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CFN – The announcement this week by Tony Clement, Canada’s capable Treasury Board President, that representatives of his department would attend collective bargaining sessions at Crown corporations, is entirely welcome. The entities he singled out for careful examination in search of budgetary economies were Canada Post, Via Rail and theContinue Reading

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CFN – The City of Cornwall will be hosting as many as 350 residents from the northern Ontario community of Kashechewan who are being evacuated due to flooding concerns. The displaced residents will begin arriving at the Cornwall Regional Airport this afternoon (Sunday May 5), with the first flight scheduledContinue Reading

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CFN – Recently CFN conducted a Linguistic Customer Courtesy test between the cities of Cornwall Ontario and Valleyfield Quebec. Both have populations between 40-50K; both have strong French Catholic traditions, and both straddle the same waterway.  One of course is in Quebec and one in Ontario. The tests were balanced.Continue Reading

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CFN – Submitted Article – Interested in Birding, Fishing, Farming or Forests?  The St. Lawrence River Institute is hosting a Community Day, May 16th,  at St. Lawrence College Aultsville Hall, Cornwall, Ontario, from 8:30 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.  Admission is FREE and the public and students are welcome and encouragedContinue Reading

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CFN – The City of Cornwall is calling a Special Meeting of Council to discuss the results of the reports from Special Investigator Stephen Fournier regarding the two Whistleblowing cases. Council was chastised in the report for not being more transparent and accountable with the public.  The city has hadContinue Reading

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CFN – SD&SG Conservative MPP Jim McDonell spoke with CFN via telephone tonight to talk about the budget process. The Tim Hudak led Conservatives have been calling for the minority led Liberal government to be pulled down by non confidence. Mr. McDonell pulled no punches with CFN as he wentContinue Reading

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$476,115 Two-Year Project will regulate tobacco at Akwesasne CFN – The Mohawk Council of Akwesasne announced today that it received a $476,115 two-year grant from the Government of Ontario to support the development of an Akwesasne Tobacco Law and Regulatory Framework. The “Akwesasne Tobacco Pilot Project” is one of twoContinue Reading

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As the public are aware, the City was convicted for illegal retaliation against me in October 2011 in relation to resident abuse at the Lodge. . The City Council was then investigating for answers as to why the three members of senior management of the City had participated in illegalContinue Reading

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CFN – Local Liberals in SD&SG Ontario have been taking a walloping in local media of late.   The riding still has not replaced it’s last offering, former Cornwall Council member  Mark MacDonald, who took the place of retiring MPP Jim Brownell. The Buzz is that Cornwall city councilor BernadetteContinue Reading