Cornwall ON – More bad news for Toyota as they have just issued recalls for the Lexus RX400h and Highlander hybrid. That brings the totals up to over 10 million vehicles recalled in the last 18 months. From the Toyota website press release: The Intelligent Power Module (IPM) located inside theContinue Reading
Cornwall ON – La Parade des nations a dévoilé le nom du nouveau Maréchal 2011 pour son défilé, le mardi 28 juin 2011. Il s’agit d’André Pommier, propriétaire de la Bijouterie Pommier. Le titre de Maréchal est décerné à une personne qu’on désire rendre hommage. « André Pommier est un pilierContinue Reading
Cornwall ON – Apparently our MP, Guy Lauzon upset a radio station this week and made one happy. Mr. Lauzon seems to be the controller of the Canada Day festivities in Cornwall and radio station manager Mike Guimond received a phone call from Mr. Lauzon personally stating that his stationContinue Reading
Cornwall ON – Federal, provincial, and municipal representatives joined dozens of community residents and project stakeholders today to celebrate the official grand opening of Cornwall’s newest recreation facility, the Benson Centre. Guy Lauzon, MP for Stormont-Dundas-South Glengarry; Jim Brownell, MPP for Stormont-Dundas-South Glengarry; and Bob Kilger, Mayor of Cornwall, participatedContinue Reading
Wasaga Beach ON – Ontario is adding a new provincial park this year and expanding two others, giving families and visitors more opportunities to get outdoors and enjoy the province’s natural beauty. The expansions to Ontario Parks include: § A new provincial park called DuPont on the St. Lawrence River near Morrisburg. The parkContinue Reading
CFN – Since it first opened in 1961, Upper Canada Village has played a key role in Eastern Ontario’s tourism industry having welcomed over 12 million visitors from around the world. With a reputation as one of North America’s finest living history museums, the village is a showpiece of theContinue Reading
CFN – Thanks to the folks at Diligent Solutions for these Fireworks safety tips! With July 1st here in Canada and July 4th in the US there’ll be no shortage of fireworks being set off. Some of the tips that some people don’t always think about. Having that 100Continue Reading
Cornwall ON – A seed of hope for Canadian Politics occurred Saturday in Cornwall Ontario. Rock the Vote didn’t run last year, but it was back this year at the former Snails 2 club. Hundreds of young people came out for the free music, but also listened to and talked aboutContinue Reading
Cornwall ON – Two very interesting reports have completed recently. The first was the TOP report or 2011 Trends, Opportunities and Priorities Report which focuses on SD&SG, Cornwall, and Prescott Russell and covers an awful lot of ground. It’s insightful and you can get a real snap shot ofContinue Reading
Toronto ON – British Columbia is on the right track with its controversial move to a harmonized sales tax (HST), according to a C.D. Howe Institute report released today. In “The Time is Still Right for BC’s HST,” authors Finn Poschmann and Alexandre Laurin say the shift to a value-addedContinue Reading
Cornwall ON – Le groupe des World Changers revient à Cornwall du 18 au 23 juillet 2011. Le Groupe Renaissance les accueillera pour une 12e année!. World Changers est un groupe religieux américain invitant les étudiants à s’impliquer dans la communauté, et ce, en réalisant bénévolement des projets de rénovation. CetteContinue Reading
Cornwall ON – Sous une journée nuageuse, 260 bénévoles, en plus des enfants, ont construit une nouvelle cour d’école à l’école élémentaire catholique Marie-Tanguay, le 25 juin 2011. Toute la communauté de Cornwall s’est rassemblée pour ce projet communautaire et ainsi installer de nouvelles structures de jeux. « Le nombre deContinue Reading
Cornwall ON – SD&SG Provincial Liberals reloaded their team and added some new faces as they prepare for the October election. Half of the team are women as the riding association showed off its diversity. From the meeting: Tuesday night the SDSG Provincial Liberal Association named Dany Donati as theirContinue Reading
Cornwall ON – Grade 7 and 8 students from Rothwell-Osnabruck (RO) in Ingleside participated in a full day of quality physical activity on Friday, June 24th, 2011. After spending two hours playing soccer at the new Benson Centre, they headed over to Caveman Strong for a full Paleo lunch preparedContinue Reading
Queen’s Park ON – Ontario Premier Dalton McGuinty released this statement following the death of York Regional Police Constable Garrett Styles: “I was deeply saddened by the death of Constable Garrett Styles, who was killed this morning in the line of duty. My deepest sympathies go out to hisContinue Reading
Cornwall ON – Here is your police blotter for the Cornwall Ontario area for Tuesday June 28, 2011. WARRANT – Breaches Cornwall, Ont. – A 23 year-old Cornwall male was arrested on the 27th of June, 2011 on the strength of the warrant. The male was bound by a RecognizanceContinue Reading
Queen’s Park – Ontario PC Leader Tim Hudak today issued the following statement regarding the tragic death of a police officer near Newmarket this morning. “On behalf of the Ontario PC Caucus, I want to offer our deepest sympathies to the family of Const. Garrett Styles, who was struck and killed duringContinue Reading
CFN – It’s 4th of July weekend for our American friends and we’d like to shout out a hello and Salute! Going to school for a bit in the US I got to enjoy a lot of its holidays and history. We also had the following sent in toContinue Reading