CFN – A member of Cornwall City Council recently released information that the City of Cornwall had temporarily suspended the addition of fluoride to the municipal water. Without public knowledge, the situation that had been ongoing for 2-months, the result of problems related to the storage of the hydrofluorosilicic acidContinue Reading
CORNWALL Ontario – With the 2014 20th Anniversary edition of Cornwall Kinsmen Lift Off only 6 days away they need volunteers to step to the plate in a few areas. From the release: We need people to help with crewing…assisting with the balloons (primarily those that have drivers licenses and can backContinue Reading
CRIMINAL HARRASSMENT Cornwall, Ontario – A 30 year old Cornwall man was arrested on July 2, 2014. He is bound by a Probation Order and a Recognizance Order with the relevant conditions to not have contact with the two women involved in this incident, and to keep theContinue Reading
CORNWALL Ontario – And then there were three. Former councilor Leslie O’Shaugnessy filed his paperwork at City Hall at approximately 4:15 PM Wednesday to run for Mayor of Cornwall Ontario. He joins current mayor Robert Bob Kilger and CFN Editor Jamie Gilcig as we get closer to the SeptemberContinue Reading
CFN – While Canadians were taking pleasure in the radiance of June-blooming poppies, something unlovely was germinating within the contaminated soil of a Cornwall-area Facebook group that specializes in mockery and cyber bullying. But it is the group’s pre-Canada Day defilement of the poppy that has the Royal Canadian LegionContinue Reading
CORNWALL Ontario – Area residents get a last chance to walk over the Northern section of the Seaway International bridge in Cornwall. From the press release: The Seaway International Bridge Corporation, Ltd. (SIBC) in collaboration with The Federal Bridge Corporation Limited (FBCL) invites all members of the community toContinue Reading
Ontario Provincial Police News Portal [STORMONT DUNDAS and GLENGARRY] DOMESTIC INCIDENTS/IMPAIRED DRIVERS/DRUGS SEIZED/SPEEDERS INTERCEPTED/BREAK-IN 2014-07-02 DOMESTIC INCIDENTS (North Dundas) – On June 27th, 2014 at approximately 5:00pm, SD&G OPP officers responded to a report of a domestic situation at a property on Moffat Street in the Village of Morewood, North Dundas Township.Continue Reading
Christmas in July is a Local Shopping Initiative in the Region sponsored by The Cornwall Free News & The South Stormont News It’s a great opportunity for businesses, artists, organizations, charities, and any entity to promote themselves during these fiscally difficult times! For only $39+ HST your business card orContinue Reading
DOMESTIC INCIDENTS Cornwall, ON – A 59 year old Cornwall male was arrested on July 1, 2014. It is alleged that between June 28 and 29, 2014, he confronted his estranged girlfriend on Water Street. She attempted to walk away. He grabbed her by the shoulders, shook herContinue Reading
CORNWALL Ontario – It’s time for our June 2014 Lihou Report; named after Seaway News Editor Todd Lihou, who raved about their numbers without really giving any numbers. His narrative inspired this new name change in our numbers reporting as CFN has always tried to be upfront about the support weContinue Reading
DRUG POSSESSION AND TRAFFICKING Cornwall, Ontario – Blake Atwell, age 38, Gail Atwell, age 60 and Lisa-Marie Rees, age 33, of Cornwall, were arrested on June 27, 2014. The Cornwall Community Police Service’s Street Crime Unit and Emergency Response Team executed a search warrant at an EleventhContinue Reading
TO: Jamie I read with interest your promise, if elected to public office, to attract $25/hour jobs to Cornwall. I will urge you re-consider such a promise given that the North American economy is in a mess. The US-dollar is the world’s reserve currency and unless US lawmakers drasticallyContinue Reading
CORNWALL Ontario – Justin Trudeau is stopping in Alexandria and Cornwall Ontario on Canada Day. With a year until his first election shot at becoming Prime Minister of Canada every seat will count. For example in the recent Provincial election none of the leaders dropped by Cornwall because it wasContinue Reading
CORNWALL Ontario – For a new comer Hugo Rodrigues, editor of the Standard Freeholder and poobah at the Canadian Association of Journalists is upset. He’s mad. He’s talking radio licenses. He’s not happy that Corus radio shut down their newsroom in Cornwall terminating three jobs. I agree with him.Continue Reading
CORNWALL Ontario – Will he or won’t he? That’s the question that many are asking after Cornwall Mayor Bob Kilger finally put his name on the dotted line and registered to run for a their term. The “he” in question is former Councilor Leslie O’Shaughnessy who resigned from councilContinue Reading
CORNWALL Ontario – What should we pay our mayor and council in Cornwall? Clearly their salaries are low and some might say you get what you pay for. There are some, like Bernadette Clement, that spend mightily to get elected and clearly are using the role of Councilor as aContinue Reading
Taxes, taxes, taxes! The next election will have a lot of chafe and mayhem; but the bottom line will be about taxes. Under Bob Kilger taxes have gone up insanely now for eight years; mostly to cover the costs of scandals, poor management and a lack of vision, andContinue Reading
CORNWALL Ontario – The little restaurant on the corner of 3rd and Pitt in Downtown Cornwall Ontario has had a rough record with many trying, but few succeeding, but I have a good vibe about the new Cedar’s On Wheels which just opened. First off I love Shawarma. Love thoseContinue Reading