CFN – There’s more and more buzz about what’s news and how news is covered. In the US the most trusted news person is not a new person, but Jon Stewart of the Daily Show which isn’t really news. More and more big money rules the day. If youContinue Reading
Walter Gretzky has given a lot to our National Past Time. For one he gave us a son named Wayne! Walter will be coaching the NHL Alumni team as it swings out across Ontario with stops in Pembroke and Cornwall this weekend, ( April 6th & 7th). The Line UpContinue Reading
Last spring you attended a showing of “BOTTLED LIFE” at the Erin Legion and I felt you deserved an update. Nestle had applied for a ten year renewal of the existing permit, but also requested a “spike rate” of an additional 10% on the maximum quantity withdrawn. Despite significant publicContinue Reading
CFN – What a wild ride March has been. CFN has set two new traffic records; the first being the shortest amount of days to break our monthly page view record at 24 days and the second is our largest page view total ever in 2,343,712 page views! Thanks toContinue Reading
CFN – April 1st. Sadly this year my mood isn’t on pranks and I’ve pulled some good ones. It’s normally one of my fave days of the year. It’s hard to come up with whoppers that work. Over the years I’ve pulled my share, but not this year;Continue Reading
Did we (man) ever take into consideration how our own actions would affect our community before proceeding with a project or deed? We seem to be quick to take on a ‘killing’ mentality when we are met with a perceived threat. I see one of the biggest threats toContinue Reading
CFN – Today’s column is a compilation of thoughts inspired by various writings, talks and presentations of Horse Masters Pat and Linda Parelli as well as personal experiences with horses. For all those people who give horses loving homes, and for all those kids who are wishing for that specialContinue Reading
CFN – Did you know that the way in which you give directions reveals a lot about you? Identity and language have a long history of being studied together in anthropology, psychology and sociology, and it’s a good thing or I’d be out of a job. Consider for example theContinue Reading
CFN – Christ is Risen; He is risen indeed! That is the joyful proclamation of Christians around the world this morning. The forty days of Lent, with its sacrificing, penance and almsgiving, have given way to the greatest feast on the Christian calendar, Easter, the Resurrection of Jesus. During the Triduum of HolyContinue Reading
CFN – Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD) strikes a lot of people during the winter months. Interested to see how it affects seniors specifically, I went online to discover that there are many web sites devoted to seniors who have this disorder. Seniors and people with disabilities find it difficult toContinue Reading
Cornwall Community Hospital / Hôpital Communautaire de Cornwall ALGUIRE SHIRLEY Registered Nurse / Infimière autorisée $102,318.84 $263.28 Cornwall Community Hospital / Hôpital Communautaire de Cornwall ALIBRANDO MARIO Director Information Technology / Directeur technologie de l’information $106,481.93 $398.40 Cornwall Community Hospital / Hôpital Communautaire de Cornwall ARTHUR HEATHER Vice President PatientContinue Reading
CFN – I’ve always been told that the law is a living thing and that by cases heard by learned judges case law develops into accepted practice. . As our court systems become more and more bogged down, and less people can afford legal services, Paralegals have evolved here inContinue Reading
City of Cornwall ADAMS MAUREEN Manager $133,591.19 $3,265.61 City of Cornwall AIKMAN DANNY J. Deputy Police Chief $142,332.06 $5,129.96 City of Cornwall ALEXANDER STEPHEN Manager $137,017.46 $3,303.87 City of Cornwall BISSONETTE MARC Sergeant $118,073.95 $898.43 City of Cornwall BOILEAU MARK A. Manager $116,308.33 $1,225.90 City of Cornwall BURNIE ROBERT InspectorContinue Reading
CFN – For this year’s Yom HaShoah (Holocaust Remembrance Day) in Cornwall, Ontario, the focus will be on how an extended Jewish family – the Kaplans – escaped from the Holocaust in Lithuania to come to Williamstown, Ontario some 74 years ago. It is also the story of two heroicContinue Reading
CFN – Jacques Cousteau wasn’t at the Cornwall Public Library last night but his presence was felt in more ways than one. The thread began when the River Institute’s guest speaker, John Earle, dove into his topic of “Water is Life” with the smile-producing statement (about himself): Dude! You’reContinue Reading
CFN – The council of the Township of South Stormont met last night for one of their regular council meetings. The agenda was published before the meeting on their web site and was followed exactly as posted. http://southstormont.ca/council/meetings.php There were no protests, no angry comments, no posturing by councillors andContinue Reading
CFN – No doubt you’ll be reading in some Cornwall media that the city has been cleared after an investigation on the Whistle Blowing in Cornwall Ontario. It’s a sad and expensive cover up. Here is the city’s release via CAO Norm Levac who now is of course guiltyContinue Reading
CFN – Wow. It took two years to make that dog of a trade? Jay Feaster should hang his head in shame and Calgary fans are very upset this morning to see the Dog’s breakfast they got for their captain and star player Jarome Iginla. Calgary received a coupleContinue Reading