Do you have a burning passion to work in journalism? CFN has four openings for Summer Interns. These are unpaid positions, but this year we will be giving out bonuses to those that complete the Summer! Email jamie@cornwallfreenews.com As CFN is a digital newspaper you don’t have to be basedContinue Reading
OPP INVESTIGATING MEDICAL EMERGENCY INCIDENT (HAWKESBURY, ON) – On Saturday March 31, 2018 at approximately 7:10 pm, members of the Hawkesbury Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP), Prescott-Russell Paramedics and the Hawkesbury Fire Department responded to a medical emergency incident involving a 13-year-old male at the Paul VI School playground inContinue Reading
DATE: March 22, 2018 THIS WEEK IN POLICING Theft of Vehicle and Trailer Police Seeks Assistance (HAWKESBURY, ON) – The Hawkesbury Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) needs your help in solving a theft of a motor vehicle and trailer that occurred the night of Saturday March 10, 2018. The items wereContinue Reading
Cornwall Ontario – The Hawkesbury OPP are reporting a two vehicle collision on County Road 17. COLLISION: County Rd 17 between Hwy 34 and County Rd 4 #Hawkesbury – two vehicles. #OPP on scene. ^lm — OPPCommunicationsER (@OPP_COMM_ER) March 13, 2018Continue Reading
Dog Attack Causes Death of a Shih Tzu (HAWKESBURY, ON) – On Tuesday February 27, 2018, members of the Hawkesbury OPP Detachment responded to an animal complaint in Vankleek Hill in the Champlain Township. While walking her two small dogs on Tuesday afternoon, the citizens’ Shih Tzu was attacked by a large Great Dane/Lab mix.Continue Reading
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OPP INVESTIGATING DEATH INCIDENT (HAWKESBURY, ON) – The Hawkesbury Crime Unit of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) under the direction of Detective Staff Sergeant Paul Rosato of the Criminal Investigations Branch (CIB) are investigating a death incident in the East-Hawkesbury Township. On January 24, 2018 at approximately 5:40 am, members of theContinue Reading
Cornwall Ontari0 – Good news costs money, and judging by how many viewers we have and how many pages you click on every month we must be doing something right? Right now the City of Cornwall is going through its farcical exercise of a budget. It’s embarrassing and even inContinue Reading
(Hawkesbury, ON) – – The Hawkesbury Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) is requesting the public’s assistance in locating a stolen vehicle. The large delivery van was taken from outside a home in Hawkesbury at approximately 9:30 AM this morning. It is described as a white Mercedes Sprinter van. It has the lettersContinue Reading
SEARCH WARRANT EXECUTED Drugs, cash, firearm, ATV seized (NATION TOWNSHIP, ON) – On Friday January 12, 2018, members of the Cornwall Community Street Crime Unit (CSCU), assisted by the East Region Emergency Response Team (ERT) and the OPP Canine Unit, executed a Search Warrant in the Nation Township, resulting in theContinue Reading
SEARCH WARRANT EXECUTED Contraband Tobacco, drugs, cash, firearms seized (CHAMPLAIN TOWNSHIP, ON) – On Tuesday January 9, 2018, members of the Cornwall Community Street Crime Unit (CSCU), assisted by the East Region Emergency Response Team (ERT) and the OPP Canine Unit, executed a Search Warrant in the Champlain Township, resulting inContinue Reading
Cornwall Ontario – STAY OFF THE ROADS! Major road closures are being reported all over as roads have not been cleaned to proper standards and people seem to have forgotten how to drive. COLLISION: County Rd 2 between Gullymeade Rd & Riddell Rd #Cardinal: Roadway blocked. #OPP to attend. ^awContinue Reading
POLICE SEEKS ASSISTANCE TO IDENTIFY MALE SUSPECT Ontario Air Duct Company (HAWKESBURY, ON) – The Hawkesbury Crime Unit of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) needs the assistance of the public to identify male suspect in relation to a business by the name of “Ontario Air Duct” advertising through Facebook. A residentContinue Reading
OPP INVESTIGATE ROBBERY For Information Purposes (HAWKESBURY, ON) – The Hawkesbury Crime Unit of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) is investigating a robbery that occurred on Thursday December 14, 2017 at approximately 11:30pm in the Town of Hawkesbury. An employee of a local restaurant was victim of a robbery when attending a residence onContinue Reading
Cornwall Ontario – It’s that time. I get asked a lot as we get closer to this time of year if we’re run our naughty and nice list. This holiday season I thought I’d ask you, our amazing CFN viewers to post your suggestions and why? They don’t have toContinue Reading
FROM/DE: Hawkesbury OPP Detachment DATE: November 15, 2017 PEDESTRIAN INVOLVED IN FATAL COLLISION HIGHWAY #417 EASTBOUND CLOSED (CHAMPLAIN TOWNSHIP) – On November 15, 2017 at approximately 11:00 a.m., officers from Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Hawkesbury Detachment, Prescott-Russell Paramedics and the Champlain Fire Department responded to a motor vehicle collision on Highway 417 Eastbound lanes inContinue Reading
SIU Terminates Investigation into Injury of Man while in OPP Hawkesbury Detachment Cell Case Number: 17-PCI-237 Mississauga, ON (10 October, 2017) — The Director of the Special Investigations Unit, Tony Loparco, has terminated an investigation into a serious injury sustained by a 56-year-old man in August of 2017 in Hawkesbury. OnContinue Reading
Like all media today CFN faces revenue challenges. We face more of them because of the City Hall led conspiratorial boycott of this newspaper. It’s something that actually has damaged the economy of the entire community. There is at this point no business reason to not advertise hereContinue Reading