CFN – Taking a break from his time in Ottawa Mayor Bob Kilger visited Cornwall to announce that his 2.88 tax increase is a good value for taxpayers. With most of this tax increase going towards litigation, investigations, and settlements many Cornwall residents are scratching themselves wondering where that goodContinue Reading
Walter Gretzky has given a lot to our National Past Time. For one he gave us a son named Wayne! Walter will be coaching the NHL Alumni team as it swings out across Ontario with stops in Pembroke and Cornwall this weekend, ( April 6th & 7th). The Line UpContinue Reading
Last spring you attended a showing of “BOTTLED LIFE” at the Erin Legion and I felt you deserved an update. Nestle had applied for a ten year renewal of the existing permit, but also requested a “spike rate” of an additional 10% on the maximum quantity withdrawn. Despite significant publicContinue Reading
CFN – What a wild ride March has been. CFN has set two new traffic records; the first being the shortest amount of days to break our monthly page view record at 24 days and the second is our largest page view total ever in 2,343,712 page views! Thanks toContinue Reading
Did we (man) ever take into consideration how our own actions would affect our community before proceeding with a project or deed? We seem to be quick to take on a ‘killing’ mentality when we are met with a perceived threat. I see one of the biggest threats toContinue Reading
CFN – Christ is Risen; He is risen indeed! That is the joyful proclamation of Christians around the world this morning. The forty days of Lent, with its sacrificing, penance and almsgiving, have given way to the greatest feast on the Christian calendar, Easter, the Resurrection of Jesus. During the Triduum of HolyContinue Reading
CFN – Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD) strikes a lot of people during the winter months. Interested to see how it affects seniors specifically, I went online to discover that there are many web sites devoted to seniors who have this disorder. Seniors and people with disabilities find it difficult toContinue Reading
Cornwall Community Hospital / Hôpital Communautaire de Cornwall ALGUIRE SHIRLEY Registered Nurse / Infimière autorisée $102,318.84 $263.28 Cornwall Community Hospital / Hôpital Communautaire de Cornwall ALIBRANDO MARIO Director Information Technology / Directeur technologie de l’information $106,481.93 $398.40 Cornwall Community Hospital / Hôpital Communautaire de Cornwall ARTHUR HEATHER Vice President PatientContinue Reading
City of Cornwall ADAMS MAUREEN Manager $133,591.19 $3,265.61 City of Cornwall AIKMAN DANNY J. Deputy Police Chief $142,332.06 $5,129.96 City of Cornwall ALEXANDER STEPHEN Manager $137,017.46 $3,303.87 City of Cornwall BISSONETTE MARC Sergeant $118,073.95 $898.43 City of Cornwall BOILEAU MARK A. Manager $116,308.33 $1,225.90 City of Cornwall BURNIE ROBERT InspectorContinue Reading
CFN – For this year’s Yom HaShoah (Holocaust Remembrance Day) in Cornwall, Ontario, the focus will be on how an extended Jewish family – the Kaplans – escaped from the Holocaust in Lithuania to come to Williamstown, Ontario some 74 years ago. It is also the story of two heroicContinue Reading
CFN – Jacques Cousteau wasn’t at the Cornwall Public Library last night but his presence was felt in more ways than one. The thread began when the River Institute’s guest speaker, John Earle, dove into his topic of “Water is Life” with the smile-producing statement (about himself): Dude! You’reContinue Reading
CFN – The council of the Township of South Stormont met last night for one of their regular council meetings. The agenda was published before the meeting on their web site and was followed exactly as posted. http://southstormont.ca/council/meetings.php There were no protests, no angry comments, no posturing by councillors andContinue Reading
CFN – No doubt you’ll be reading in some Cornwall media that the city has been cleared after an investigation on the Whistle Blowing in Cornwall Ontario. It’s a sad and expensive cover up. Here is the city’s release via CAO Norm Levac who now is of course guiltyContinue Reading
CFN – Wow. It took two years to make that dog of a trade? Jay Feaster should hang his head in shame and Calgary fans are very upset this morning to see the Dog’s breakfast they got for their captain and star player Jarome Iginla. Calgary received a coupleContinue Reading
CFN – While the Cornwall Citizens Coalition lobbied Council last night the Champlain LHIN gave it’s thumb’s up to approve the current offer on the table. CFN received the following confirmation: The LHIN has received a business case from the hospital which does outline an offer to purchase the formerContinue Reading
FAIL TO ATTEND Cornwall, ON- A 16-year-old Cornwall youth was arrested on March 25th, 2013. It is alleged that he failed to appear for court on March 21st, 2013. He was located and held in custody until court later that day. The youth’s name was not released as perContinue Reading
CFN – On the evening of March 20th, 2013, following a traffic stop in Cornwall, members of the Cornwall Regional Task Force, Serious & Organized Crime Section (CRTF-S&OC) arrested a male for transporting marijuana. Further investigation led police to execute a search warrant in the early morning hours of MarchContinue Reading
CFN – Mayor Kilger’s Lawyered statement was too much even for Councilor Bernie Boo Boo Clement last night. We have asked CAO Norm Levac for an amount of how much that gem cost the city in legal fees. With lawyer Fay Brunning suggesting that a Judge may be usedContinue Reading