Summer & Fall are heating up at The Port Theatre in Cornwall Ontario! Saturday August 16th Winston Marley opens for The Bayou Boys Tribute to CCR! Friday August 22 Nelson Colt Tribute to George Strait! Saturday August 23 Ring of Fire The Johnny Cash Experience! Led Zeppelin A theatricalContinue Reading
CORNWALL Ontario – Last week CFN sent a query to all those officially running for council regarding the voted upon pay hike for elected officials at the last Council meeting. The raise was severe and many residents have voted their outrage at having such increases including those union staff askedContinue Reading
ASSAULT Cornwall, ON – A 29-year-old Cornwall man was arrested on July 18th, 2014 and charged with two counts of assault. It is alleged that on July 18th, 2014 during an argument with his 23-year-old ex-common-law wife the man grabbed her by the arm. The man then assaulted aContinue Reading
CFN – The Leafs have been very quiet this off season. No major trades or free agent buys. A lot of talk of trading Captain Dion Phaneuf and his new long term contract, and of course the usual drama surrounding D man CodyFranson. Let’s compare the two. Dion is 29.Continue Reading
CFN – Last week I report on the Manotick Farmer’s Market in the South Stormont News and this week I was a vendor at the market. I was invited by the market manager Jack Williams to come and see the market and think about being a vendor. I went, IContinue Reading
CORNWALL Ontario – Guy Menard I believe, really cares about his community. He and I may not agree who gets to play a part in our community, and to what degree; but clearly he wants Lift Off to remain; and so do I. Sadly his company did not sponsorContinue Reading
CORNWALL Ontario – Early Sunday morning saw many in Downtown Cornwall Ontario woken to the sounds of sirens as Fire Trucks raced to deal with a power outage that shut off power for thousands. Many retail stores had no power as well as the Cornwall Police Station which was onContinue Reading
CORNWALL Ontario – Our city continues to slide in the Moneysense compilation of the best places to live in Canada. From 92 in 2010 to 167 in 2012 , our fair city has dropped to 173 in 2014. The rankings note our 9.9% unemployment rate, growth of only 2.8% from 2008-2013,Continue Reading
CFN – When ever any party sets out a plan to address any policy, they are, in effect, trying to predict the future and/or influence the outcome. No one can actually know what the future will bring, but if a ball is hit with a bat and it heads towards a house, everyone watching canContinue Reading
CORNWALL Ontario – Jim Brownell is very upset. He’s ranting on his facebook page about yours truly. His invective is pretty out there for the normally mild mannered and polite retired school teacher and former Liberal MPP for our riding. I have been a huge supporter of Mr. Brownell, butContinue Reading
CORNWALL Ontario – Agape poohbahette Alyssa Blais finally put her name on the dotted line and is running for council. The social ladder climber has been running Agape for several years since switching over from her gig with the City. Her husband is the Liberal candidate John Earle, recently wasContinue Reading
CFN – Social media really has changed the way that people communicate. The biggest factor is speed and access. Anyone can virtually post just about anything, and on sites like Facebook and You Tube they can go viral quite quickly. One of the hottest stories here in Canada are theContinue Reading
BREAK AND ENTER Cornwall, ON – Ashley Foster, 24 and Justin Rainey, 25 both from Cornwall were arrested on July 17th, 2014 and charged with break and enter. It is alleged that sometime between July 11th, 2014 and July 14th, 2014 entry was gained into the Waste Water TreatmentContinue Reading
While the eminent who’s who of Cornwall has taken up the baton in regard to developing a university at Cornwall, perhaps some questions may be asked about job prospects for future graduates. CJOH had a news crew on hand when Algonquin College had their graduation ceremonies . . . andContinue Reading
WARRANT Cornwall, ON – Adam Lacoste-Marshall, 22 of St-Jerome, Quebec was arrested on July 16th, 2014 on the strength of outstanding warrants. It is alleged that on July 16th, 2014 police located the man at a Lauber Street address and took him into custody on the strength of warrantsContinue Reading
CFN – During the early morning hours of July 11, 2014, while conducting surveillance along Cornwall’s east end waterfront, members of the Cornwall Regional Task Force (CRTF) observed a boat, running without its navigational lights, approaching the shoreline near the Waste Water Treatment plant. While this was occurring, a vanContinue Reading
CFN – Editor’s note. One of our CFN contibutor’s was so struck by Kim’s story that she insisted that we publish it. Kim obliged and we first printed this in the South Stormont News. My name is Kim, I’m originally from Casselman, and I’ve been living in Cornwall forContinue Reading
CORNWALL Ontario – In what turned out to be one of the longest presentations to council I’ve ever endured Cornwall City council voted to give itself an unprecedented raise Monday evening. The presentation was so long that the mayor and four councilors took potty breaks during the monstrous amount ofContinue Reading