THREATS (South Stormont) – On February 16, 2017 at approximately 2:09 pm, Stormont Dundas & Glengarry Ontario Provincial Police officers responded to a report of a domestic situation at a residence on Highway 138, South Stormont Township. Investigation indicated that an altercation between an adult male and his ex-Continue Reading
I have been questioning my return to the city I always called home. I question how little the city has seemed to progress. I question the mindset of some of it’s people. Every now and then something happens and reminds me of the Good Citizens of Cornwall. How I grewContinue Reading
Rivalry weekend; skate with Nats on Sunday The Cornwall Nationals may be an expansion team, but they have already established a couple of fascinating rivalries in the Federal Hockey League. Cornwall travels to Berlin on Friday night to take on the River Drivers at 8 p.m. The Nationals heldContinue Reading
Citizens of Cornwall Cornwall needs to introduce ranked ballots. It should be a part of a plan to rework the governance of the city. The people of Cornwall are over Governed and over represented. 1/ Introduce ranked ballots 2/ The city is remapped into 4 wards 3/ 1 Councillor perContinue Reading
STORM RELATED INCIDENTS – RESULTS (SD&G) – The adverse weather received over the past weekend (February 11-13, 2017) across the United Counties resulted in several traffic related incidents. Stormont, Dundas & Glengarry (SD&G) Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) officers responded to a total of 98 (Stormont-27, Dundas-15, Glengarry-56) calls for serviceContinue Reading
Cornwall Ontario – Eight is a mystical number. It’s also a version of the infinity sign if you turn it sideways. The Cornwall Free News turned eight this week, on the 9th. I decided to not have any fanfare or major celebration as the last time I did so,Continue Reading
CORNWALL ONTARIO – Up to 15cm of snow will gently fall in the Cornwall area today. It should be evenly spread with no burst or blizzard. Temperatures are mild with a high of 1c and overnight low expected to be about -6c. Warmer temps are coming with aContinue Reading
BREACH Cornwall, ON – Brian Colborne, 24 of Cornwall was arrested on February 13th, 2017 on the strength of a warrant. It is alleged the man breached his probation and a warrant was issued for his arrest. On February 13th, 2017 a member of the Cornwall Community Police Service attendedContinue Reading
Share the Road Announces Bicycle Friendly Community Awards Five New Communities Receive Designations, Three Communities Renew Their Status in Largest Application Round to Date. CORNWALL Ontario – February 14, 2017 – The Share the Road Cycling Coalition (Share the Road) announced today the latest Bicycle Friendly Community (BFC)Continue Reading
THEFT OVER $5000 Cornwall, ON – Eric Guerin, 42 of Cornwall was arrested on February 11th, 2017 and charged with theft over $5000. It is alleged during January and February, 2017 the man withdrew money that was entrusted to him from an account and police were contacted to investigate. OnContinue Reading
Cornwall Ontario – School buses are off the road as the Cornwall area digs out after a massive snowfall has left up to 30cm of the white stuff. Temps are going to be warmer this week, but expect more snow daily (3-5cm) until Thursday. There are reports of hundreds ofContinue Reading
Cornwall Ontario – Today’s FHL contest between the Cornwall Nationals and Berlin River Drivers will begin at 4 p.m. instead of 2 p.m. Berlin is en route to Cornwall but will be delayed because of poor road conditions. Please support your community and Independent Media. Click the donate button today! Continue Reading
CORNWALL ONTARIO – Up to 20cm of snow is expected to fall in the Cornwall area between Sunday and Monday. Sunday will start with a low of -12c with more snow falling as temperatures rise towards zero by night. Expect the heaviest snow in the later afternoon and earlyContinue Reading
MISCHIEF OVER $5000 Cornwall, ON – Craig Hopkins, 39 of Cornwall was arrested on February 7th, 2017 and charged with mischief over $5000. It is alleged sometime between January 24th and January 25th, 2017 the man did extensive damage to four vehicles belonging to persons he knew. He also sprayContinue Reading
And here she is folks, Cornwall’s dime-store version of Tony Blair, Daniel Ortega, and Hosni Mubarak. In honour of Elaine MacDonald’s 7 years of treacherous collaboration with the corrupt Trudeau-McGuinty-Wynne Liberal Party establishment and her resulting betrayal of artists, home owners, seniors, taxpayers, workers, and small business owners in CornwallContinue Reading
ROBBERY, BREAK AND ENTER, ASSAULT WITH A WEAPON, POSSESSION OF A WEAPON FOR A DANGEROUS PURPOSE, DISGUISE WITH INTENT, BREACH Cornwall, ON – Nathaniel Gatien, 30 of Cornwall was arrested on February 7th, 2017 and charged with the following: robbery with violence break and enter and commit assault with aContinue Reading
Cornwall Ontario – All school buses are cancelled due to inclement weather as the Cornwall area recovers from freezing rain. Early temps in the River City are 7c above zero with lots of rain making things slippery while cleaning things up. Expect a big freeze tonight with temperatures plummeting toContinue Reading
CORNWALL ONTARIO – More fiscal hemorrhaging at the hands of the O’Shaugnessy government in Cornwall as they issued a press release stating that they mediated a settlement with Shoppers Realty Inc. that saw the MPAC assessment cut by 26%! That’s a hard reality that if spread to more propertiesContinue Reading