CFN – Alexa is a great tool for measuring web traffic. The Amazon owned company rolls three month totals with over 1 million Alexa tool bar users to come up with a ranking formula. Compared to small sampling that are extrapolated over a short period Alexa is a great wayContinue Reading
CFN – I’d have that look too if I were Bernadette Clement; but then I’d probably do the hair thing different too. Ms Clement and council had the opportunity to read Claude McIntosh out their potential two candidates for the CAO position outed in his column last Friday, againContinue Reading
BREAK & ENTER, BREACHES Cornwall, ON- Calvin Ceasor, 24 of Cornwall was arrested on November 16th, 2012. He was bound by a Recognizance with the conditions to not associate or communicate directly or indirectly with a certain female and not to attend within 200 meters of her residence. HeContinue Reading
CFN – Kilimanjaro Capital Ltd., a private Canadian company focusing on emerging nations in Africa, is pleased to announce that on 17 November 2012 it signed a formal Offshore Oil Assignment Agreement with the Republic of Cabinda. Cabinda’s prolific offshore blocks have produced up to 700,000 barrels of crude oilContinue Reading
CFN – So do you just jump from Sausages to Seafood without blinking? Well that’s what the writers of Coronation Street are pitching as the Marcus (Charlie Condou who according to Wikipedia has a Canadian boyfriend!) & Maria (Samia Smith) story line evolves. Now gay characters have come a long way in televisionContinue Reading
CFN – So you’re a frustrated hockey fan. It’s all Bettman’s fault. It’s the greedy players fault! Why won’t they just lock Fehr & Bettman in a room and not let them out until there’s a deal on the table? There’s a lot of whining going on from the fewContinue Reading
CFN – Yes ladies & gentleman it’s that time again for your Cornwall Free News Turd of the Month! Keeping with the spirit of our Intensely Local focus we have dedicated this months award to Cornwall Ontario City Councilor Denis “The Liar” Thibault. Mr. Thibault, one of the main powerContinue Reading
CFN – It feels weird being back at the command post. While I was supposed to be away five full days some interesting events pulled me back a bit earlier. I’ll be taking another brief sojourn in a week or two to finish my project. Thank you for allContinue Reading
A Perspective on Bullying Several of my neighbours have advised that their children had been targets of school bullying. In recent years, several school-aged children have ended their lives due to school and online bullying. This author is of the view that there has been an increase in theContinue Reading
CFN – Last night we had a real treat at the St. Lawrence Acoustic Stage, jazz, real classic jazz sung by a terrific jazz singer and backed up by a terrific jazz pianist and a terrific jazz base player. Terra Hazelton is a British Colombian born singer/actor who just blewContinue Reading
CFN – Saturday, while in Alexandria, CFN’s Don Smith heard a commotion and decided to check it out. It turned out to be a combination of migrating Snow Geese and Canada Geese, intermittently putting on a show for enthralled observers. Several hundred waterfoul alternated from placidly perching on the lake, to quiteContinue Reading
CFN – For a variety of reasons, this scribbler hasn’t attended a “Santa Claus Parade” in a number of years. I was, however, blessed to have the opportunity to interact with some of this year’s parade participants and organizers as they assembled at Cornwall’s St. Lawrence Intermediate School in preparationContinue Reading
CFN –Now that his first task of participating in what’s referred to as the “Bishops’ Course 101” as well as some regularly scheduled gatherings of bishops, Alexandria-Cornwall’s new bishop, Marcel Damphousse, is eagerly taking up the challenge of getting to know not only the people of the diocese and our needs, butContinue Reading
DOMESTIC ASSAULT, THREATS & CRUELTY TO ANIMALS Cornwall, ON- A 20-year-old Cornwall man was arrested on November 15th, 2012. It is alleged that since May 2012, he got into several altercations with his 20-year-old girlfriend when he assaulted her and uttered a threat. The victim did not require medicalContinue Reading
It was with a feeling of Deja-vu that I read the front page article in Tuesday’s Ottawa SUN News about the 96 year old woman who had to deal with Services Ontario to replace her lost health card. . A few years ago a similar horror story unfolded in Cornwall, Ontario at the bureau of Ontario ServicesContinue Reading
CFN – On November 15, 2012, The Eastern Ontario Development Program (EODP) has been very successful since last year. EODP has assisted 19 clients and created 32 jobs in the communities of Stormont Dundas & Glengarry. Within the Cornwall area $347,725.00 has been dispersed to grow small businesses and create jobs.Continue Reading
CFN – By now most property owners have received their assessment notice in the mail. The envelope that you received also contains information on the MPAC itself and how they came to arrive at the number they assigned to your property. According to their own literature “five major factors usuallyContinue Reading
Last night at the South Stormont Town Council meeting Mayor Bryan Mcgillis announced the appointment of a new Fire Chief for the township, Gordon Mills. Chief Mills replaces the retired Fire Chief Roger Desjardins. Deputy Chief Paul Wheeler has been filling in as acting Chief until a replacement was identified.Continue Reading