Child Haven International (CHI) has a Home for destitute children along with 22 women in Kathmandu , Nepal where the big earthquake recently has devastated the area. Fortunately, the children were out in the courtyard when the quake struck and are fine. There has been some slight damage toContinue Reading
CFN – In a not so surprising move the Standard Freeholder today announced that it would no longer allow comments for local stories. Comments are a huge topic for media. On the positive they can truly move a story forward and add valuable debate and information. On the negative theyContinue Reading
CORNWALL Ontario – I am a regular customer and hang around guy at Fantasy Realm in Cornwall. I have so much love and respect for what Randy Sauve does for our community. When I heard Randy and Carol Grant were putting on a local Comic Book Convention at ourContinue Reading
CORNWALL Ontario – The City of Cornwall’s signature event has been grounded for 2015. There will be no 21st Lift Off this year. Consistent to their unprofessional nature Lift Off organizers sent out a press invite and didn’t show up giving selected media snippets of info. The Standard Freeholder gotContinue Reading
Cornwall & Area Pop Event – CAPE will be held on Saturday, April 18th in Cornwall at the Benson Centre. CAPE will have many of the features of the larger shows held in cities such as Ottawa, Montreal and Toronto and expects to attract a couple thousand people through theContinue Reading
CORNWALL Ontario – CFN is putting together a list of the top, or perhaps bottom, list of people in our amazing city. These are the self serving nasties that hold our community back and discredit us again, and again, but for mystic (or not so mystic) reasons are still allowedContinue Reading
CFN – What a busy week. Congratulations first off to YAC. City Council decided to give the group nearly $1,000 cash per member for this year. That gives hope for the arts community as TAG has nearly 200 members. Could a big cheque be on the way toContinue Reading
This year marks the 40th anniversary of the United Counties Science Fair, which is a non-profit charitable organization run by a team of volunteer teachers and parents. The organization’s goals are to encourage students to explore some of the many fields of science and to help students develop creative criticalContinue Reading
CORNWALL Ontario – There may be something that artists in Cornwall Ontario can learn from Firefighters. The charade that has been this year’s budget committee has given lip service to cutting taxes. With half of council having signed a pledge to do so it seems the only things cutContinue Reading
Dear Editor, It was suggested at the Budget Committee session that TAG was not a stable organization or that there were questions about its future?. TAG Cornwall has been around over thirty years, over twenty in the same location. While it has endured criticism, as all organizations have at oneContinue Reading
CORNWALL Ontario – The Seaway News editor Todd Lihou was all goo goo over praise given to the paper along with The Freeholder and Cornwall Newswatch. He doesn’t get why they get that praise. During the budget process, of which Ms Clement is the chair, the city has been givenContinue Reading
CFN – Claude McIntosh & Andre Rivette led the charge against Art funding at the Budget Committee meeting Monday. Groups had ten minutes only to sing for their supper with some follow up questions with Bernadette Clement chairing. For disclosure purposes I am on the board of our ArtContinue Reading
CORNWALL Ontario – First he was on the board of YAC (Your Arts Council) and then he was off, rumored to be regarding a…..Conflict of Interest. Next Eric Covington joined up with TAG’s new board (The Art Gallery of Cornwall). TAG, going through it’s third board in less than fiveContinue Reading
WORLD PREMIERE SCREENING IN OVER 85 LOCATIONS ACROSS CANADA OF A DOCUMENTARY BY MAZIAR BAHARI, THE REAL-LIFE SUBJECT OF JON STEWART’S FORTHCOMING FILM ROSEWATER The Iranian government tries to stop the members of its largest non-Muslim faith community (the Baha’is) from teaching and studying at university. But they do teachContinue Reading
The board of TAG (tagcornwall.ca) are proud to announce a new direction for 2015! “We’ve already seen results from our new board format and have received a lot of positive feedback from area artists” said TAG President Wyatt Walsh. After extensive meetings and discussion the board is focusing on someContinue Reading
CORNWALL Ontario – Sheep. Not everyone likes them. They can be a bit like Art. Well actually that would be taking artistic licence as sheep really aren’t like art unless well….we are entering a fuzzy zone of mystical proportions that probably aren’t relative to tonight’s City Council meeting in CornwallContinue Reading
The president of The Art Gallery (TAG) is pleased to announce a well-established media professional and entrepreneur has agreed to join the board of directors of TAG. Roland Besner has announced Kevin Lamoureux will be attending his first full board meeting February 16. Lamoureux is president and CEO of KAVContinue Reading
CFN – The board of directors of The Art Gallery in Cornwall has decided to change its meeting format in order to allow members to participate and voice their concerns. In making the announcement today board Chair Roland Besner said he hoped it would provide more accountability and transparency toContinue Reading