CORNWALL Ontario – What should we pay our mayor and council in Cornwall? Clearly their salaries are low and some might say you get what you pay for. There are some, like Bernadette Clement, that spend mightily to get elected and clearly are using the role of Councilor as aContinue Reading
DOMESTIC ASSAULT WITH WEAPON Cornwall, ON – A 46-year-old Quebec man was arrested on June 26th, 2014 and charged with assault with a weapon, possession of a weapon for a dangerous purpose, mischief, uttering threats, assault and forcible confinement. It is alleged that on June 26th, 2014 the manContinue Reading
CORNWALL Ontario – The little restaurant on the corner of 3rd and Pitt in Downtown Cornwall Ontario has had a rough record with many trying, but few succeeding, but I have a good vibe about the new Cedar’s On Wheels which just opened. First off I love Shawarma. Love thoseContinue Reading
The Cornwall Community Police Service is requesting the public’s assistance in relation to an Arson. In the early morning hours of May 30th, 2014 an unknown person(s) set fire to several vehicles within the City Tow towing company impound lot located at 1194 Montreal Road, Cornwall. As a result, nineContinue Reading
ASSAULT WITH A WEAPON, MISCHIEF, THREATS, BREACH Cornwall, ON – A 17-year-old Cornwall youth was arrested on June 25th, 2014 and charged with assault with a weapon, mischief, threats and breach of two probation orders for failing to keep the peace along with breach of recognizance for being outContinue Reading
CFN – When we look at the science and history of cannabis, we see that it is safer than cola, coffee, or chocolate. When one considers that cola and chocolate products almost always have a lot of sugar in them, and coffee sometimes has sugar, we realize that cannabis is much safer. And whenContinue Reading
CFN – June is Seniors’ month. A nice way to honour it is to celebrate with some wonderful seniors. There were a lot of seniors at the Legion Friday night celebrating. It was our annual Cornwall General Hospital Alumni dinner. The Class of 1964 celebrated fifty years. Attending forContinue Reading
CORNWALL Ontario – Robert “Bob” Kilger finally put his papers in and will be running for mayor which means I finally have someone to campaign against! After several false starts and predictions of running the two term mayor signed on the dotted line to ask voters for a third chanceContinue Reading
CORNWALL Ontario – Today Corus Radio shut down The Cornwall Daily.com; essentially cutting down its local newsroom in Cornwall. Three jobs were lost including,most likely, news director Bill Kingston who also represented the station as a member of the board of the Cornwall & Area Chamber of Commerce; aContinue Reading
CFN – Dr. Louise McNaughton-Filion, Regional Supervising Coroner for East Region, Ottawa Office, today announced that an inquest will be held into the death of Renaud-Louis Grenier. Mr. Grenier, age 55, died on Oct.18, 2011, at the Ottawa-Carleton Detention Centre. An inquest is mandatory under the Coroners Act. The inquest willContinue Reading
FAIL TO ATTEND Cornwall, ON – Paul Kameka, 35 of Cornwall was arrested on June 20th, 2014 on the strength of a warrant. It is alleged that the man failed to attend court on June 3rd, 2014 for drug related charges and a warrant was issued for his arrest.Continue Reading
CORNWALL Ontario – Imagine a phone ringing in the blackness of night. You fumble for it and it’s the police. Shaking sleep from your conscious you’re told that you’ve committed a crime. After shaking my head clear and digesting the call from Cst. McGregor of the Cornwall PoliceContinue Reading
CFN – Bank robbery series, Update, “Mummy Bandit,” Security camera images/video of suspects releasedMonday, June 23, 2014 – 12:41 PM Hold Up 416-808-7350 On Tuesday, April 15, 2014, Toronto Police Hold Up held a news conference requesting the public’s assistance with a series of several outstanding bank robberies. In one seriesContinue Reading
CFN – Kingston Police are continuing to assist the local Coroner’s Office in the investigation of a fatality involving a pedestrian being struck by an eastbound VIA passenger train over the weekend. On Sunday, June 22nd Kingston Police were called by CN Police, who advised of the incident thatContinue Reading
FATAL CRASH AT CORNWALL MOTOR SPEEDWAY (CORNWALL, ON) – On June 22, 2014 at approximately 8:18pm, officers of the Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police responded to a fatal crash that occurred at the Cornwall Motor Speedway during a sanctioned auto race. Twenty-three (23) year-old Danny Lefebvre ofContinue Reading
CORNWALL Ontario – Racer Danny Lefebvre was taken to hospital by Helicopter after hitting the wall in a stunning crash at the Cornwall Motor Speedway Sunday night. Social media was buzzing about the severity of the crash with many speculating the worse; but as of press time noContinue Reading
Ingleside – It was a great night for the Relay for Life cancer fund raiser in Farran’s Park last night. The weather co-operated in providing optimum conditions for the event and there were plenty of fundraisers walking the course. Thirty five teams with an average of 10 membersContinue Reading
Long Sault – The shoppers started to arrive at the Long Sault Farmer’s Market even as we were starting to set up our tents. Andrew Phillips of Avonmore Berry Farms was scrambling even with a helper this week to get set up while selling strawberries to the early birds. ThereContinue Reading