CFN – There is a vigil tonight in Toronto for Sammy Yatim, the young man brutally gunned down by Toronto Police Sunday July 28, 2013 while wielding a knife on a Streetcar. You can click the image above to visit the official facebook page. Enhanced video of the incident. TheContinue Reading
CFN – My gosh another year has zipped by. I will be turning 49 this week. Ominous. That means next year would be the big 5-0! Some people age better than others. For me the reality that my mortal body is slowly crumbling, my senses starting to dim, andContinue Reading
CFN – Friends and family are spending a tense Sunday as they await identification of a body found behind a Kelsey’s restaurant in Ottawa Ontario near where her car was discovered. The body was found at approximately 9 AM in the South Keys district. Ottawa Police and the OPP areContinue Reading
SIU Investigates Shooting in Toronto Case Number: 13-TFD-181 Appeals Form Witness Form Mississauga (27 July, 2013) — Ontario’s Special Investigations Unit (SIU) is probing the circumstances surrounding a police involved shooting on Dundas St. W. west of Bathurst St. in Toronto at approximately 12:10 a.m. this morning. Preliminary information indicatesContinue Reading
CFN – This story is literally less than ten minutes old. We are posting this before the desk sgt at Cornwall Police HQ have full info. UPDATED 1:15 PM Cornwall Police have updated us with the following. The incident was a drug related medical emergency in a residence. No criminalContinue Reading
CFN – The featured picture this week is of our latest vendor to set up on the grass at Long Sault, A Few Essentials. Justin Whittam-Geskes is the young soap entrepreneur who manned the booth and this isn’t the first time that I have interviewed Justin. He traded forContinue Reading
CFN – I thought I’d ask our viewers what they think of this very sad and pathetic situation. Imagine someone from the Cornwall Area Chamber of Commerce running around to our advertisers and not only sharing his negative opinion of CFN, but threatening them that if they didn’t stop advertisingContinue Reading
OPP NEED HELP IN LOCATING MISSING PERSON (North Dundas) – Members of the Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry (SDG) Crime Unit of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP), under the direction of OPP Detective Inspector Dan Nadeau, Criminal Investigation Branch, are currently investigating a report of a missing female from a residenceContinue Reading
CFN– What is it about Ribfest in Cornwall Ontario that worked so well Friday night when Lift Off crashed in flames? One wag suggested more people attended Ribfest Friday night than attended the whole Lift Off Weekend. Was it because Economic Development’s Bob Peters wasn’t allowed to be in theContinue Reading
CFN– It’s always great to get a new eatery here in Cornwall Ontario; especially when you have a Chef that’s not afraid to be different and creative like Chef Christian Barque and his team at Bar Q which opened last week at the corner of Pitt Street and First. (TheContinue Reading
As a result of nearly 12,000 unfilled appointments so far this summer, coupled with constant hospital demand, Canadian Blood Services is forecasting a need for 51,000 appointments to be filled between now and Labour Day to replenish stocks. For that reason, Canadian Blood Services has extended the Blood SignalContinue Reading
A bird’s eye view of the Seaway Bridge in Cornwall, Ontario with the new low level bridge under construction by Jacqueline Milner of Image-ine Photography.Continue Reading
CFN – Suicide. This week two of my local competing media are whaling about the suicide of Cornwallite Christopher Clarke in a Montreal prison. Condolences to the family and the issue is being investigated, but it’s odd and seems quite hypocritical for the Seaway News and Standard Freeholder toContinue Reading
CFN – Imagine waking one morning to find police officers towing your car out of your driveway. “What is the meaning of this!?” you demand. “Um, yeah…” says the officer, “Some people out west – we heard – drove too fast, or, maybe didn’t stop correctly, or droveContinue Reading
CFN – For all Canadian Cottage goers and summer water seekers the sight and sounds of the Common Loon lift the spirit and add that special something to a retreat spent away from the ‘day to day’ in our down-time spent near the water. The soul stirring call of Canada’sContinue Reading
DRUG SEARCH WARRANT EXECUTED Cornwall, ON- Members of the Cornwall Community Police Service Street Crime Unit executed a drug search warrant on July 25th, 2013 at a Larin St. residence. As a result of the investigation a male was arrested and taken into custody. Michel Lauzon, 48 of Cornwall wasContinue Reading
CFN – Retired Standard Freeholder Publisher and General Manager Milton Ellis has graciously accepted to be Honorary Chair of the 4th Annual 2013 CH Foundation Golf Classic on Wednesday, August 14, 2013 at Summerheights Golf Links. Milton Ellis, who was also named Cornwall and Area Chamber of Commerce 2012 CitizenContinue Reading
Fellow Citizens, Control through Retaliation; Is this a Democracy’s response to individuals who speak up in the interest of fellow citizens and their community? . A statement which brings to mind the scenario, ” When Government’s fear the people that’s Democracy ,when the people fear the Government that’s Dictatorship” We have policiesContinue Reading