Mezzagno, Dolgy spark Nationals to home-ice win CORNWALL ONTARIO – The Nationals scored early and often on Thursday night en route to a 9-2 victory over the St. Clair Shores Fighting Saints. Anthony Mezzagno and Jason Dolgy led the Cornwall offence, each with a four-point night. The victory, inContinue Reading
Cornwall Ontario – I always marvel at the depths that the Bob Peters, Bernadette Clement, Guy Lauzon cliques, and their sillier psychophantic followers, will sink to in proving, that one, they aren’t terribly good at what they do, and two, that whether or not they like it the vast majorityContinue Reading
I remember seeing a TV Christmas show last year about a family and as always a few tears fell and the old heart strings were pulled. I can’t see those shows without thinking, as everyone does, about my own family and all the Christmases we had ‘down theContinue Reading
Cornwall Ontario – Some Cornwallites can be hyper sensitive about any discussion of the reality of our community. They don’t want to look at failures or miscues, but instead simply raise taxes and hope the issues go away, or simply bully those who point out that our many wannabeeContinue Reading
Nationals have new investor CORNWALL ONTARIO – While the expansion Cornwall Nationals have had a respectful start to their first season, it’s been a critical week for the Federal Hockey League team off the ice. The Nationals are proud to announce that a new local investor, Will Beauvais, hasContinue Reading
Charlotte and Henry are the Fastest-Rising Names Olivia is the most popular baby name in Ontario for the fifth year in a row, according to the province’s annual list of the top names for new babies. Ontario’s most popular baby names are slowly changing, with new names rising up theContinue Reading
CORNWALL ONTARIO – Yours truly is not just a pretty face. I’m also the answer to a Habs trivia question. Name the only Habs employee to ever have something they created nominated for an Oscar. When I left the Habs after Rejean Houle cursed the team by not livingContinue Reading
Exciting weekend ahead for Nationals CORNWALL ONTARIO – The Nationals are back in action tonight in Port Huron before coming back home for a pair of weekend Federal Hockey League contests. On Saturday, Cornwall hosts the St. Clair Shores Fighting Saints at the Civic Complex. A special promotion willContinue Reading
Cornwall Ontario – I don’t know, but I could’ve sworn running up the score in pro sports was considered pretty skanky, but this season we’ve seen at least two games involving the Habs have scores of 10 goals. Last night Montreal Captain Max Pacioretty padded his stats notched four goalsContinue Reading
CORNWALL ONTARIO – This has been an interesting season for the Montreal Canadiens. When I wrote in March that the Habs should go hard to land Alex Radulov I had a hunch he was primed to make a major contribution to the team. Combined with Carey Price’s return, andContinue Reading
CORNWALL ONTARIO – It’s been said that people in Cornwall Ontario have less of a sense of humor than most Middle Eastern countries. Memes litter social media. Many are quite funny. Cornwall Memes was a huge success with over 5,000 people clicking like on facebook before local police visited itsContinue Reading
CORNWALL ONTARIO – Starting CFN in 2009 has been an amazing experience. It’s been brutal in many ways exposing the darkest sides of any community I’ve ever seen not in a cheap tv series or movie. While by far my experience with people in this town has been pleasant,Continue Reading
Cornwall Ontario – As the song says, “It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas”. It is true. Everywhere we go there are sparkling lights, multi-coloured decorations, toys, gifts, Santa Clauses and Nativity scenes. Pommier’s Square at Pitt and Second Streets is all lit up with colourful decorations,Continue Reading
Four games in four days for Nats CORNWALL ONTARIO – The Nationals have games in hand on most teams early in the Federal Hockey League season. That’s about to change in a hurry. Cornwall, winners of three straight, is set to play four contests in the next four days.Continue Reading
OTTAWA ONTARIO – Yeah, Max Weber had a lot to say and he gets quoted a lot. Virtually every politician or a wannabe has read Max Weber. Why? Well, he was friggen wise. You know what he said? “The first job of the politician is to get elected.” Yeah,Continue Reading
CORNWALL ONTARIO – I found a souvenir program in one of my photo albums of a Flying Fathers Hockey Team benefit. There is no date on it but I am guessing it was about 1983. They came to Cornwall to play a fund raiser for Mount Carmel HouseContinue Reading
Busy weekend ahead for Nationals CORNWALL ONTARIO – The Cornwall Nationals are set for a jam-packed weekend, with three Federal Hockey League contests in three days. Cornwall travels to Watertown, NY, on Friday night to take on the Wolves (7:30 p.m.). The following night, the Nationals are in PortContinue Reading
Cornwall Transit driver makes final stop on lengthy career CORNWALL ONTARIO – A well-known and well-liked Cornwall Transit driver made his final stop on Wednesday after a lengthy career with the service. Driver Gilles Lafrance drove his familiar Pitt-McConnell bus to the Downtown transfer point Wednesday morning and walked offContinue Reading