Dear Editor, Minister Rona Ambrose is telling us why her government is spending millions of dollars Canada can not afford. The reason she states in the House of Commons is no longer valid The following letter asks her a question many Canadians have concerning our foreign involvements in the lastContinue Reading
Cornwall ON – In accordance with the operating regulations of the International St. Lawrence River Board of Control, Ontario Power Generation’s Ottawa/St. Lawrence Plant Group advises users of the St. Lawrence River, including recreational boaters and anglers, that all of the gates of the Iroquois Dam have been raised toContinue Reading
Cornwall ON – L’association athlétique de l’école secondaire catholique La Citadelle a tenu le vendredi 3 juin son Gala sportif annuel. Lors de ce gala, ils ont récompensé une centaine de jeunes athlètes qui ont réalisé une multitude d’exploits durant l’année scolaire 2010-2011. Cette année, sous le thème d’une soiréeContinue Reading
Orleans ON – Zachery Morey, 9e année, Nathalie Lanteigne, 8e année, et Liam Kennedy, 7e année, de l’école secondaire publique L’Héritage, ont été honorés lors de la 10e édition des Jeux Olympiques spéciaux du Conseil des écoles publiques de l’Est de l’Ontario (CEPEO). L’évènement avait lieu le 31 mai à l’école secondaire GisèleContinue Reading
FCM is proud to announce a recent partnership with the Toronto Zoo and their award winning cell phone recycling program; Phone Apes CFN – This program highlights the leadership role that both the Toronto Zoo and FCM take to protect environmental sustainability. Through this program, they strive to raise awarenessContinue Reading
Cornwall ON – People’s Alternative Life Skill Programs (Economic Assistance…Food Assistance) will be holding its Annual General Meeting on Thursday, June 16, at 12:00 p.m., at Ecole Jean XXIII, 610 McConnell Avenue, Cornwall. Everyone is welcomed. For more information please call 613-932-9824. . Le Choix Alternatif vous invite à son assembléeContinue Reading
Cornwall ON – Des équipes de Cornwall Gravel Company ont commencé le 9 juin dernier à travailler sur le prolongement d’Industrial Park Drive jusqu’à la rue Tenth, dans le Parc d’affaires de Cornwall. Le projet de 4M$ facilitera l’entretien et le développement d’environ 300 acres dans le Parc d’affaires. « Ce projet contribuera àContinue Reading
Morrisburg ON – (Harpocrat* ‘power grabber’ from Greek harpax, harpaktes ‘robber’; Latin harpyiae ‘harpies, rapacious monsters’; English harpy ‘greedy, cruel or grasping person’ + Greek kratos ‘power, might’) Chorus: Listen to our Great Reformer! Leading us to the Promised Land! “Friends, in the name of Democracy obviouslyContinue Reading
Toronto ON – Pilot Dan Baz is answering your flying questions here on the Cornwall Free News. If you have a question about flying you can email Captain Dan or post below. Question . The cost of fuel is steadily increasing. How much fuel does a big jet use? AskedContinue Reading
Cornwall ON – La 3e édition du Salon des aînés du Centre de santé communautaire de l’Estrie (CSCE) fut un véritable succès! En effet, l’évènement, qui avait comme thème cette année « On s’informe », a attiré plus de 110 personnes au Centre Charles-Émile Claude, l’hôte du Salon, le 9 juin 2011.Continue Reading
Cornwall ON – Star Tek is letting 310 employees go and shutting down one of its sites in Kingston. The company announced 100 new positions at its remaining Kingston location. The company also has not made further notices in Cornwall where nearly 400 employees were given notices a whileContinue Reading
Cornwall ON – We’ve all seen them on the side of the road. Lines of bottles sitting in rows, with their signs written in black marker on a scrap piece of cardboard, all the while either oblivious or apathetic to the fact that their profits come at the cost ofContinue Reading
Ottawa ON – James Christie, founder of “Cycle for Lyme”, is now past the midway mark in his goal to cycle 2,000 km in 30 days There is now a brand new tourist attraction that will be bringing people into the Markstay, Ontario, area by the bus load. If you follow highwayContinue Reading
Ottawa ON – I got an urgent email this afternoon telling me to get myself to Ottawa to cover the first Anti-Harper rally. Now it’s Friday and well..it’s Friday, but I hopped into my non air conditioned car and zoomed down. Being a masochist I listened to CFRA (Continue Reading
Cornwall ON – MPP Jim Brownell was present at the Cornwall Community Hospital for probably his last time officially as MPP. Mr. Brownell is retiring, but as he stated: Since being elected healthcare has always been my number one concern. That sentiment seemed to be echoed from management andContinue Reading
Long Sault ON – All lot of people were wondering where the heck Coffey’s Coffee was last week at the opening of the Cornwall Farmers Market? He was in Long Sault at their Market on Friday afternoons! You can find Reg Coffey and his amazing line of locallyContinue Reading
QUEEN’S PARK – Ontario PC Leader Tim Hudak today issued the following statement regarding the tragic accident Wednesday night at the Stobie Mine in Sudbury. “On behalf of the Ontario PC Caucus, I want to offer our deepest condolences to the families of the Vale employees who died tragically atContinue Reading
CHESTERVILLE ON —Today, Ontario PC Leader Tim Hudak and Jim McDonell, Ontario PC Candidate for Stormont-Dundas-South Glengarry, and Lisa MacLeod, MPP for Nepean-Carleton and PC critic for Revenue and Government Accountability, to announced that a PC Government will deliver change for Ontario farmers whose cost of production has skyrocketed ,Continue Reading