CFN – We’re getting closer to a decision on the Cornwall General Hospital facility. Today is a meeting of the hospital board and what is supposed to be closure. Mark A MacDonald, a former Councilor, and part of the Concerned Citizens Coalition sent an urgent email to City HallContinue Reading
CFN – A proud Canadian music legend passed away at the age of 77. Stomping Tom Connors died at his Ontario home. Tom was an original. He was fiercely Canadian and a self made man. Social media is littered with tributes. His performance of The Hockey Song has becomeContinue Reading
CFN – Media play a vital role in our lives and communities. In today’s world of media consolidation it’s rare to see truly independent media like CFN. But we need your help to grow and deliver the news, views, and reviews, that over 60,000 of you per month want.Continue Reading
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Are we progressing or regressing? What the heck are we doing folks? I attended a community gathering last week which was organized by one of our local non-profits; what I would describe as an environmental organization which featured speakers from another environmental organization. I knew the talk would touchContinue Reading
CFN – A river of facts and fundamentals – about how to protect and nurture our local waterways – flowed into our thoughts last Wednesday night at the Cornwall Public Library. This second lecture of 2013 – put on by the St. Lawrence River Institute – drew from a wellContinue Reading
CFN – Lawyer Fay Brunning released a stunning email this morning suggesting that the Cornwall’s Mayor’s conduct is illegal and that he in fact has not been cleared as his lawyer RULED of any issue at this point. Below is Ms Brunning’s email to media unedited. You have asked meContinue Reading
CFN – Cornwall SD&G Paramedics participated in a fundraising Hockey tournament on February 27th & 28th. . The tournament was hosted by the The Professional Paramedic Association of Ottawa to raise money for their HELP Fund and Nicaragua Mission. . Cornwall SD&G Paramedics beat out 9 other teams in theirContinue Reading
CFN – Cornwall Mayor Bob Kilger issued a statement today about his alleged Conflict of Interest issues. It’s very cryptic and twisty; like a very expensive lawyer wrote it. The Free Holder ripped off a headline that was even more odd than the press release. Crack reporter Cheryl Brink whippedContinue Reading
CFN – Day 20 and counting. It also doesn’t look like much will happen soon dear viewers of CFN. Economical Insurance has really stunned this scribbler. A viewer sent in the link to explain my accident to me according to the laws of Ontario. LINK Economical to dateContinue Reading
Cornwall opened the games against London dropping a close contest 3-2 with London breaking the tie with only 24 seconds remaining in the game. Cornwall came away with a better result in the second game beating Haliburton 3-0 and in the quarter finals defeated Huntsville 6-1. Taking on the defending champs fromContinue Reading
OVER 80 Cornwall, ON- Tracy Benedict, 35 of Cornwall was arrested shortly after 9:00 am on March 1st, 2013. It is alleged that he was operating a motor vehicle and attended the Canadian Border Service Agency while being under the influence of alcohol. He was detained and turned overContinue Reading
CFN – Cornwall saw the 2nd rendition of the I Am Woman event Sunday. Pictured above are Britney Bourdages of Cardinal Law and Jenni MacDonald of Dominion Lending who had a space at the event that celebrated all that was Woman! I talked with Janet St. Pierre who alsoContinue Reading
CFN – In an odd twisty turny snakey thingy Cornwall Ontario Councilor Syd Gardiner still hasn’t been charge with several counts of mischief under $5K or whatever the correct charge would be after he wrassled with protest signs from a week ago. CFN has learned that CAO Norm Levac foundContinue Reading
CFN – Since new Clerk Helen Finn has been hired it seems that the City has a bunker mentality when it comes to answering questions and providing info to the public. We have asked a series of questions which usually come back with questions instead of simple answers. For exampleContinue Reading
CFN – 41,082 Unique Visitors who visited 1,767,880 pages and gobbled up 113.91 GB worth of bandwidth! Darn February being three days shorter than January! It’s been an INTENSELY LOCAL month here at CFN headquarters! We are in the midst of a full blown attack from a very corrupt Cornwall Ontario MayorContinue Reading
CFN – It does seem blisteringly absent. The very day after Council reversed its decision and voted eight to two in favour of supporting Glen Stor Dun’s recommendation – that the geriatric fire system be retired for a young healthy one – the Freeholder ran the rather flaccid front pageContinue Reading
CFN – I used to be a member of Team Cornwall. Great name. Great concept, a tragic loss of opportunity for our community that essentially seems to be a rah rah excuse for the president, Gilles Latour, who doesn’t even live in Cornwall, or coach hockey in Cornwall,Continue Reading