Montreal QC – On October 17th, in St. Peter’s Square, the Church formally recognized Montreal’s Brother André Bessette (1845-1937) as a Saint of God. An estimated 2,000 or so Canadians flew to Rome to join other pilgrims for this joyous event.Somewhat closer to home, on October 30th, Montreal’s Olympic StadiumContinue Reading
Cornwall ON- It’s that time for all of the creepy little goblins and pretty little princesses to make their way through the streets taking treats or dishing out tricks! Halloween is my favorite holiday and I hope that all of you have a safe and happy Halloween! Make sureContinue Reading
Cornwall ON – Mr Markov’s return, to home ice was a bit anti-climactic as the Habs fell to the lowly Florida Panthers 3-1. It wasn’t for lack of shots as Montreal out shot the Panthers 41-31. They evened the score in the second 1-1, but the Jaroslav Spacek pulledContinue Reading
The federal government has tabled new legislation with respect to refugees and has, once again, completely missed the mark. Now, I know, it is easy to sit on the sidelines and make judgements but, really, this latest Conservative initiative can best be described as an avoidance of taking responsible action.Continue Reading
Newington ON – Are the Counties NUTS? What on earth justifies a $8000.00 a year increase? This past October the Counties passed a by-law increasing the honorarium for the Wardens position from $19,159 to $27,000 that’s almost an $8,000 increase. Members of Council will receive an honorarium of $10,000 from what use toContinue Reading
Cornwall ON – Autumn is here again and once more it’s time to gear up for the highest of high holidays on the LGBT calendar. Pride/Fierté Cornwall will be marking it with the 2010 edition of their annual Halloween Hullabaloo on Saturday, October 30th. They’ll be back at the SpotlightContinue Reading
Cornwall ON – If you look at the back right-hand side of a Canadian $10 bill, you will see an old veteran standing at attention near the Ottawa war memorial. His name is Robert Metcalfe and he died last month at the age of 90. That he managed to liveContinue Reading
Cornwall ON –In contrast to most of the province, especially Ottawa, Toronto voters opted for the extreme right for the next four years. . Rob Ford, the renegade councillor from Etobicoke, handily beat runner-up and former provincial cabinet minister George Smitherman. . Ford took 383,501 votes (47.1%) compared to Smitherman’sContinue Reading
Cornwall ON – How bad can a defense be when Alex Auld can get a win in net as the Montreal Canadiens back up got last night in Montreal’s 3-1 victory over the New York Islanders? Benoit Pouliot, Tomas Plekanec, and Travis Moen hit the back of the net forContinue Reading
Cornwall ON – ARTpreneur is hosting “Network Sizzler”, a wine and cheese event, on November 5th from 4:30 pm to 7:00 pm at Nav Canada for $10.00. The event will give attendees an opportunity to meet with the special line-up of guests scheduled for the ARTpreneur conference. Those attending theContinue Reading
Cornwall ON – The Water Efficiency Team (W.E.T.) has been actively providing educational materials and in home support for local residents over the past few months again this past summer and have attained their goal. One hundred and fifty-five (155) homes throughout Stormont, Dundas & Glengarry, Prescott & Russell andContinue Reading
Cornwall ON – Matt Cain put the San Francisco Giants two games away from their first World Series win since 1954. They say pitching and defense win World Series and it looks like the San Francisco Giants are proving just that with a team that’s very different than the BarryContinue Reading
Cornwall ON – Happy Birthday Winona Horowitz or as most of us know her Ryder. Angst filled star of the 80’s and 90’s in such classics as Heathers, Edward Scissorhands (while engaged to co-star Johnny Depp), Beeteljuice, and Great Balls of Fire. She also acted in main stream HollywoodContinue Reading
Cornwall ON – Not only did Alex “Big Dawg” Kovalev score a goal, but the Ottawa Senators won a game defeating 5-3. Daniel Alfredsson, Mike Fisher, Milan Michalek, and Zack Smith also scored. Tim Thomas shut out the Maple Leafs 2-0 in Bean Town. The Leafs have nowContinue Reading
Cornwall ON – Green Party support according to the latest EKOS poll done for the CBC shows support for the Elizabeth May led party up over 10% rising from 10.4 to 11.6 Nationally. The Conservatives edged down while the Liberals held their own. Here in SD&SG support is also onContinue Reading
Cornwall ON – Limewire, the music sharing service has been shut down by Court injunction. After losing a copyright infringement case several months ago the writing was on the wall for the pioneer in music sharing technology. LINK “disappointed with this turn of events.” “We are extremely proud ofContinue Reading
Cornwall ON – It’s Nissan’s turn in the recall world as over 2 million of their cars have been recalled world wide. LINK The car company said that the recall was due to a faulty engine control system. Among the models being recalled are the Cube, March, Tida and sixContinue Reading
Cornwall ON – There was little surprise in Ottawa last night as the election results rolled in – out with Larry O’Brien, and in with Jim Watson. Throughout the mayoral campaign, there has been little doubt as to the outcome. Since 2006, when Larry O’Brien took over the mayor’s seat,Continue Reading