TORONTO ONTARIO – Toronto is a crowded place with millions of people coming and leaving the city every day, everybody is always in a rush to get somewhere here. I used to joke that I was a chickadee surrounded by millions of sparrows stuck inside a large, concrete birdContinue Reading

OTTAWA ONTARIO – Ottawa Police Chief  Charles Bordeleau issued a statement after the charges were laid against Cst Daniel Montsion in the Abdirahman Abdi death. Statement by Chief Charles Bordeleau/ Déclaration du chef de la Police d’Ottawa Charles Bordeleau Earlier today we learned that the Special Investigation Unit (SIU) laidContinue Reading

Cornwall Ontario –  Please see CFN’s earlier coverage of the Abdi death.   LINK SIU Lays Charges against Officer in Relation to Death of Abdirahman Abdi Case Number: 16-OCD-193 Other News Releases Related to Case 16-OCD-193 SIU Started an Investigation into Arrest of an Ottawa Man, Appealing for Witnesses Mississauga,Continue Reading

Saint Regis Mohawk Tribe Submits 140-Acre Land In Trust Application Community Development a Tribal Priority AKWESASNE —  In step with the Saint Regis Mohawk Tribe’s strategic planning, community development is at the forefront of Tribal Council’s actions. On March 1, 2017, the Tribal Council submitted its third land to trustContinue Reading

    CORNWALL ONTARIO – My friend Frances Glass-Irwin and I often reminisce about growing up in Cornwall, which was a few years ago, of course. She said that she remembered when she was about 10 or 12 years old walking all the way down to near St. Lawrence ParkContinue Reading

Cornwall Ontario –  The City of Cornwall instructed their high priced Ottawa legal reps at BLG to drop the case against Doug & Rachelle Raymond over the excessive noise citation given to the seniors for playing a Friday night card game in their backyard where they would listen to someContinue Reading