Ottawa ON – Tim Hudak and the Provincial Progressive Conservative party are holding meetings this weekend in Ottawa for their annual convention. LINK “Under Hudak’s leadership, the party has grown to 44,000 members from around 9,000, but McMaster University political scientist Peter Graefe said the party faces significant challenges. AContinue Reading
Seawayradio.com will be having Liberal MPP Mark Holland as a guest Monday March 8 to talk about the Seaway International Bridge Crisis and the Federal Budget just released by the Harper Government. He currently serves as Member of Parliament for Ajax-Pickering, and is the Liberal Opposition Critic for PublicContinue Reading
We’re going to be talking about the new Hockey team in Akwesasne; The Warriors as well as the Federal Budget handed down from the Harper government, and whatever is on your mind. Seawayradio.com – Community radio from Cornwall Ontario. To email in your music request or come on theContinue Reading
With $80 dollar a barrel oil seeming reasonable the world is scrambling for alternatives. Solar is a hot ticket nowadays especially here in Cornwall Ontario. Recently The Heart of the City held a breakfast meeting to discuss some very interesting opportunities. LINK Dr. Sudhanshu Varma and Dr. RayeContinue Reading
Cornwall ON – This afternoon live on www.seawayradio.com Cornwall City Councilor Mark MacDonald announced that he would not be running for council again. After two terms as Councilor he’s mulling a run for Mayor. Listen to the interview by clicking on his photo. You never know what you’ll hear onContinue Reading
Our MP Guy Lauzon is up to his wicked political ways again. A concerned reader sent in the following. “NO MORE 2 for 1!!!! The Conservative government’s Truth in Sentencing Act finally became law February 22, 2010. I say “finally” because we have been trying to enact legislationContinue Reading
Parliament is about to return. Prorogued by the Harper government prior to the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver British Columbia to “recalibrate” the government and its goals; a new budget is due to be brought to the house for a vote of confidence. Mr. Harper’s poll numbers have dropped byContinue Reading
Email us at info@cornwallfreenews.com with your musical requests, questions, or if you want to be on the show. Email in your name and number and we’ll call you. If you don’t see the radio player below click HERE. Our player works best if you have the latest versionContinue Reading
We at The Cornwall Free News just celebrated our 1st Anniversary. It’s something we’re all proud of because many people gave us little chance of making it to our first birthday, but people can surprise you and the response to our online newspaper was way beyond even our ownContinue Reading
Seawayradio.com is proud to have as its first guest Mayor Robert “Bob” Kilger of Cornwall Ontario. News, talk, Sports, Politics, and all request radio live from Cornwall Ontario. Our first official show will start 11:30 PM Monday March 1st. Go to Seawayradio.com to listen live or see archivedContinue Reading
Budget Cuts, loss of service, and now potential doctor losses which could impact long term local businesses. After all that Cornwall residents have given to the new hospital project many are upset at what looks to be going on at the hospital. httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WAWkpku-KyU We’ll be covering this story ongoingContinue Reading
Cornwall City Councilor and unofficial Mayoralty candidate Mark MacDonald sent in another report and video from the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympic games where he is volunteering. httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t3xYaJNvmOE “The streets in Vancouver are alive with action. They estimate about 150,000 people a night at Robson and Granville. This is a video showing the crowdsContinue Reading
Our MPP, Liberal Jim Brownell responds to questions about bed cuts locally here at the Cornwall Community Hospital. It was very difficult to hear of the challenges at the Cornwall Community Hospital (CCH), although I knew that there would be challenges in the future. I even commented about such, during theContinue Reading
Dear Editor: I am very disappointed that the Cornwall Community Hospital has been forced to close 18 beds and lay off 30 employees because of inadequate funding from the provincial government. These cuts will certainly hurt the quality of health care in Cornwall and area. With an aging and growingContinue Reading
Letter to the Editor NDP – No Detail Politicians In most circumstances to have lots of rhetoric with no details we call it fiction, delusion, hypothetical and even fantasy. But on the 9th of February at the NDP Annual General Meeting in Cornwall it was the talk of the party. Continue Reading
The Stormont-Dundas-South Glengarry Federal & Provincial NDP riding associations elected their executive members for 2010 at their joint annual general meetings on February 9 at the Navy Veterans Association in Cornwall. The federal NDP candidate for SDSG Darlene Jalbert was re-elected as the federal riding association President. Former Cornwall MayorContinue Reading
Harper Is Selling Another Piece of Canada to the United States By signing the agreement on government procurement, the Harper government is selling another piece of our country to the Americans. The provincial and municipal public markets were not included in NAFTA or the WTO Agreement on Government Procurement. TheContinue Reading
Cornwall Ontario – The NDP party received some upsetting news Friday when their leader, Jack Layton, announced he was in a battle with prostate cancer. For the past seven years Layton has been the charismatic leader of the NDP and is known to keep a very full schedule. Unfortunately, only one day after his announcement LaytonContinue Reading