Cornwall ON –  The Sounds of Buskerville took Cornwall by storm last year.   Well maybe not storm, but definitely a strong Summer breeze which should be accompanying the musical event of the season here in Cornwall; at least for some of the many local performers! Pitt Street between First Street and Third StreetContinue Reading

Cornwall ON –   We here at The Cornwall Free News got a jump on the debate season and had the opportunity to host an All Candidates Debate for the upcoming Ontario Provincial election at The Best Western Plus Parkway Inn & Conference Centre in Cornwall Ontario.   We asked aContinue Reading

Toronto ON – The Toronto Hiroshima Day Coalition is organizing the 66th commemoration of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki on August 6th, 2011 at 6:30 pm at the Church of the Holy Trinity (10 Trinity Square, behind the Toronto Eaton Centre). With the theme, “Faith and Abolition: No Nuclear Weapons, No NuclearContinue Reading

Cornwall ON –  I discovered Whispering Pines Campsite in Curran Ontario last month.  It’s an amazing place and I’ll be returning in August for the Open Mind Festival!  I’ll be live on the site covering some of the events so stay tuned! . OpenMind Festival is a gathering of Celebration,Continue Reading

Cornwall ON – People in the Stormont -Dundas- South Glengarry area can apply for Ontario’s new photo identification card.  The new government-issued ID is available at 21 Service Ontario locations across the province, including Cornwall.  It will be available at all locations by 2012.  This secure card will make it easierContinue Reading

Our youthful populace needs a better platform and wider range of representatives to report to Council.  In 2004, the City of Cornwall endorsed the CYAC/ COCOJECO and stated that “The city recognized that its greatest resources lie with its youth.”  However, the need to reorganize and provide the city’s youthContinue Reading

Cornwall ON – It’s summertime and the patios are filling up with people having a great time and catching the best of the local music scene.  Wednesday night you can catch Mélanie Brûlée D’Amour (formerly of the General Electryk) playing at Eight Zero Zero at the corner of Cumberland and 9thContinue Reading

  Cornwall ON – Thursday July 28 we will be hosting an All Candidates debate for the upcoming Provincial election for SD&G Ontario at the Best Western Plus Parkway Inn and Conference Centre in Cornwall Ontario.   The debate will be video taped for broadcast in its entirety here onContinue Reading

Cornwall ON – The Children’s Aid Society of the United Counties of Stormont, Dundas & Glengarry has been awarded a $1,000 Centennial Community Grant from Union Gas to support the Society’s CampFund. This year the Society was able to send 83 children to camp. The children for whom the SocietyContinue Reading

TORONTO ON –The Canadian Association of PNH Patients applauds governments across Canada for their landmark agreement to provide public access to Soliris (eculizumab), a life-saving treatment for the ultra-rare blood disease known as paroxysmal nocturnal haemoglobinuria (PNH). With this agreement, Canada joins the vast majority of jurisdictions in the developedContinue Reading

Cornwall ON –  We just received the following from Mark A MacDonald; Liberal Candidate for SD&G Ontario in the upcoming Ontario Provincial election. MCDONELL NOT BEING HONEST WITH SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS OR ONTARIANS The PCs Have a Clear Record Opposing Small Business Tax Cuts Yesterday, Jim McDonell was caught inContinue Reading

CFN – ENVIRONMENT CANADA HAS UPDATED A SEVERE WEATHER BULLETIN FOR SOUTHERN ONTARIO AT 10:55 AM EDT THURSDAY 21 JULY 2011. A WEATHER WARNING IS ISSUED FOR MORRISBURG – LONG SAULT CORNWALL – LANCASTER WINCHESTER – NEWINGTON AND MAXVILLE – ALEXANDRIA. EXTREME TEMPERATURES AND HUMIDEX VALUES EXPECTED TODAY. WEATHER CONDITIONSContinue Reading