CORNWALL ONTARIO – Valentine’s Day reminds me of the old days in primary school. We used to give little paper valentines to our classmates and friends when we were about 7 or 8 years old. We could buy a book which had sheets of valentines on them and weContinue Reading
CORNWALL ONTARIO – A CFN viewer sent in this pic he took after painting his snow bank as temperatures hit 13c in Cornwall Saturday! Warm temps will be with us all week! Enjoy the sunshine! You can email in your photo or video to info@cornwallfreenews.com to see yours published!Continue Reading
Rivalry weekend; skate with Nats on Sunday The Cornwall Nationals may be an expansion team, but they have already established a couple of fascinating rivalries in the Federal Hockey League. Cornwall travels to Berlin on Friday night to take on the River Drivers at 8 p.m. The Nationals heldContinue Reading
Cornwall Ontario – Getting fired as a coach in professional sports is part of the job. This season five coaches have fallen; many with over five years of tenure. Michel Therrien’s days were numbered after rumbles of a quote condemning first year captain Max Pacioretty over the Summer. The momentContinue Reading
Share the Road Announces Bicycle Friendly Community Awards Five New Communities Receive Designations, Three Communities Renew Their Status in Largest Application Round to Date. CORNWALL Ontario – February 14, 2017 – The Share the Road Cycling Coalition (Share the Road) announced today the latest Bicycle Friendly Community (BFC)Continue Reading
Cornwall Ontario – Is Marc Bergevin having fun yet? After last season which many feel was a tanking more than a failure of the squad this season was supposed to be magical with Carey Price back. Price is back, but his play is a boggling hot mess. Flashes ofContinue Reading
Cornwall Ontario – Today’s FHL contest between the Cornwall Nationals and Berlin River Drivers will begin at 4 p.m. instead of 2 p.m. Berlin is en route to Cornwall but will be delayed because of poor road conditions. Please support your community and Independent Media. Click the donate button today! Continue Reading
Cornwall Ontario – February is Heart and Stroke month. It is a time of fund raising as well as bringing more awareness of heart and stroke problems, prevention and treatment to the public. On one of the web sites it states that 9 out of 10 Canadians have at leastContinue Reading
Titans drop Nats; spoil party at Civic Complex CORNWALL ONTARIO – With the Grey Cup in the house, the Danbury Titans spoiled the party on Saturday night, edging the Nationals 5-4 in overtime. Danbury’s Taylor Love scored at 1:03 of 3-on-3 overtime to send 1,573 fans home disappointed. MattContinue Reading
Back-to-back home games for Nationals CORNWALL ONTARIO – The Nationals will look to gain ground in the Federal Hockey League standings this weekend with a pair of home-ice contests. Cornwall hosts the Port Huron Prowlers on Saturday night at Ed Lumley Arena in the Civic Complex. The puck dropsContinue Reading
Cornwall Ontario – Another black eye for Cornwall, and yet another sad miss in trying to rebuild a relationship with Hollywood star Ryan Gosling who grew up in the River City and got his big break by commuting to auditions in Montreal. La La Land, which has tied a recordContinue Reading
Cornwall has a lot of wonderful and talented artists. Brenda Connelly is one of them. She has painted in oils and watercolour but acrylics are her preference at this time. Some years ago when Jean McCormick had her Art Studio on Pitt Street north, Brenda attended the studioContinue Reading
Local fan-favourite Cloutier joins Nationals CORNWALL ONTARIO – The Cornwall Nationals of the Federal Hockey League have added some grit and muscle to their blueline. General manager Basem Awwad has come to terms with the rugged Chris Cloutier. “Chris will certainly bring the excitement and grit that we need,”Continue Reading
For many years now, food chains have been looking to enhance their menus by jumping on the healthy food bandwagon, offering foods containing less fat, cholesterol and sodium. They do so in the hope of enhancing their sales through targeting a whole new audience, with an anti-obesity drive. The likesContinue Reading
Cornwall Ontario – The last stages of the end of the thirty six year old public art gallery of Cornwall are about to start. The location itself closed in August. The gallery’s permanent art collection; mostly collected during the 90’s in more friendly tax receipt days, will be going to auction.Continue Reading
CORNWALL ONTARIO – The Dementia Friends Canada campaign has ten tips for us to help communicate with a person with dementia. They suggest: 1) Approach the person from the front. If they are seated go down to their level. 2) Identify yourself. Tell them your name and offerContinue Reading
She had this amazing face; proud, beautifully handsome, with angles that showed shadows of pain and hurts that could never be healed. It stopped him cold, and took his breath away. It wasn’t just beauty. It wasn’t about beauty. It was magnetically magical. He typed the words toContinue Reading
Sainte-Croix Parish to Merge with Saint-Félix-de-Valois CORNWALL, ON – On Saturday, January 7, 2017, the final Mass will be celebrated in the Roman Catholic church of Sainte-Croix, which was founded on January 17, 1954 when it was detached from the parish of Saint-Félix-de-Valois. Following the Mass, the church buildingContinue Reading