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 compensationContinue Reading
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 dollarsContinue Reading
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,Continue Reading
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 experienceContinue Reading
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”Continue Reading
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 wereContinue Reading
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 millionsContinue Reading
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’sContinue Reading
CFN – With the Province of Ontario considering new locations for OPG Casinos the conversation has started again here in Cornwall. Cornwall is in a perfect strategic location for a Casino. Morals debate aside, if you’re going to have a Casino in any city in this region, Cornwall is aContinue Reading
CFN – Language wars are heating up in Quebec again. Well not really Quebec, mostly Montreal. I’m what I like to call a Quebec refugee. For me I decided that no matter how much I loved Montreal that the city of my youth is long gone and what it’sContinue Reading
CFN – Hi! Welcome to our new site design. It’s been in the works for quite awhile and isn’t quite finished. It’s been an interesting weekend. An act of faith. Trying to take over 5,000 stories, 7,000 images, and far too many words and take them fromContinue Reading
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 peopleContinue Reading
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. httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o7i1I89FCJQ Never kick a dog when it’s down? Not byContinue Reading
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 wrongContinue Reading
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 muchContinue Reading
CFN – I always marvel when people recoil from the internet or websites like Facebook. They’re tools; inanimate unless people do something with them, like broccoli or automatic hand guns. I of course love using the internet. CFN after all (contrary to our local daily and mayor) isContinue Reading
CFN – It’s a foggy morning here in Cornwall Ontario as I write this. Just getting my morning pot of Green tea going and having a bit of toast as I wait for my old dog to wake up. She sleeps in later and later. She’s 11. Continue Reading
CFN – We live in a time where medicine is becoming more and more reliant on drug therapies. We also are in a time when Drug Companies are sometimes spending more marketing drugs than researching them. There are thousands of “Orphan” drugs sitting unused. An Orphan drug isContinue Reading