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 – Snow blanketed the city over night with nearly 8 centimeters covering us overnight. Buses were cancelled and cleaning begun, but at least 10 more cm’s of the white stuff is expected to land Wednesday with more overnight and Thursday as we face our first Winter storm. DoContinue Reading
BREACH, PERSONATION Cornwall, ON – Andre Paul, 47 of Cornwall was arrested on December 6th, 2014 and charged with personation and breach of probation for having consumed alcohol and failing to keep the peace. It is alleged that in the early morning hours of December 6th, 2014 police spokeContinue Reading
Former Ontario Provincial Police Officer Charged Case Number: 13-PSA-227 Mississauga (5 December, 2014) — The Director of the Special Investigations Unit (SIU), Tony Loparco, has reasonable grounds to believe that a former Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) officer committed a criminal offence against a woman in 1986, while the officer wasContinue 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 – Our city residents know how to dude it up for Christmas and CFN wants to share that artistry with the world! We’re inviting any city resident to post their pictures in our contest! We will be awarding over $200 in gift cards and event tickets as prizesContinue Reading
Human smuggling charges by CRTF-SOC On December 2, 2014 the Cornwall Regional Task Force – Serious and Organized Crime (CRTF-SOC) team and partners announced the results of an eight (8) month investigation that led to the arrest of three (3) individuals alleged to be involved in smuggling humans into theContinue 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 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
On November 30th, 2014 at approximately 1:50 p.m., the Akwesasne Mohawk Police Service was dispatched to a residence on Cornwall Island, Ontario. Upon arrival, police discovered a deceased male. Akwesasne Mohawk Police Service investigators, with the assistance of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Forensic Identification Services Unit and Criminal Investigation BranchContinue Reading
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CORNWALL Ontario – Lucy Shaver of Summerstown was the happy winner of our Pizza for Year contest! CFN viewers voted on their favorite pizza joint in Cornwall and Lucy’s name was drawn at random. She won a $25 gift certificate every month for 12 months! Her first pickContinue 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
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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
BROOKDALE AVENUE STABBING UPDATE Cornwall, On – The Cornwall Community Police Service would like to inform the public that the investigation into the incident that occurred on Brookdale Avenue where a man was located with stab wounds has been completed. It has been determined that the man took hisContinue Reading
ASSAULT Cornwall, ON – A 21-year-old Cornwall man was arrested on November 25th, 2014 and charged with assault. It is alleged that during an argument with his 16-year-old girlfriend on November 9th, 2014 the man punched her in the eye. Police were later contacted and an investigation ensued. OnContinue Reading
Brookdale Avenue Stabbing Cornwall, ON – The Cornwall Community Police Service is actively investigating an incident that occurred in the evening of November 26th, 2014 where a man was found suffering from stab wounds and later died. The Cornwall Community Police Service is currently not looking for any suspectsContinue Reading