CFN -You don’t need an expert to say there isn’t a person among us who can predict when a fire might break out. Fires come unexpectedly. Consider Truffles, the Cotton Mills, Shoeless Joe’s and St. Albert’s Cheese, the latter which shocked the community only four weeks ago. Fires move swiftly,Continue Reading
CFN – What an odd mix of circumstances this week has become. It’s one thing to get yanked out of a council chamber and prevented from doing my job over the most innocent of t shirts while a councilor is allowed to remain and still has not been chargedContinue Reading
CFN – This Column of “Spirits in Unity” is being published by CFN for the community of Stormont, Dundas & Glengarry. An emotionally fit horse and an emotionally fit you is a powerful combination and a great model for others. It is an expression of mastery. (Pat Parelli) Your horseContinue Reading
TOWNSHIP OF SOUTH STORMONT Contact Information Town Hall Telephone: 613-534-8889 or 1-800-265-3915 Fax: 613-534-2280 Address: 2 Mille Roches Road, PO Box 84, Long Sault, ON K0C 1P0 Email Address: info@southstormont.ca Council Mayor Bryan McGillis 613-937-3116 mayor@southstormont.ca Deputy Mayor Tammy Hart 613-984-2543 tammy.farms@xplornet.com Councillor Cindy Woods 613-537-2977 cindy_woods@xplornet.com Councillor BarryContinue Reading
Alexandria-Cornwall Bishop Marcel Damphousse calls the Faithful to Prayer and Faith in the Coming Days CORNWALL, ON – Catholics from around the world have their attention focused on Rome these days and more particularly on this day of February 28, 2013. It is an historic day in the history of theContinue Reading
CFN – That’s our corrupt mayor of Cornwall Ontario Bob Kilger. He’s had a lucky week. Instead of dealing with his conflict of interest issues like his being on the Benson University hit on Council for cold cash and others by a gutless act of hitting the panic button,Continue Reading
CFN – Flavors of Chiropractic: Mechanical Neck Pain It might seem a surprise to many a Health Care Consumer, but there are many flavors and styles of Chiropractic Care. A quick look at Wikipedia on chiropractic will provide the reader with a good background history of the Chiropractic profession. ModernContinue Reading
CFN – This Column of “Spirits in Unity” is being published by CFN for the community of Stormont, Dundas & Glengarry. Giving your horse responsibility is a great way to increase his confidence and his emotional fitness. The more you micro-manage him, the more insecure he becomes, or at leastContinue Reading
I think many of us have heard about the emerald ash borer which arrived in North America from overseas in 2002. This insect thrives on and consequently kills ash trees within 4 years of infestation. We have witnessed the impact this little bug is having on our landscape as onceContinue Reading
CFN – The Concerned Citizens Coalition will be holding a public meeting at the Air Force Wing on Thursday, February 28th at 6:30 pm. The Minister of Health has encouraged us to bring forward a “Community Proposal” regarding the future use of the General Hospital and that is what weContinue Reading
With all due respect to local hard-workin’ media, I think we all need to look a little beyond our regional and personal bias and start thinking of what’s good for all Canadians. It seems the pundits believe the public is naive enough to think that /Liberal supporters’ will elect JustinContinue Reading
CFN – Does being a city Councilor in Cornwall give you some sort of immunity from the law? This is the question being asked by many in Cornwall Ontario after he moved and damaged protest signs. Protesters and this writer himself witnessed the councilor fold and bend signs thatContinue Reading
CFN – What a dark dark night for Cornwall Ontario. Not only did our mayor not come clean with his alleged conflict of interest, but he invoked an obscure section of the municipal act to have me removed from the council chamber last night. There was a peaceful protest lastContinue Reading
CFN – Hospice Cornwall. What an amazing place! What an incredible place…but one that I had been avoiding since it opened. One of my nursing classmates has been a volunteer since day one but I didn’t really talk about it with her. I didn’t really want to talk about it.Continue Reading
CFN -Can any of you figure out this gobbeldygook? I can’t either. It looks like the mayor and council are trying to sneak some procedural and by law stuff through the minutes for actions taken in camera. I could be wrong? It sure is boggling….These are from the agenda tonightContinue Reading
CFN – Poor Marc Garneau, he wanted a one on one debate with Justin Trudeau and Trudeau turned him down. That was a smart move on Trudeau’s part, dumb one on Garneau’s. While it’s true many people would like to know where Trudeau stands on a variety of issues, thereContinue Reading
DOMESTIC CRIMINAL HARASSMENT & OBSTRUCTING JUSTICE Cornwall, ON- A 43-year-old Cornwall man was arrested on February 22nd, 2013. It is alleged that on February 20th, 2013, he continuously contacted and intimidated his 34-year-old ex-girlfriend. Police were contacted and an investigation followed. He was charged with Criminal Harassment and ObstructingContinue Reading
CFN -The problem with the municipal act in Ontario is that it’s literally toothless. EXPLOSIVE LINK Nineteen cities and towns met in secret over 15 months, more engaged in questionable conduct and a few even obstructed investigation by Ombudsman Andre Marin. “Some (municipal councils) are shockingly secretive, suspicious andContinue Reading