CFN – For the second year in a row politicians and mavens in Cornwall Ontario are up in arms about their rating in the CFIB’s Communities in BOOM report which measures the Entrepreneurial environment of cities across Canada. From the CFIB: Ted Mallett, Vice-President & Chief Economist Queenie Wong, Senior ResearchContinue Reading
CFN – GM Brian Burke is smiling this morning as the Leafs came back and defeated the woeful Winnipeg Jets 4-3. The Leafs are now 3rd in the conference with a 4-0-1 record 1 point behind first place Washington. A good goalie and good defense are always goodContinue Reading
CFN – John Turner made some telling points when he was interviewed recently about his political career. Some of his comments are worth following up and hopefully it will lead to some discussion by current MPs from all parties. Turner said “Who wants to be a Member of Parliament whenContinue Reading
CFN- The SD&G OPP would like to remind all users of the Township and County road’s that damaging or removing “ROAD SIGNS” are criminal offences. Damaging a sign could result in a charge of mischief, removing one could result in a charge of theft. Having a (stolen) sign in your possessionContinue Reading
CFN – The Seaway Roller Derby Girls have released their first poster! If you want more info on joining call Amy Brown at 613 677 9358! The group is now practicing and honing their skills and craft. For more about the group you can click the links below toContinue Reading
CFN – Thursday October 20, 2011 I’m going to be charged with…. Disturbing the Peace! That’s right an officer of the law will be picking me up and putting me in the slammer until you folks come to my rescue and bail me out! It’s all for a goodContinue Reading
Toronto ON – Pilot Dan Baz is answering your flying questions here on the Cornwall Free News. If you have a question about flying you can email Captain Dan or post below. Question How long before the flight departure do the pilots come to work ? Question fromContinue Reading
CFN – A few years ago when working in an industry with traditionally high turnover, I read a book called “Love’ em or Lose ‘em”, Getting Good People to Stay. The authors are Beverly Kaye and Sharon Jordon –Evans. I share their belief that it is a critical role ofContinue Reading
CFN – Check out what’s happening in South Stormont Ontario in the upcoming month! Click the bulletin to ENLARGE!Continue Reading
CFN – The South Stormont Council and the Rothwell-Osnabruck School held a presentation at Osnabruck Hall to commemorate The Battle of Hoople Creek during the War of 1812. A number of the school’s students were present in the hall as Mayor Bryan McGillis opened the proceedings by first introducing theContinue Reading
CFN – The City of Victoria, British Columbia has been awarded the 2013 Ford World Men’s Curling Championship, it was confirmed today in a joint announcement by the World Curling Federation (WCF) and the Canadian Curling Association (CCA). The championship will be held at the 6,500-seat Save-on-Foods Memorial Centre fromContinue Reading
The Editor, The Canadian Wheat Board is 2011’s Attempted Potash Sellout In Saskatchewan let Brad Wall know that his MLAs will be held accountable if his party does not tell Mr. Harper “Hands off the CWB!” “The Harper Government” does not speak for Saskatchewan farmers and they do not speakContinue Reading
CFN – Watching the Habs off-season moves and early season performance has me nearly yearning for the days of Rejean Houle. Just kidding 🙂 I worked for Reggie. I would never yearn for those days again, but this roster is clearly showing it’s not ready for Prime Time. You canContinue Reading
CFN – When you want to promote your business, service, event, or message you want the biggest BANG and value for your dollar! The Cornwall Free News is proud to present our double wide Skyscraper banner ad on all of our inside pages! And now to welcome our latest offeringContinue Reading
CFN – Did anyone other than the media know that Canada was occupied over the weekend? I woke up to that realization as the media were out in full voice to tell me so. At first I thought we had been invaded by hoards of War of 1812 reinactors, butContinue Reading
CFN – In recent years the number of children that Canadians adopted from impoverished countries around the world once again started a swing upwards. This trend bears bad news for the 30,000 or more children of legal age for adoption that are currently awaiting families in our own country. InContinue Reading
CFN – It’s always interesting to see what you folks are viewing and what kind of searches lead you to CFN! It’s funny, with nearly 5,000 stories in our online newspaper how some older stories still bring in the eyeballs. Special Shout Out to our Top Ten CitiesContinue Reading