We are looking for local food product within 100 Miles of SD&G for our first season of our Web Show COOKING WITH KRETZ. We want to show off some of the amazing foods grown locally and cooked by a Red Seal chef. Chef Shawn Kretz will be creating cuisine forContinue Reading
At stake is a local Apartment complex in the Heart of the City. Many of the tenants of the 150 or so apartments are seniors most of whom when they sold their homes didn’t want to buy a Condo or go into a retirement home. Next door to the EastContinue Reading
Welcome to Barb McLean, and Marlin Travel ( 365 Montreal Road) to the Cornwall Free News Sponsor Family. If you click the card you’ll be taken to her website where you can discover all the amazing travel options she and Kathryn Briere have in store for you as those firstContinue Reading
Hmm…election drama dies down, government goes on the war path. Here’s a press release from the MCA released today. For immediate release: Seskehko:wa/ September 18, 2009 For information contact: Mohawk Government Office Mohawk Council of Akwesasne Tel: (613) 575-2348 AKWESASNE LEADERSHIP RESPONDS TO CBSA ATTACK AGAINST COMMUNITY MEMBERS Akwesasne —ThisContinue Reading
I was shocked and surprised to read Lorne Wiebe’s commentary today. Copyright laws prevent me from showing you in full so I’m going to put the link and excerpt a bit. L I N K the link takes you to the commentary page which changes each weekday so you mayContinue Reading
Busy week for the Tobacco Police. 11 incidents reported. RCMP report: “The following details are seizures from September 10th to September 17th. A total of 9,450 cartons/resealable bags of contraband cigarettes, 302 kilograms of fine cut tobacco, 8 vehicles, 1 boat and 1 trailer were seized. A total of 10Continue Reading
L I N K That’s the link to Lorne Wiebe’s opinion piece today. He was going off on Mark MacDonald and Mary Ann Hug’s suggestion in Concil to form a committee to examine how to expand the population of Cornwall. I was sitting and listening to John Bolton in betweenContinue Reading
Why do they do a rabies clinic for only one day with a 4 hour window? I know, vets need to make a living too. For $18 you can vaccinate your dog or cat. No examination of your animal is given or other shots. For more info visit their WEBSITE.Continue Reading
There are lots of upcoming shows and music gigs coming to Cornwall. Here is all the latest news! Dark Days or Fair is playing a gig on Saturday September 19th 2009 at City Limits in Cornwall. This is a charity fundraiser for breast cancer. And who doesn’t like breast? Exactly.Continue Reading
Yes, you can find us now on Facebook under Cornwall Freenews After listening to Bob Peters say that Facebook tripled the traffic to www.choosecornwall.ca we figured we should jump on the bandwagon too! What do you think Cornwall? Do you Facebook? We’re cwfnews on Twitter as well although we don’tContinue Reading
Do you know anyone that got a job at the new Government Call Centre? Even as a janitor? All that talk; all that improvement, pointing to the government website only to not see the posting. Were the jobs all gobbled up by government employees from Ottawa? Email usContinue Reading
Busy night at City Council. It’s always good to see so many people attend even if a bunch were a Ball team. Our Mayor Bob Kilger always is happiest at these meetings when some sports team or person is present and he had the players and coaches from the BlackContinue Reading
We are on a pace to double our traffic from last month. Stunning. We just blew past the 35,000 page view mark, but for some reason some of our content seems to be drawing a lot of you to read, watch, and listen. In the last week we are onContinue Reading
I was at the Farmer’s Market on George Assaly lane today. Super market; nice weather; I love Reg’s Coffee and some Buffalo Jerky (they have a spicy one with some kick) and I was talking about how it’s nice to shop local and advertise locally. I was corrected. I shouldContinue Reading
If you call the Penny Grader number you will sadly see that this local institution of 14 years has shuttered close. Ed Lauzon could not be reached for comment. No cause for the shut down has been given although the newspaper had been for sale. If you are looking forContinue Reading
Here is a L I N K to Thom’s great story this week in the Seaway News. I had the honour of working for the Habs the year they moved from the greatest building in Hockey history to that monstrosity they play in now. “The same can be said ofContinue Reading
Tomorrow at their offices on Sydney, between Independent’s and Canadian Tire there is going to be a BBQ at Cornwall Electric. Bring in your bill for a chance to win! Please visit our sponsors:Continue Reading
I spent some time this morning with Julie Roy of the Ontario SPCA SD&G Branch here in Cornwall. She gave me the tour and we talked about the recent Half Price promotion that found homes for over 20 cats. I’m not a fan of shelters that are not “No Kill”Continue Reading