CORNWALL Ontario – Our city continues to slide in the Moneysense compilation of the best places to live in Canada. From 92 in 2010 to 167 in 2012 , our fair city has dropped to 173 in 2014.   The rankings note our 9.9% unemployment rate, growth of only 2.8% from 2008-2013,Continue Reading

CFN – When ever any party sets out a plan to address any policy, they are, in effect, trying to predict the future and/or influence the outcome. No one can actually know what the future will bring, but if a ball is hit with a bat and it heads towards a house, everyone watching canContinue Reading

CORNWALL Ontario – Jim Brownell is very upset.  He’s ranting on his facebook page about yours truly. His invective is pretty out there for the normally mild mannered and polite retired school teacher and former Liberal MPP for our riding. I have been a huge supporter of Mr. Brownell, butContinue Reading

CORNWALL Ontario – Agape poohbahette Alyssa Blais finally put her name on the dotted line and is running for council. The social ladder climber has been running Agape for several years since switching over from her gig with the City. Her husband is the Liberal candidate John Earle,  recently wasContinue Reading

CFN – Social media really has changed the way that people communicate.  The biggest factor is speed and access. Anyone can virtually post just about anything, and on sites like Facebook and You Tube they can go viral quite quickly. One of the hottest stories here in Canada are theContinue Reading

While the eminent who’s who of Cornwall has taken up the baton in regard to developing a university at Cornwall, perhaps some questions may be asked about job prospects for future graduates. CJOH had a news crew on hand when Algonquin College had their graduation ceremonies . . . andContinue Reading

CFN – During the early morning hours of July 11, 2014, while conducting surveillance along Cornwall’s east end waterfront, members of the Cornwall Regional Task Force (CRTF) observed a boat, running without its navigational lights, approaching the shoreline near the Waste Water Treatment plant. While this was occurring, a vanContinue Reading

CORNWALL Ontario – In what turned out to be one of the longest presentations to council I’ve ever endured Cornwall City council voted to give itself an unprecedented raise Monday evening. The presentation was so long that the mayor and four councilors took potty breaks during the monstrous amount ofContinue Reading

CORNWALL Ontario – The July 14th meeting of Cornwall Ontario City Council has to be the best example of the dysfunction and corruption of the Kilger group. The meeting itself lasted until nearly 11PM and there were three main issues (four but I promised I’d play nicey nice on theContinue Reading

CORNWALL Ontario – David Murphy, the  Cornwall City Councilor with the smooth voice and no substance has leaked at Lift Off that his bud, gifted musician Graham Greer, (The Wedgie King of Cornwall!)  is about to throw his guitar pick into the ring and take a run for council inContinue Reading