Cornwall ON – Federal, provincial, and municipal representatives joined dozens of community residents and project stakeholders today to celebrate the official grand opening of Cornwall’s newest recreation facility, the Benson Centre. Guy Lauzon, MP for Stormont-Dundas-South Glengarry; Jim Brownell, MPP for Stormont-Dundas-South Glengarry; and Bob Kilger, Mayor of Cornwall, participatedContinue Reading

Wasaga Beach ON – Ontario is adding a new provincial park this year and expanding two others, giving families and visitors more opportunities to get outdoors and enjoy the province’s natural beauty.   The expansions to Ontario Parks include: §          A new provincial park called DuPont on the St. Lawrence River near Morrisburg. The parkContinue Reading

CFN – Since it first opened in 1961, Upper Canada Village has played a key role in Eastern Ontario’s tourism industry having welcomed over 12 million visitors from around the world. With a reputation as one of North America’s finest living history museums, the village is a showpiece of theContinue Reading

Cornwall ON – A seed of hope for Canadian Politics occurred Saturday in Cornwall Ontario.    Rock the Vote didn’t run last year,  but it was back this year at the former Snails 2 club.  Hundreds of young people came out for the free music, but also listened to and talked aboutContinue Reading

Cornwall ON – Two very interesting reports have completed recently.    The first was the TOP report or 2011 Trends, Opportunities and Priorities Report which focuses on SD&SG, Cornwall, and Prescott Russell and covers an awful lot of ground.   It’s insightful and you can get a real snap shot ofContinue Reading

Cornwall ON – Le groupe des World Changers revient à Cornwall du 18 au 23 juillet 2011. Le Groupe Renaissance les accueillera pour une 12e année!. World Changers est un groupe religieux américain invitant les étudiants à s’impliquer dans la communauté, et ce, en réalisant bénévolement des projets de rénovation. CetteContinue Reading

Cornwall ON – Sous une journée nuageuse, 260 bénévoles, en plus des enfants, ont construit une nouvelle cour d’école à l’école élémentaire catholique Marie-Tanguay, le 25 juin 2011. Toute la communauté de Cornwall s’est rassemblée pour ce projet communautaire et ainsi installer de nouvelles structures de jeux. « Le nombre deContinue Reading

Cornwall ON – Grade 7 and 8 students from Rothwell-Osnabruck (RO) in Ingleside participated in a full day of quality physical activity on Friday, June 24th, 2011. After spending two hours playing soccer at the new Benson Centre, they headed over to Caveman Strong for a full Paleo lunch preparedContinue Reading

CFN – Eileen Garde of Whispering Pines campground is organizing her third annual Music in the Pines Festival in Curran, Ontario from June 30th to July 3, 2011. Live Entertainment: Sad Guru, Nadine Banville, Bob Mannseichner, Triskalia, River City Junction, Castalia, Kanaska Carter, Chant Libre, Theda Phoenix, Hippie Campfire andContinue Reading

Cornwall ON – L’école secondaire catholique La Citadelle a tenu sa 38e remise des diplômes pour ses 152 finissants le 23 juin, au Théâtre Aulstville, du St. Lawrence College. Une centaine de bourses, d’une valeur totale de 21 000$, furent accordées aux finissants 2011. Au cours de la soirée, trois médailles d’excellenceContinue Reading

Cornwall ON – Les portes du nouveau Centre Benson seront officiellement ouvertes le 29 juin 2011. Le maire, Bob Kilger, le député provincial, Jim Brownell et le député fédéral, Guy Lauzon, seront sur place à 18h pour souligner l’ouverture officielle de l’installation ultramoderne sur la 7e Ouest.   La cérémonieContinue Reading

Cornwall ON – Bed Bugs seem to be raging across North American cites.   They can be a disaster to get rid of and in some cases you literally have to destroy your furniture, clothing and even electronics as Bed Bugs can hide just about anywhere. The best cure isContinue Reading

Cornwall ON – Here is a test look at the cover for “Dirty Town Under a Crooked Bridge” my new novel which I’m hard at work on in between posting news stories.   We’ll be posting some other test covers and would love your feedback.  Feel free to post hereContinue Reading