Toronto ON – The City of Toronto, together with the Honourable Margarett Best, Minister of Health Promotion and Sport; Holly Abraham, Chair of the Sport Alliance of Ontario; Rahul Bhardwaj, Chair of the Toronto 2012 Ontario Summer Games Organizing Committee, and Olympian Crispin Duenas will join in a celebration officiallyContinue Reading
Cornwall ON – Liberal candidate for SD&SG in the upcoming Ontario Provincial election came out fighting today with a video released on You Tube. Pillar one focuses on the widening of Highway 138 which is the major artery between Cornwall and Ottawa that has seen its fair share ofContinue Reading
CFN – Between the 1860’s and 1930’s, British Home Children came to this country as part of the Child Migration Scheme in Great Britain. Aged from infancy to 18 years, most were orphans, or deemed to be at risk or had already committed minor crimes. As part of this endeavour,Continue Reading
Cornwall ON – There’s no bad way to raise money. In these days of hustle, bustle, no courtesy or respect it’s great to see someone take initiative or simply call someone’s bluff and bet! 🙂 When I was pinged on Facebook to come cover a charity bike andContinue Reading
Ottawa ON – It was interesting to read about Quebec NDP MPs refusing to answer simple and pretty straight forward questions about their past political activities, party memberships and how they voted in referendums. It goes back to the question I raised in my previous post- if you a federalContinue Reading
Cornwall ON – Artfest is an add on to Waterfest in Cornwall Ontario. The second year festival was a pleasant and peaceful visit on a Saturday afternoon. It was a lovely day to stroll along the waterfront. While a lot of the attention was on theContinue Reading
Montreal QC – Radio legend Ted Tevan passed away Friday at the age of 78. Ted was a throwback. I remember as a wee gaffer listening to our big console as he spat out his thoughts and yes, I myself, was machine gunned once by the raspy voicedContinue Reading
Cornwall ON – Pictured above one of last years foursome’s which includes Drive For a Cure committee members Bob Piteau (Event Chair), members Bruce Grant and Bill Dickie. Come join them this year August 31st, at Cornwall Golf and Country Club. For more information contact the Canadian Cancer Society. SharynContinue Reading
Cornwall ON – Here is your police blotter for the Cornwall Ontario area for Friday August 12, 2011. VICTIMS IDENTIFIED IN FATAL FIRE (North Glengarry) – The Ontario Provincial Police (OPP), Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry Detachment (SD&G) have identified the victims in an early morning fire at a residence inContinue Reading
CFN – The audience at the Bell Centre in Montreal Wednesday night did not go away disappointed as the Foo Fighters played for nearly three hours! Dave Grohl has come along way since Nirvana. My pal and former Cornwall resident, Evie, and Seattle native caught the Foo Fighters and hadContinue Reading
Cornwall ON – Yes, I actually bought that Signet paperback book as a young un. We had this country place in Cumberland Head NY. Rocky Point community, and while picking up some groceries on a rainy Sunday I grabbed this off the spin rack. Loved that A&P!Continue Reading
Alexandria ON – An early morning blaze took the life of three . At approximately 2:30am, SD&G OPP officers responded to a report of a residential fire on Boundary Road, Alexandria Ontario.Early stages of the investigation reveal that an adult female and two children perished in the blaze. An adult maleContinue Reading
Spencerville ON – Looking for something to do this weekend? Summerfest with Riverthieves What: Summerfest Where: The Spencerville Mill When: August 19, 2011, 18:00 – 23:00 Cost: $35 per person, with a $17 tax receiptFine food and an evening’s entertainment in a heritage setting. Catered gourmet buffet.After dinner entertainment: Riverthieves Rousing/toe-tapping Celtic and CanadianContinue Reading
Dear Editor, How much more evil can we become? We get upset and ourtraged when a few protesters smash store windows and burn police cars but have no concept of how we are allowing our governments to perpetrate this death and destruction on innocent people in our name, with noContinue Reading
Cornwall ON – It’s only four and a half months until Christmas which means certain stores will have their displays out before September first! Kidding. I jest, but something I never jest about are good books, and I am very excited about E-Books and the technology available nowadays, soContinue Reading
CFN – For the past week the public (those who are actually interested and paying attention) has had an opportunity to watch our federal political parties bickering and occasionally slashing away at each other over Nycole Turmel’s party memberships. It makes for great political theatre, but other than inside theContinue Reading
