case many municipalities and regions around the worldContinue Reading

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CFN – Can you imagine an employee here in Ontario being told that they could not speak French while at work?   Could you imagine that same employee being told that they could not speak French on their break on site with another employee? That’s exactly what’s happened to youngContinue Reading

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CFN – Today’s Supreme Court decision against  California’s Proposition 8 and  the federal Defense of Marriage Act will pave the way to Marriage Equality I think it’s time to ponder the actual state that Marriage is. Is Marriage a lifelong commitment based on culture, religion and custom or simply aContinue Reading

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A review of local news websites show that only two allow anonymous posts: the Standard-Freeholder and the Cornwall Free News. Both sites have some moderation of comments, but a review of activity over the past several months have led staff to concur with the generalized assessment of the practice by the American Journalism Review:Continue Reading

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CFN – Some people ask why I buy my gas for the most part over the border in Akwesasne.    The answer is that I hate getting gouged.  I hate companies playing games. The gas in Akwesasne is from McEwen which has many stations here in Eastern Ontario.  For theContinue Reading

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CFN – So you have a crisis occur in your organization.    Most times you can never avoid taking a hit of some sort; but as they say;  “The Difference between Winners and Losers is how you deal with adversity.” Elaine MacDonald radio quote. Now this quote if you listenContinue Reading

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CFN – One of the reasons traditional media has lost so much ground to new media such as CFN is because of the public perception that it’s not truthful. Recently the Freeholder ran a full page ad bestowing to advertisers mostly their numbers and good stuff.  The only thing is thatContinue Reading

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CFN – Yesterday for the first time since CFN started in 2009 I truly felt like selling and moving on. The bad guys aren’t so much winning as I’m a little discouraged at how the good guys react to bad guys, and those that stand up to them. Covering WhistleblowersContinue Reading