CFN – On Saturday night another season of excellent acoustic music began at the St. Lawrence Stage. It was standing room only because the headline act was none other than multiple Juno award winner Serena Ryder. . Actually this was the first sold out concert for the stage. I knowContinue Reading

CFN – The Seaway Roller Derby Girls were having a blast Friday night as they took hold of their first location.   They were able to get the basement of the Player’s Club on Pitt Street which will be their practice space.  A lot of cleaning and good times asContinue Reading

CFN –  Mr. McFuddle, Mayor Jim McDonell had baby sitter Steve Clark at the Ingleside shopping centre today.  In a Cornwall Free News exclusive Reg Coffey was the sole person in attendence other than the two MPP hopefuls and party helpers. None of the public showed up to hear Mr.Continue Reading

Cornwall ON –   We’re still number one in online news in the Cornwall Ontario region!     Thanks to all of you, our viewers that keep us there!   We are the number one Canadian ranked News site online (via Alexa.com) and have been since March!   It isn’tContinue Reading

Cornwall ON – For the third straight year, the City of Cornwall’s Water Purification Plant has scored a perfect inspection rating from the Ontario Ministry of Environment. “These results confirm that the citizens of Cornwall enjoy drinking water that is second to none,” said Mayor Bob Kilger. “City staff is committedContinue Reading

Cornwall ON – Two Cornwall downtown eateries will feature locally-produced foods on Moving Planet Day, Saturday September 24th. At The Grind Café and Espresso Bar, the Martin’s will be cooking up a variety of treats using apples from Marlin Orchards. Around the corner, Moustache Joe and his team will featureContinue Reading

Cornwall ON –  Busy times for the Cornwall chapter of the Canadian Cancer Society as they sent in pics of a number of their fundraising bounties!   The Seguin Family Fish Fry netted $3,070.00 (our pardon for the pun). The Canadian Cancer Society would like to thank Mike Benzien forContinue Reading

CFN –  As we enter week two of the Ontario provincial election things are heating up here in SD&SG.   Provincially the Liberals seem to have made up their lost ground.  According to Eric Grenier’s Three Hundred Eight site the Grits would form a minority government if the election hadContinue Reading

Morrisburg ON – A visit today to Upper Canada Village is a shock.  The Rose Garden has been cleared away. Between sixty and a hundred mature trees have disappeared. Stumps mark the spots where they flourished before. .  As a result, what was once beautiful parkland in keeping with the Village’s 19th century rural-agriculturalContinue Reading

Cornwall ON – CGPW Wrestling will be coming back to Cornwall on November 26th,  2011 at Murphy’sInnfor the first time in over 4 years. This card will feature WWE Legend and Hall Of Famer “Tough Guy” Hacksaw Jim Duggan, One Warrior Nation and all of CGPW Wrestling’s Canadian Independent Superstars OfContinue Reading

Cornwall ON – The Women’s Roller Derby group here in Cornwall Ontario had a surprise bonus for their fund raising efforts as a little bit of glitter from Hollywood was sprinkled on them today as they prepare for a screening of the Roller Derby movie Whip It!    The movieContinue Reading

Cornwall ON – The Cornwall & Area Chamber of Commerce today announced that Mrs. Amy Malyon has been appointed its Assistant Executive Manager. The announcement was made by the business organizations’s President, Rick Shaver. “Mrs. Malyon has been the Chamber’s Office Administrator for the past three years and during thatContinue Reading

Cornwall ON – The most spectacular cultural event in Cornwall PURPOSE a celebration of  our ancestral origins; a  promotion of our local artists, artisans  performers, writers; and an introduction of local businesses, profit and non-profit organizations and groups of all kinds. a fundraiser  for a  “Light in the Tunnel”  ProgramContinue Reading

Lancaster ON –  It was an educational night in Lancaster Ontario as Mayor Jim “McFuddle” McDonell, who also is the PC candidate for SD&SG Moonwalked on by law  32-11 which would have raised water taxes for multi residential buildings by almost 300%. Building owner Sue and one of her tenantsContinue Reading