I told you folks the Leafs would win and they did. Montreal fell in OT to Atlanta 3-2 but it looks like Andrei Kostitisyn is ready for action as he popped in 2 goals. Andrei Markov is skating with the team and it looks like he and Brian GiontaContinue Reading
Life imitating art. Real Drama as Corrie’s Ryan Thomas, the 25 year old actor who plays Jason Grimshaw on the long running UK soap Coronation Street was held by police after his real life love and former screen love, Tina O’Brien called for police help after a row. He wasContinue Reading
14 year old Jayhead Saade is still cranking out the tunes and emitting radiation from the top of his dad’s hotel in Greeley Ontario despite a second hand delivered notification to cease from Industry Canada and threats of up to $5,000 per day in fines. L I N K “Saade’sContinue Reading
Here our are Pro Line Picks for Saturday December 12, 2009 Please note that if you play these and lose it’s at your own risk! Of course if you play these and win feel free to make a donation to The Cornwall Free News. Either way we do not endorse norContinue Reading
Team Cornwall 2009 Year in Review! Are you going to be there? I know I will, so will the mayor and everyone that matters in the business community! If you’re going to attend one event this year you want to be at the Aultsville Theatre at St. Lawrence College FridayContinue Reading
The United Way of SD&G is at the 80% mark of their goal of reaching $ 622, 500.00 for 2009! With over $500K they still need your help to get to the finish line and maybe even pass it! Wednesday you can take part in the Gift of Christmas. Continue Reading
Cornwall City Councilor and acting Mayor Syd Gardiner presented the Canadian Senior League Champion Cornwall Black Sox their rings at the Cornwall Colts game last night. The community came together to fund the rings and with the contributions by Pommier Jewellers they all received stunning hand made tributes to theContinue Reading
The Ottawa Senators shut out the floundering Flyers 2-0 on goals from Nick Foligno and Jesse Winchester. Brian Elliot earned the shut out. Wow, is that Philadelphia team one huge mess or what? Montreal was nipped by the Penguins 3-2 in regulation time. Habs goals were by MattContinue Reading
I read a lot of net blogs and news sites. One of the ones I read is Hockey Buzz which features Eric Engels on the Habs. Today he referred to Hockey Independent which has clips from the Habs 100th Anniversary Fest. I started to watch the skate and then decidedContinue Reading
V-Day is a global movement to end violence against women and girls inspired by Eve Ensler’s award winning play, The Vagina Monologues. V-Day was incorporated as a non-profit charity in 1998 with the intent of using performances of the play to raise money to benefit female victims of violence and sexualContinue Reading
Art comes in many forms. André Pommier of Pommier Jewellers started with this: and ended up with what you see below. Each ring was hand carved for the team. Now that’s what I call a Christmas present! Pictured with his father Georges and sister Maryse.holding the box set thatContinue Reading
Olympic Medalist Anne Jardin-Alexander To Carry Olympic Torch in Cornwall Former Olympic athlete Anne Jardin-Alexander, winner of 2 bronze medals in the Montreal 1976 Olympics , will be carrying the Olympic Torch in Cornwall on December 14th. Mrs. Jardin-Alexander, now a teacher at Frank Ryan Catholic School in Ottawa, willContinue Reading
The Habs were outshot again, this time 46-27, but came away with a 4-1 win in Ottawa. Montreal goals were from Mike Cammallieri, Scott Gomez, Andrei Kostitisyn, and Marc-Andre Bergeron who is starting to look like the steal of the season. The good news is that Montreal’s Power Play seemsContinue Reading
L I N K “A regional economic group estimates that dollar DVD rentals from Redbox and others has cost the entertainment industry $1 billion and that the “ripple effect” will cost hundreds of millions more.” Here in Cornwall Ontario Jonathan’s Convenience store at the corner of 4th & Marlborough has been rentingContinue Reading
We’re looking for a few good images. If you notice we’re playing with the background for our site, and while looking at various offerings on the net we came up with the idea of putting out a call to local visual artists. Email us your image at info@cornwallfreenews.com andContinue Reading
Busy slate of games in the NHL last night. Montreal was still out shot in a sleeper of a game, They won 3-1 via goals by Andrei Kostitisyn, Marc-Andre Bergeron and my new favorite Hab Mike Cammallieri, but shots were 15 -13 for Philly. Georges Laraque madeContinue Reading
The Cornwall Public Library welcomes novelist Maggie Wheeler on Wednesday December 16 at 6:30 p.m. Maggie who is a frequent guest at the library has recently launched “On a Darkling Plain”, her fourth and final novel in her Lost Villages mystery series. Registrations are required for this free program andContinue Reading
PRIDE/FIERTÉ CORNWALL’S SCHEDULE OF FUNDRAISING PARTIES FOR 2010 ANNOUNCED After much deliberation and hard work, the executive committee of Pride/Fierté Cornwall is pleased to announce their schedule of fundriasing parties for the coming year which will help fund the staging of Pride Weekend 2010, the annual festival of LGBT diversityContinue Reading