With all due respect to our MP Guy Lauzon, your recent statements regarding the chemical storage tanks issue are completely opposite to the message from the community. There is only one solution.  NO TANKS — STOP NOW. I encourage people to sign a petition, attend a meeting or rally, callContinue Reading

Cornwall Ontario –  Chem tanks on our waterfront.   It’s been a hot story this past month here in Cornwall Ontario; but what it really highlights, what it really is about is our community; Cornwall Ontario. What it shows is a clear lack of genuine leadership.  It shows a corruptContinue Reading

  Cornwall Ontario – If things couldn’t get weirder than the bad theatre that has been the dumping of Chemical tanks onto the waterfront in Cornwall Ontario we now have learned that after all the celebration of Chuck Charlebois being invited to participate in the meeting in Ottawa today aboutContinue Reading

Cornwall Ontario –  At least one city councilor is speaking loud and clearly about the Chemical Tanks that the Federal Government has green lit to be constructed on Cornwall’s Waterfront.  Lands that clearly have been ear marked to be de industrialized and geared to fit into tourism and residential development.Continue Reading

Cornwall Ontario –     Dear Bob, you still haven’t publicly stated that you’re against the Chemical Tanks on the former Kaneb property even though just about every single resident of Cornwall is against them as well as the tanks being against the city’s future waterfront plans. Why is that?Continue Reading

AKWESASNE – The Mohawk Council of Akwesasne met with representatives of the City of Cornwall informally on December 23, 2013 to discuss construction of the storage tanks being built on the Cornwall Harbor. The two met again on January 7, 2014 as the Cornwall Mayor Kilger gave a formal briefing to MCA on the City’sContinue Reading

Hi everyoneOne objective reached I will be addressing City Council this coming Monday evening Topic Reaffirm our communities feelings about construction of new storage tanks.  We don’t want them. Encourage Council to continue to pursue their legal options.  We may need them Ask council to get me in on that Jan 14 2014 meeting and IContinue Reading

Letter to the Editor: Regarding the illegal storage tanks that are being built on our ideal waterfront, our MP Guy Lauzon has been quoted in the media stating . “We’re going to look for solutions”. . He is completely wrong.  There was only ONE solution that he was instructed to bring to the Minister and that is,Continue Reading

“IN THE SPIRIT OF COMMUNICATIONS”   AND AS A FOLLOW UP TO OUR FRIENDLY PUBLIC DEMONSTRATION AT THE SITE IN QUESTION ON MONDAY DECEMBER 09 2013 AND OUR PUBLIC MEETING OF DECEMBER 11 2013   WE ASK ONE MORE TIME THAT YOU THE GENERAL PUBLIC HELP US STOP THE CONSTRUCTION OFContinue Reading

Cornwall Ontario – Over 200 people crammed into Salon B of the Civic Complex in Cornwall Ontario.   The crowd clearly and unanimously were against the tanks being constructed on our waterfront.     Guy “I don’t know anything” Lauzon shuffled through papers and did the political speak.   MinisterContinue Reading

Jamie Gilcig

Cornwall Ontario – Our fair city can be a simple and complex creature on any given day.  The glass can be half full or empty depending which bar you’re sitting at. Being a long time Mill Town certain political zeitgiests were entrenched.  For example for years a certain politician hadContinue Reading

Cornwall Ontario – Hmm…how to gentrify a former industrial city with a stunningly beautiful waterfront…. a) build luxury condos?  b)  build lovely green spaces for the community to enjoy?  c) lease out lands to a firm that will plunk a chemical tank or two after the property had been cleanedContinue Reading

Cornwall City Council seeks to evaluate the future of Cornwall Airport after some councillors expressed concern about the facility’s operating cost. The proposal to extend the runway to 5,000-feet to land a small jet plane depends on available federal money, except the federal people seem in no great hurry toContinue Reading

Cornwall Ontario – Since Denis Sabourin moved into Cornwall Ontario from Monkland there are many wondering if he’ll be taking the plunge back into the political spectrum? While some are asking if he’d run again for MP (he fared better than Bernadette Clement did, and without a two year leadContinue Reading

Akwesasne – United Nations Special Rapporteur James Anaya visited Canada this week on a special assignment, conducting hearings across the country to examine the relationship between the government of Canada and First Nations people.  Mr. Anaya made Akwesasne his first stop on Oct. 7, hearing presentations from community officials onContinue Reading

Perhaps you heard the Conservative party advertisement on our local radio stations, If not (and I’d be very surprised if you didn’t here in Lauzonville) then you have heard or seen Canada’s Economic Action Plan ‘adds’ ad nauseam on road signs, on radio and especially on TV. I hope thatContinue Reading