Letter to the Editor – James Borer of South Stormont Calls Out Tammy Hart – May 19, 2012
Question to Tammy Hart You recently issued a public letter denouncing bilingualism and the Provincial Liberal and Federal Conservative governments. Is that letter from you as a citizen or as an elected official? For the record. Your vote on bilingualism is a matter of public record within South Stormont. In the same way that you decry [...]
Letter to the Editor – Tammy Hart Breaks with Guy Lauzon Over Bilingual Funding
Continually funding the Francophone Arts and Culture is just another way of pushing the bilingual agenda. I for one am tired of having bilingualism shoved down our throats at a cost of $2.4 billion annually, thanks to the Federal government, $623 million provincially. In my mind keeping jobs and families in the area should be the priority. Numbers in Cornwall and [...]
Head on Crash on Highway 138 near Cornwall Ontario – Is it finally time to Widen Major Traffic Artery?
CFN – It happened again. Another crash on Highway 138. So far no life was lost in this head on crash. Highway 138 is a major North South link between the 417 and 401 highways and the most direct route to Ottawa from Cornwall Ontario. It’s heavily used and two lanes wide only. [...]
South Stormont Township Council Meeting – Demands CCH Written Response Over Bilingual Nurse Protest – by Reg Coffey, April 12, 2012
CFN – Tonight the Township of South Stormont had a regular council meeting. It was another typical South Stormont meeting where the different department reported the previous month’s activities. The OPP described incidents in which they were called out in March; the Fire Department gave a report on their responses; Public Works, Building/Development, Finance and [...]
St. Andrews Fights to Save Post Office As MP Lauzon States it’s Not a Federal Issue – March 13, 2012
CFN – Forty-two residents of the beautiful village of St. Andrews West turned out on Thursday evening at the St. Andrews Catholic Church hall to show their support for the Post Office. . During the 90-minute long meeting the residents confirmed that Canada Post’s recent proposal to pay the current owners of the St. Andrews [...]
Cornwall Ontario Community Hospital Bilingual Nurse Protest Draws 400 – VIDEO – March 4, 2012
CFN – What started out as a one man picket by nurse Christopher Cameron exploded into a crowd that peaked at nearly 400 Saturday in front of the Cornwall Community Hospital. The crowd braved winds as high as 70KMH that caused tree damage in the area. The signs were in full bloom and cars [...]
Gong Show Redux as Cornwall Ontario City Council Pass the Buck and Duck on South Stormont Community Hospital Bilingual Nurse Motion
CFN – By far one of the hottest local news stories has been the now linguistic firestorm created by a Letter to the Editor by Dr. Dany Tombler regarding the Bilingual nursing policy at the Cornwall Community Hospital. The Hospital; that is refusing to contact with The Cornwall Free News and did not advertise its [...]
Letter to the Editor – Cory Cameron on Cornwall Ontario Community Hospital Bilingual Nursing Policy – February 27, 2012
Bilingual Hiring Policies – Angst that continues I have been following for several days now the issue of bilingual hiring policies – especially in regards to the recent hot topic of the bilingual hiring policies of the Cornwall Community Hospital(CCH)that has captured so much of the Cornwall public’s attention span as of late. To say [...]
South Stormont Council Unanimously Votes to Threaten Dollars to Cornwall Ontario Community Hospital over Bilingual Nurse Hiring Practice – February 7, 2012
CFN – Mayor Bryan McGillis and council of South Stormont Ontario threw down the gauntlet to the Cornwall Community Hospital today at a regularly scheduled non-secret open council meeting. South Stormont is reacting to the lightning story started by a letter to the editor by esteemed local surgeon Dr. Dany Tombler of Cornwall Ontario. LINK [...]
Letter to the Editor – Mark A MacDonald of Cornwall Ontario Calls out MPP Jim McDonell – February 5, 2012
It’s been four months since the election and it’s time for MPP Jim McDonell to start doing something positive rather than crying and whining all the time. The wait times for senior’s needing long term care and decent affordable housing is a disgrace and McDonell is doing nothing about it. He was elected to make positve changes [...]
South Stormont Township Council Meeting, January 25, 2012 by Reg Coffey
CFN – What a pleasure it is to attend a well conducted council meeting. After sitting in on a couple of the Cornwall City Council meetings it is refreshing to see local politicians behave in an efficient and well organized manner. All of the councillors were well prepared for the meeting and the township administration [...]
Letter to the Editor – Phil Miller on PC Leader Tim Hudak – December 14, 2011
In Hudak’s opinion piece in the December 13th National Post was an exercise in speciousness. The PC’s just lost an election campaign where they promised MORE spending than any other party. Obviously there is a problem, but the electorate realized that the PC’s were just part of it. Now, suddenly, Hudak has the “fiscal” religion [...]
Letter to the Editor from Corneliu Kirjan – Who does Jim McDonell work for? December 8, 2011
SD&SG PC MP Jim McDonell during election . In difficult economic times, governments make efforts to implement programs that meet the needs of the population while allowing for economic recovery. In 2009, the Federal Conservative government implemented such a program to encourage renovation and boost the economy, and the results were conclusive since some 380,000 [...]
Gentleman Jim McDonell Turns SD&SG Blue – Premier McGuinty holds on with 53 seats in Ontario Election – October 7, 2011
CFN – What an odd end to the Ontario provincial elections. In the “Big Picture” voter turnout was the key factor with the province slumping under the 50% mark. That means that over half of the eligable voters in this province just couldn’t be bothered or care about voting. How many of those that [...]
I endorse Mark A MacDonald to be the next MPP for a Majority Liberal Dalton McGuinty Government for Ontario – by Jamie Gilcig – Editor – The Cornwall Free News
CFN – It’s been a long election season. Debate after debate, speech after speech, private moments, heated moments, moments that separate one candidate from another. I can say that at both the local riding level here in SD&SG and at the Provincial level where I’ve seen Tim Hudak barr me from an event thus [...]
Ontario Liberal Premier Dalton McGuinty Aims for Majority while visiting Cornwall Ontario – Ready to Take on Stephen Harper – October 1, 2011
CFN – If the turnout in Cornwall for Premier Dalton McGuinty is indicative of the election results on October 6th, compared to the turn outs for Tim Hudak and Andrea Horvath the Liberal candidate will have a huge smile on his face on election night! In spite of cold and rain hundreds of people flooded [...]
Tim Hudak Afraid of Criticism – Bans Cornwall Journalist over Opinion Piece – September 19, 2011
Cornwall ON – I just received a phone call from Tim Hudak’s media guy; Jason Lietaer phoned me up. What is it with Conservatives and threatening me with legal action? Mr. Hudak is visiting Cornwall this afternoon, and is the only leader to demand accreditation for events. So I called and not only asked [...]
