Over the past three years from 2013 to 2016 marijuana prescriptions given to veterans has increased from slightly over a hundred to over a thousand. Clayton Goodwin gave a speech from the steps of Parliament Hill on April 20th on behalf of Canadian Veterans this 2016 to an escalatingContinue Reading
Desjardins, Kings will be ready for 2016-17 CORNWALL — The River Kings will have a familiar face behind the bench when the puck drops on the 2016-17 LNAH season. Veteran bench boss Bob Desjardins will return in the fall as the team’s head coach. “I’m really looking forward to startingContinue Reading
ASSAULT Cornwall, ON – A 31-year-old Cornwall man was arrested on May 18th, 2016 and charged with assault. It is alleged during an argument on May 11th, 2016 the man pushed and punched his girlfriend and police were contacted to investigate. On May 18th, 2016 the man attended policeContinue Reading
Ontario Liberals are buying union votes at the hydro rate and taxpayers expense a recently retired Ontario Power Generation CEO made $1,528,933.36 in 2015 In 2014 at least 148 OPG and Hydro One employees made more than a quarter million dollars a year and there were 12,500 OPG and HydroContinue Reading
The lady doth protest too much, methinks What odd days in our Nation’s Capitol as members of the NDP caucus practice clear reverse sexism over Justin Trudeau tapping into his inner Jean Chretien as video shows him charging across the floor to end a delay to bull through Bill C-14Continue Reading
IMPAIRED DRIVER (South Glengarry) – On May 18, 2016 at approximately 9:12pm, a Stormont, Dundas & Glengarry (SD&G) Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) officer intercepted a vehicle on County Road 18, South Glengarry Township. The stop revealed that the adult male driver was under the influence of alcohol. James COUTURE (48)Continue Reading
Former Cornwall Mayor Bob Kilger has had a busy week in the media. First the City releases the settlement with yours truly after he had me removed from a council meeting for not liking my t shirt and now Frank magazine has featured him after disclosing that Bob is nowContinue Reading
POSSESSION OF A CONTROLLED SUBSTACE, POSSESSION FOR THE PURPOSE OF TRAFFICKING, PROCEEDS OF CRIME Cornwall, ON – Brandon Dupuis, 21 and Alexandra Peyton, 26 both of Cornwall were arrested on May 13th, 2016 and charged with possession of cocaine, possession of cocaine for the purpose of trafficking and proceedsContinue Reading
Oddly enough today the City of Cornwall issued a press release. Kevin Lajoie, Public Information Officer, once again neglected to include CFN in the release and I only found out about it after a reporter contacted me for comment. What our new CAO calls a distraction was a clear violationContinue Reading
CFN has always innovated and led the way in viewer comments in our community. The Standard Freeholder has nuked their comments section, but CFN has evolved and has a very clear policy. Our most popular commentator has been “Jules”. She’s had 2,963 comments approved as a viewer, and probablyContinue Reading
ASSAULT, ASSAULT WITH A WEAPON Cornwall, ON – A 51-year-old Akwesasne woman was arrested on May 12th, 2016 and charged with assault. It is alleged during an argument on April 17th, 2016 the woman struck her ex-boyfriend with a phone and slapped him in the face. Police were contacted andContinue Reading
Charges laid against local teacher in sex-related offences investigation (Ottawa)— Today, the Ottawa Police Service Sexual Assault and Child Abuse Section (SACA) laid charges including 2 counts of Sexual Exploitation and 1 count of Sexual Assault against Timothy STANUTZ, 56 years old, of Ottawa. He is scheduled to appearContinue Reading
MISCHIEF, BREACH Cornwall, ON – A 20-year-old Cornwall man was arrested on May 11th, 2016 and charged with mischief and breach of probation for failing to keep the peace. It is alleged during an argument on May 9th, 2016 the man damaged his girlfriend’s phone and police were contacted toContinue Reading
Cornwall Ontario residents will see temperatures spike and nearly hit 30c today before the rains cool things down starting Friday. The sudden temperature rise, before some have their air conditioners installed, leads to our warning for Seniors. Nearly 30 mm of rain is predicted from Friday to Sunday washing outContinue Reading
Cornwall Ontario as a community has historically poorly supported the arts. With an influx of seniors from communities that do support the arts it makes sense for some of those sports dollars to shift. Sadly, that isn’t the case. The city’s 36 year old public art gallery, TAG Cornwall, isContinue Reading
Two men arrested and charged following successful K9 track (Ottawa)—On Monday May 9, 2016 shortly after midnight, Ottawa Police responded to a hit and run on Murray Street and Cumberland Avenue. The suspect vehicle fled the scene driving dangerously at a high rate of speed, failing to stop atContinue Reading
DOMESTIC INVESTIGATION (South Dundas) – On May 9, 2016 at approximately 11:05am, Stormont, Dundas & Glengarry (SD&G) Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) officers responded to a report of a domestic investigation at a residence on Pigeon Island Road, South Dundas Township. Investigation revealed that an altercation between an adult female andContinue Reading
BREAK AND ENTER, ASSAULT, BREACH Cornwall, ON – Ceason Gagne, 19, Stepha Franklin, 26, Delaina Mallory, 18 and a 16-year-old youth all from Cornwall were arrested and charged with two counts of break and enter each. Gagne was also charged with assault, Franklin with breach of probation and Mallory forContinue Reading