Cornwall ON-   A front-page story in the Thursday, July 14 edition of the Standard-Freeholder portrayed a situation where a city resident has been waiting for three weeks for the City to issue a building permit for the construction of a wheelchair access ramp. As of this morning, the City has yet to receiveContinue Reading

Cornwall ON – Jim Brownell, MPP for Stormont, Dundas and South Glengarry is hosting his 7th Annual Golf Tournament on Friday, August 5th at Summerheights Golf Links. This tournament will be accepting 125 participants (first come first serve) for the golf and steak dinner. It is a wonderful opportunity toContinue Reading

Shaver, Ray Lorne . Peacefully at the Cornwall Community Hospital, McConnell Site, on Tuesday, July 12, 2011 Ray Lorne Shaver of Cornwall in his 80th year. . Beloved husband of Deborah Shaver. . Loving father of Jeremiah of Ottawa, Rayanne (Dwayne) Scott of Cambridge, Emily (Kiel Bortolotti) Shaver of OttawaContinue Reading

Cornwall ON – C’est aujourd’hui que commence l’évènement le plus attendu de l’année, le Festival de montgolfières Kismen de Cornwall, au parc Lamoureux, à Cornwall. Quatre jours de musique endiablée, d’activités enivrantes et bien-sûr des envolées en montgolfière à travers 25 différentes montgolfières! 50 000 visiteurs sont attendus cette année!  Continue Reading

Cornwall ON –  Music is always changing; evolving and flowing through.    I caught up with Mélanie Brûlée D’Amour and talked to her about her evolution after the change from being Melanie MacDonald of The General Electryk to her now being on her alone and how she’s changing and experiencing itContinue Reading

Cornwall ON – My niece and I spent some time in a lovely city park close to home over the past four days.  Water and a playground are like seventh heaven to a four year old, especially during these lovely summer days.  The splash pad/playground area we visited is designatedContinue Reading

Cornwall ON –   Hundreds of  jobs have been created in SD&SG and Cornwall as a result of provincial infrastructure investments in local priorities like   –              $8,777,861 for local road and bridge improvements   –              $1,700,000 for the construction of a new emergency and medical services headquarters  in Cornwall.Continue Reading

Cornwall ON – Suite à la fermeture de CAF+, le 17 juin, le Centre culturel de Cornwall a acheté l’ancienne librairie CAF+. Par conséquent, les francophones de SDG pourront continuer à magasiner leurs livres en français au Centre culturel de Cornwall, et ce, à partir de septembre 2011.   SuiteContinue Reading

Cornwall ON –  Summertime is concert season and there’s no way I can cover as many as I’d like; especially when the promoters don’t send over media passes & Tix!  So if you see an amazing show or event and want to share with our viewers across Canada you canContinue Reading

Cornwall ON – Après deux ans de travail, Sierra Planning and Management et la Commission de formation de l’Est ontarien ont dévoilé aux membres du Conseil municipal de Cornwall et au public le nouveau Plan culturel de Cornwall/SDG. Une cinquantaine d’artistes, de représentants d’organismes, et de citoyens de la régionContinue Reading

Cornwall ON –  We’re catching up on some Star Tek news here in Cornwall Ontario.    We received the following about the Fund Raisers for the local OSPCA that was attended by Former and current Star Tek employees. “A group of former StarTek employees recently held a get-together at the Knights ofContinue Reading

Cornwall ON –  You never know who’s hanging out in the City by the River.  Allan McGimpsey; lead singer and front man for Landmark when he’s not peddling bikes (pun alert!)   and local guitarist, musician, and web guru John Lister of Fingerman Studios got to jam with some guysContinue Reading

Cornwall ON –  Laurie McRae Bingley owns a local theatre company and she sent in this missive after raising $2,200 for the Canadian Red Cross Japan Relief with performances of her Murder Mystery – Murder at the 19th Hole! Hi Jamie, I’m the owner of this theatre company mentioned inContinue Reading

Cornwall ON – With the school year now drawn to a close, the City of Cornwall’s Summer Playground Program has returned to 17 neighbourhood parks across Cornwall. The Summer Playground Program is a free, accessible drop-in program open to children between the ages of 5 and 12. “Each day ourContinue Reading

Cornwall ON –   Arts and Culture are huge buzz words right now across Ontario; especially Eastern Ontario.  It’s not like they didn’t exist before; but communities are starting to truly realize that to retain your young people and attract others to an area a strong and vibrant Arts andContinue Reading