Dear Editor: I am very disappointed that the Cornwall Community Hospital has been forced to close 18 beds and lay off 30 employees because of inadequate funding from the provincial government. These cuts will certainly hurt the quality of health care in Cornwall and area. With an aging and growingContinue Reading

Cornwall City Councilor and potential Mayoralty candidate Mark MacDonald is in Vancouver for the Olympics.  He sent this message in for you, our readers. The streets of Vancouver are very busy, especially at night.  When my shift is finished, about 9:00 p.m., I walk to where I am staying and itContinue Reading

The pucks dropped for Men’s Hockey with BC Native Roberto Luongo shutting out Norway 8-0 in Canada’s quest for the gold.   Canada’s goals were by Mike Richards, Corey Perry, Ryan Getzlaf, Rick Nash and pairs from Dany Heatley and Jarome Iginla. Team Russia gave up two goals  to LatviaContinue Reading

Hear ye, hear ye, hear ye.  The verdict is now coming down with respect to the man-made global warming issue.  In fact, it is pretty well down with contrary statements from Professor Phil Jones, Director of the University of East Anglia’s Climatic Research Unit and, perhaps, the greatest scientific proponentContinue Reading

(Peter Forsberg leads in Sweden at opening ceremonies) Game On: Team Canada Ready to Play Finally after years of anticipation, Team Canada will take the ice today and begin their quest for Gold against Norway. The stage is enormous, the pressure is enormous and Canadian fans expect nothing less thanContinue Reading

It’s About Time That You Quit! Time is running out to join thousands in The Driven to Quit Challenge February 16, 2010 – Cornwall, ON. – There are less than two weeks left to register for the Canadian Cancer Society Driven to Quit Challenge. Registration is open until 11:59 p.m. on FebruaryContinue Reading

COLTS ROLL OUT RED CARPET FOR 3+1 PROJECT 2010 AND ONE LUCKY PERSON COULD WIN A NEW FORD ESCAPE Cornwall Ontario – The Cornwall Colts have dedicated one of their home games to Project 2010. “Champions of the Cause Night” takes place Thursday, March 4th when the Colts host theContinue Reading

We’re very lucky to have as talented a person part of our family at The Cornwall Free News as Roger Sauvé of People Patterns Consulting. Roger, through the Vanier Institute for the Family releases a yearly report which went live recently. LINK “The numbers show that most families haven’t feltContinue Reading

Blogging Basics using WordPress So you’ve heard the term “blog” and want to know what blogs are all about. Should you “the business owner” be blogging? Alyssa Blais from the Cornwall Business Enterprise Centre will introduce you to the world of blogging and present to you a hands-on introduction toContinue Reading

Letter to the Editor  NDP – No Detail Politicians In most circumstances to have lots of rhetoric with no details we call it fiction, delusion, hypothetical and even fantasy.  But on the 9th of February at the NDP Annual General Meeting in Cornwall it was the talk of the party. Continue Reading