Cornwall Ontario – After opening the LNAH regular season with three consecutive games on the road, the River Kings are finally set to host their home opener on Saturday night. And a spectacular evening is planned for Cornwall fans. The River Kings host the defending champion Jonquiere Marquis at theContinue Reading
Cornwall Ontario – Why is the City of Cornwall subsidizing Smart Centres to the tune of over $4M? I know it’s incremental. I know that it will raise the value of the property and increase the tax base, but Smart Centres is not a dumb company. It is gettingContinue Reading
CFN – Specialist physicians should be paid by the hospitals where they carry out their procedures, rather than by provincial insurance plans as they are now, according to a report released today by the C.D. Howe Institute. In “Paying Hospital-Based Doctors: Fee for Whose Service?” authors Ake Blomqvist andContinue Reading
Bank of Canada audit finds Economists writing skills need improvement. http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/economy/bank-of-canadas-economists-write-poorly-need-help-audit-finds/article14950702/ Ontario open gover(n)ment spelling mistake. http://www.thestar.com/news/queenspark/2013/10/21/kathleen_wynnes_open_government_launch_marred_by_spelling_mistake.html Quebec has Canada’s highest high school dropout rate. (They finish in Ontario’s equivalent of grade 11) http://cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/Canada/2012/02/20/19402596.html 2009 -2012 dropout rate for Ontario is not much better. http://www4.hrsdc.gc.ca/.3ndic.1t.4r@-eng.jsp?iid=32 If you look at the graph comparing theContinue Reading
WARRANTS Cornwall, ON – Ernest Gatien, age 51, of Cornwall, was arrested on October 22, 2013. He was bound by a Recognizance Order with the relevant conditions to abide by a curfew and to reside with his surety. It is alleged the on June 20, 2013, he was foundContinue Reading
Cornwall Ontario – Mr. Carl Johnston passed away suddenly on Sunday, October 20, 2013 in his 83rd year. Funeral service will take place at 11 a.m. on Friday October 25, 2013 at Trinity United Church, 140 Maple St. Collingwood. In lieu of flowers donations to the General & Marine HospitalContinue Reading
Cornwall Ontario – Imagine waking up to a front and back yard full of pages of paper? Bewildering, right? Especially if you live in a quiet residential neighborhood? Well Sunday a Cornwall Ontario woman sent her husband out to see what was littering their yard and was shocked to findContinue Reading
CFN – Leadership is a rare quality, especially nowadays. In hockey it’s also a rare commodity . In today’s cap world some players are given an awful lot of money. Habs goalie Carey Price may not make the highest salary with a cap of $6.5M, but it’s high enoughContinue Reading
Cornwall Ontario – I know. It’s still nearly two weeks from Halloween, but with Christmas and the Holiday season revving up in the background it’s time to talk about a subject that’s very very important to most of our communities. Shopping locally. Why? Why not? What it really means? AndContinue Reading
Roma’s Restaurant presents their online menu on CFN! 200 Mc Connell Avenue Call 613 933 5545 for fast free delivery and please mention you saw their menu on CFN! Delivery Monday to Saturday from 11AM to 10PM Sunday 4 PM to 9PM all Roma’s prices INCLUDE taxes! Make it aContinue Reading
CFN – A new expose by the people at Mercy for Animals Canada is featured on the website eggmcmisery.ca. The video includes scenes of abuse of hens and chicks while describing the process at a factory farm as uncovered by a hidden camera. At root is the practice of keeping layingContinue Reading
FRAUD Cornwall, ON – Christopher Tessier, age 19, of Cornwall was arrested on October 18th, 2013. He is bound by a Probation Order with the relevant condition to keep the peace and be of good behaviour. It is alleged that between September 17th and 18th, 2013 he made several emptyContinue Reading
(Cornwall, ON)— Craft beers and Home brewing are growing in popularity in Ontario, which is why the Cornwall HomeBrew Club is hosting an American Homebrewers Association (AHA) Learn to Homebrew Day event Saturday, November 2nd at Schnitzels on Pitt Street. Organized by the AHA, Learn to Homebrew Day is an international event held onContinue Reading
CFN – Jim McDonell, Progressive Conservative MPP for SD&SG must be starting to feel like a campaign is coming up as he’s becoming more outspoken on several issues. Last week he issued a release on Youth Employment or lack thereof in Ontario and I sat down with him for aContinue Reading
CFN – November is almost here. I just signed up with Snogo.ca to make sure when I need to get out of my driveway it’s clear. With highs this week dropping below 10c and overnight lows heading south of ZERO it’s time to sign up for peace ofContinue Reading
CFN – Reports are coming into CFN of an OPP Manhunt near the quiet village of Long Sault Ontario. K9 Units have been brought in. A suspected vehicle (a van) was abandoned on Post Road. Thermal vision tools are also being implemented. A viewer reported hearing over that atContinue Reading
CFN – This terrific vegetarian restaurant can be found in a small industrial building on the Concession 9 Road between Green Valley and Glen Norman, not exactly a high traffic area for vegetarians, or anyone else for that matter. I found out about it from a customer in that areaContinue Reading
CFN – Throne Speeches come and Throne Speeches go, and the 2013 version has done both. When all is said and done, outside of the bubble that is Ottawa, who really cares about them? Worse yet, who even remembers what is in them? Throne Speeches do signal the government’s intentionsContinue Reading