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CFN – When you sit behind this desk and sift through documents it’s  sometimes challenging to decide what information to print. Of course there are legal and liability questions at all times, but there are also moral and personal factors. When CFN first received this document I personally could notContinue Reading

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CFN – An odd time to call a super secret special training session of City council don’t you think?  That’s exactly what the City of Cornwall is doing.  At near the same time as $1,000 per hour lawyer Will McDowell will be trying to have the case for the cityContinue Reading

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CFN – If documents filed against the Mayor and City from Deputy fire chief Rob Hickley are judged to be true what a bully our former CAO Paul Fitzpatrick is appearing to be. Friday there’s a hearing at 10 AM (open to the public) where a judge will be askedContinue Reading

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CFN –   It’s been a rough year for Cornwall Ontario City Councilor Denis Thibault.   The long time Liberal mover, shaker, and friend of the legendary Ed Lumley has actually countered council recently over the  sham exercise of having a public consultation this deep into the failed Kilger mandate.Continue Reading

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CFN –   Things are heating up over the sale of the Cornwall General Hospital.   While the final decision is in the hands of Ontario Minister Deb Matthews, the Citizens Coalition is still moving forward trying to win government support to create a community facility. A positive step forwardContinue Reading

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CFN – Back on March 5th Mayor Bob Kilger issued a press release.  It was very clear. Mayor Kilger issues statement regarding decision not to participate in recent in camera discussions   Mayor Bob Kilger issued the following statement today regarding his decision to not participate in discussions at twoContinue Reading

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CFN – The announcement this week by Tony Clement, Canada’s capable Treasury Board President, that representatives of his department would attend collective bargaining sessions at Crown corporations, is entirely welcome. The entities he singled out for careful examination in search of budgetary economies were Canada Post, Via Rail and theContinue Reading

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CFN – SD&SG Conservative MPP Jim McDonell spoke with CFN via telephone tonight to talk about the budget process. The Tim Hudak led Conservatives have been calling for the minority led Liberal government to be pulled down by non confidence. Mr. McDonell pulled no punches with CFN as he wentContinue Reading

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$476,115 Two-Year Project will regulate tobacco at Akwesasne CFN – The Mohawk Council of Akwesasne announced today that it received a $476,115 two-year grant from the Government of Ontario to support the development of an Akwesasne Tobacco Law and Regulatory Framework. The “Akwesasne Tobacco Pilot Project” is one of twoContinue Reading

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As the public are aware, the City was convicted for illegal retaliation against me in October 2011 in relation to resident abuse at the Lodge. . The City Council was then investigating for answers as to why the three members of senior management of the City had participated in illegalContinue Reading

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CFN – Local Liberals in SD&SG Ontario have been taking a walloping in local media of late.   The riding still has not replaced it’s last offering, former Cornwall Council member  Mark MacDonald, who took the place of retiring MPP Jim Brownell. The Buzz is that Cornwall city councilor BernadetteContinue Reading

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CFN –  Ontario Conservative leader Tim Hudak and his Conservative caucus are running up a Non-Confidence motion against the Kathleen Wynne led Liberal government. It should be interesting to find out if NDP leader Andrea Horwath is ready to rumble or not? poll by twiigs.com Ms Wynne won the LiberalContinue Reading

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CFN – With news of Cornwall Ontario Deputy Fire Chief Rob Hickley suing the City of  Cornwall Ontario over Mayor Bob Kilger’s alleged Conflict of Interest we contacted Diane Shay, the other Whistle Blower recently in the news over her case against the city of Cornwall. Ms Shay answered someContinue Reading

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CFN – Deputy Fire Chief Rob Hickley has filed suit against the City of Cornwall.  He is not being represented in this case by lawyer Fay Brunning due to the huge legal costs involved and has been forced to represent himself at this point.   With legal costs exceeding $2,000Continue Reading

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CFN – Cornwall City Hall did the back door shuffle and have agreed to send $50K to fund the study that the committee above have asked to have commissioned. Little has been said about their vision; but CFN has been digging and could the reason for the secrecy simply beContinue Reading