Cornwall ON – Call to students and student artists in Glengarry, Stormont, Akwesasne, Cornwall and Dundas . Jacqueline Milner is in the process of planning an art exhibit; “The Earth Matters Art Exhibit”. This Exhibit will feature the work of Regional artists and student submissions, during the months ofContinue Reading
Ottawa ON – It must be a bit embarrassing these days for those who have been criticizing the Conservative’s purchase of new military equipment. As the situation in Libya deteriorates and Gadhafi counters the efforts of the population to remove him, western powers must now consider if they will useContinue Reading
Dear Editor, Why should Canada bail out the F-35 Money Pit? Of little use in Canada’s airspace, the F-35 is described by US aerospace analysts as “too big to fail”. In January, US Secretary of Defense Robert Gates said the F-35B “should be cancelled” if the costly delays of theContinue Reading
Cornwall ON – In 2007, the federal government sought the collaboration of the provinces and territories to keep Canadian industry competitive by driving down business taxes. The plan would have seen combined federal and provincial/territorial corporate income tax rates drop to about 25% by 2013, one of the lowest taxContinue Reading
Cornwall ON – We have new permanent house guests who are going to help our household compost our kitchen scraps, newsprint, dryer lint, pet hair and floor sweepings. Our new house guests are red wigglers (eisenia foetida); they are voracious garbage-eaters who eat and expel their own weight every day.Continue Reading
Cornwall ON – Egypt, Libya, Algeria, is China next? This weekend protests were reported in China. Economics are the main theme of protests around the world as food and fuel inflation have been hurting people’s ability to survive. Mix in corruption in many countries and you get some veryContinue Reading
Cornwall ON – I think it’s time for Cornwall Ontario to return to the Ward system. This isn’t an easy position to come to, but after living here in Cornwall for nearly 8 years and intensely watching city government for three I can see and appreciate the arguement. LocalContinue Reading
Cornwall ON – Life isn’t fair. Not sure why anyone expects it to be?? For Jeanne Assam though fairness has reached a new level of low. Jeanne Assam was a volunteer security guard forthe New Life Church in Colorado when a nut bar named Matthew Murray went onContinue Reading
Ottawa ON – The latest round of political opinion polls has a message for the opposition parties-focus on what matters to Canadians. While the so called Bev Oda scandal allows opposition politicians to hyperventilate with outrage in Ottawa and the media and political pundits are beside themselves over how notContinue Reading
Ottawa ON – The $13 billion budgetary surplus the Conservatives inherited when they took office in 2006 is gone. It has been replaced with a $56 billion deficit, the largest deficit in our history, and the Parliamentary Budget Officer is projecting that the government will add more than $200 billion in new debt byContinue Reading
Ottawa ON – It was almost obscene watching 116 Tory MPs and cabinet minister’s blitzing the country this past week bragging about how much of our taxpayer’s money they have spent. On one day alone some 70 MPs announced roughly a quarter of a billion dollars worth of spending. And,Continue Reading
Dear Editor, We see this week that household debt is 150% of income and are urged to do more financial planning. But maybe we are unable to meet our costs or save because there’s something government could do that it is not doing. What about taxing households less, admitting thatContinue Reading
Dear Editor, The “Alerte-Info-Alert-bot memo about the situation involving International Development Minister Bev Oda, who stands accused by her political opponents of the serious charge of lying to Parliament” *.placed in the hands of Conservative M.P’s included the statement, “We stand by Minister Oda and her decision not to provideContinue Reading
Cornwall ON – I know spring is itching to show her face when I see Robins flitting about. Last week I sighted a group of eight darting about a farm yard. Our harbingers of Spring are letting us know that winter is coming out of her big sleep. Eco FarmContinue Reading
Dear editor In the Seaway News of February 17th, Mr. Denis Thibault had an article about building local economy through culture. He introduces culture as new economic and demographic realities, as a strengthening quality of life, as a magnet that attracts and retains creative people, as the 4th pillar ofContinue Reading
Dear Sir: I have been an unabashed Liberal for most of my life; I have been king-maker but never the king, working from within the Party for what I believe has been the common good. One of my unhappiest moments was to hear the incumbent, Jim Brownell, declare he is retiring for IContinue Reading
Dear Sir: So, we have yet another episode in the Harper Government Play Centre. Now we have a member of the cabinet telling blatant lies and a Prime Minister who upholds her right to tell those lies. It is very, very difficult to rationalise the Conservative Party pulling ahead inContinue Reading
Cornwall ON – Recently the Chamber of Commerce had an initiative to Shop locally like many communities across North America. There are issues for small business all over, but for today’s editorial and questions I’m going to focus here in Cornwall Ontario. Not because it’s better or worse thanContinue Reading