CORNWALL Ontario – The Seaway News is reporting that the United Way locally may not hit its modest target this year set at under $1M. Sadly one of the greatest charities in this country decided to play the political card. After being a part of the disaster that has beenContinue Reading
CORNWALL Ontario – I remember when Todd was a nice guy. I really do. At least on the surface, but choking on exhaust from other media seems to have got the worst of him or it’s been having to work with Rick Shaver for as long as he has now?Continue Reading
CORNWALL Ontario – Mayor Leslie O’Shaughnessy and his council have issued a release announcing that Kilger CAO appointment Norm Levac is delaying his retirement. Mr. Levac announced his retirement shortly after the former Mayor announced he was running again. It seems that this new council appealed to him enough toContinue Reading
CORNWALL Ontario – Ashley March is upset I referred to her as a “Puck Bunny” in a story I wrote where I actually gave her some….exposure, quoting from one of her pieces. Could you imagine a reasonable person drawing a conclusion like that from pictures like the one above?Continue Reading
CORNWALL Ontario – What’s in a name? Well if you’re name is Justin it might just be a hot thing in the 2015 as a Federal election is zooming up. Some think that our PM will even trigger an early vote. Here in SD&SG our MP Guy Lauzon hasContinue Reading
CORNWALL Ontario – Cornwall City Council candidate Guy St. Jean appears to be bailing on Cornwall and moving to Florida with his elderly husband Charlie. From his blog: Although I was running for Council, the decision to run was a joint decision. It is extremely important to have your partner’sContinue Reading
CORNWALL Ontario – The City put out an interesting graph that clearly shows that older voters turn out more for elections than younger ones. The irony is that if you read social media the younger ones make the most noise and have the highest reach so why don’t they vote?Continue Reading
CORNWALL Ontario – Politicians say a lot of things. They really do. And then there are those like our MP who will say just about anything the PMO’s office wish him to say like what he did in Parliament recently on Poverty. Yes, there’s an election coming and surprisinglyContinue Reading
CORNWALL Ontario – Politicians have a funny trait of saying one thing and doing another. Many in Ontario for example were shocked and bewildered when former Premier Mike Harris actually kept some of his campaign promises. New Cornwall Mayor Leslie O’Shaughnessy took the chain of command tonight. There’s a lotContinue Reading
CORNWALL Ontario – Today the new City Council takes their Oath’s of office, but Sunday CFN caught up with Justin Towndale and Mark A MacDonald and chatted about themselves and things Cornwall. I met up with JT at the Civic Complex where an event apparently was occurring. It was quietContinue Reading
CORNWALL Ontario -About to be former councilor Glen Grant either has to have the biggest cojones on the planet or have some early dementia kicking in as he took his typical Glen Grant offense to someone; in the case Editor of the Standard Freeholder, Hugo Rodrigues. Hugo published Grant’s letter.Continue Reading
CORNWALL Ontario – A new Lay committee is being formed to decide on who gets a seat on the many committees in our fair city. There are lots of options to serve. Last term I applied for several but was denied because….well essentially all but one of the Lay committee was not re-electedContinue Reading
CFN – The Cornwall River Kings of the LNAH are jumping down the rabbit hole as the absurd gets more….absurd. With the Season ticket and limited sponsor money gone the team is on the precipice of folding. With expenses of approximately $200-$250K left in the season and attendance dropping likeContinue Reading
CORNWALL Ontario – The Canadian Association of Journalists and Sun Media’s Standard Freeholder Editor Hugo Rodgrigues burned a source live on Twitter this morning. Incensed over his interpretation of a CFN story Mr. Rodrigues went on the war path on social media calling out this writer and calling moi aContinue Reading
CORNWALL Ontario – One of the last acts done by out going Mayor Bob Kilger and his campaign manager Pat Finucan was to give current Cornwall Community Police Chief Dan Parkinson a brand new contract. It was explained to CFN today that while council may be functioning with lame duckContinue Reading
CORNWALL Ontario – The Cornwall & Area Chamber of Commerce was embarrassed and humiliated as their guest speaker essentially pointed out the very reasons why it has not achieved success for several years. Reported in the Seaway News, Ontario Chamber President Allan O’Dette stated that “Cornwall that local businesses need eachContinue Reading
CORNWALL Ontario – It’s been interesting since Hugo Rodrigues was brought into Cornwall to lead the Freeholder. It really has. He’s no dummy, but his Machiavellian gobbleyspin might fool some; but not those that have followed politics. Hugo still has yet to ask the Kilger council the money question regardingContinue Reading
CFN– Freeholder Hugo Rodrigues is spouting off about Water Meters for Cornwall in a recent editorial. Frankly I’m not sure Mr. Rodrigues even lives in Cornwall. The Poobah from the Canadian Association of Journalists was dropped in to helm the newspaper for Sun Media and after helping improve theContinue Reading