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CFN –  In a bizarre twist the City of Cornwall has engaged the assistance of St.Lawrence College for its current round of Strategic planning. Guess who’s the Chair of St. Lawrence College’s Board of Governors?   None other than former Cornwall CAO Paul Fitzpatrick. The same Paul Fitzpatrick that has theContinue Reading

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CFN – Rob Ford is still mayor of Toronto, our largest city in Canada as of press time.   It’s been an interesting week for the mayor as he circles the wagons and staff member after staff member fall off either by firing or resignation. What we do know isContinue Reading

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CFN –  There is a void in community leadership in Cornwall Ontario.   It’s not just Mayor Kilger and his cabal of councilors who spend their time covering up scandal after scandal making Rob Ford look like Mike Duffy. We allegedly elect people to serve in political office because ofContinue Reading

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CFN – When you sit behind this desk and sift through documents it’s  sometimes challenging to decide what information to print. Of course there are legal and liability questions at all times, but there are also moral and personal factors. When CFN first received this document I personally could notContinue Reading

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CFN – Cornwall City Councilor went stumping for some local businesses that are upset that the temporary customs set up here in Cornwall are causing long delays that are impacting local business. He’s right.   They are.   Mostly they are inconveniencing the residents of Akwesasne and their businesses as well.  AfterContinue Reading

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CFN – The announcement this week by Tony Clement, Canada’s capable Treasury Board President, that representatives of his department would attend collective bargaining sessions at Crown corporations, is entirely welcome. The entities he singled out for careful examination in search of budgetary economies were Canada Post, Via Rail and theContinue Reading

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CFN – Where’s the Money?   That’s what many in Cornwall have been asking since The Kinsmen sponsored Lift Off festival’s 2010 4 day event drew 55,000 people according to former founder Chris Savard. In 2011 the festival had to borrow $30,000 from the City of Cornwall in a most unprofessionalContinue Reading

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CFN – Does Cornwall Ontario need to change its name?  This winter a comedian on CBC called Cornwall the “Crotch of Canada.” A city councilor suggested expanding our borders to raise the population of the city because it has been stagnant or shrinking for decades. Cornwall has been reasonably goodContinue Reading

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CFN – In an unusual twist Dr. Sheridan (Sherry) Diaz suggested that her trial was more about Gay Marriage and spousal rights than Elder Abuse. Dr. Diaz looked a bit like the Black Dahlia, dressed in black and forcefully tapping her finger on the table at documents for her lawyerContinue Reading