Cornwall Ontario – There are a core group of people in Cornwall that like to wear their civic pride like a badge of honor or Nero fiddling while Rome burned. Finish near the last in Entrepreneurial studies, and you’ll hear complaints about how the study was done. Celebrate our pizzaContinue Reading
River Kings sign Big 3 CORNWALL – Earlier this summer, the River Kings added offensive punch with some key signings. Now, General Manager Rick Lalonde has added a different kind of punch, with three massive signings that promise to make the 2016-17 season the most exciting in team history. TheContinue Reading
River Kings land Hand from Thetford CORNWALL – The River Kings blueline just got a whole lot tougher. General manager Rick Lalonde has acquired Ryan Hand from Thetford in exchange for Olivier Croteau, who was picked up earlier this summer from Jonquiere. In 37 games with the Assurancia last season,Continue Reading
Alas Montreal fans have been rending their garments since the loss of the much beloved PK Subban. For a 2nd round draft pick PK did well. He won a Norris, excelled when it counted, the play offs, and entertained the fans. Sadly, Montreal being Montreal, language politics impact allContinue Reading
SURGEON So Mr. Johnson why do you want to have a penile implant? ROBBY JOHNSON That’s a good question doc. I just want more confidence, especially in court. SURGEON You’re a lawyer? ROBBY JOHNSON Yes. I’ve researched it and yourself, and I think you’re the man to do theContinue Reading
July 9, 2016 – Fifth Annual Stormont, Dundas & Glengarry Hwy 43 Memorial Ride The Canadian Army Veterans (CAV) – Sicily Motorcycle Unit will be holding the 5th Annual Stormont, Dundas & Glengarry (SD&G) Highway 43 Memorial Ride on July 9th, 2016. The ride will honour our Veterans, andContinue Reading
Two 2nd round picks for Andrew Shaw? Really? Habs GM opened up the draft with a splash sending Lars Eller to the Caps for two future 2nd pics from the Caps. Eller, one of the larger bodies on the Habs that has play off cred took a lotContinue Reading
Tick Tock, tick tock. July 1st is coming fast, but what’s coming faster is the NHL draft. While there are many arguments that can be made about trading any player PK Subban is an interesting case. For whatever reason he’s had a bit of a rough ride in Montreal. InContinue Reading
The Alumni of the Cornwall General Hospital School of Nursing held their annual dinner at the Royal Canadian Legion on Friday, June 17th. And what a party it was!! Celebrating 50 years was the Class of 1966. Class members from left to right: Front row: Beverly (Johnson) Craig; MadgeContinue Reading
The lady doth protest too much, methinks For a man that to my knowledge has never set foot in Cornwall’s public Art Gallery, Standard Freeholder Editor Hugo Rodrigues sure likes to write about it. He writes about the gallery far more than say…..the shady Harbor Front deal, or how BigContinue Reading
Sir John Johnson House National Historic Site, located in the historic town of Williamstown, is one of the oldest surviving houses in present day Ontario. Today Parks Canada announced an infrastructure investment of more than $450 000 for Sir John Johnson Manor House. This investment will focus on major structural and exterior repairsContinue Reading
River Kings acquire Lariviere CORNWALL Ontario – The River Kings have acquired super pest Martin Lariviere from the Thetford Assurancia. Cornwall sends Maxime Vachon to Thetford. The 10-year LNAH veteran is already well known to Cornwall fans and will quickly become a fan-favourite at the Civic Complex. In 303 regularContinue Reading
Updated Food Recall Warning – Recall date: June 2, 2016 Reason for recall: Microbiological – Listeria Hazard classification: Class 1 Company / Firm: Quaker Canada Distribution: National Extent of the distribution: Retail Recall details Ottawa, June 2, 2016 – The food recall warning issued on May 16, 2016 has beenContinue Reading
It is that time again for us to be aware of animals and children left in hot cars. Dr. Ernie Ward’s video at: http://drernieward shows him placing himself in a hot car and how fast he wanted to get out of it, suffering so quickly from the intense heatContinue Reading
There are some nice people in our world and some nice companies also. It seems that Yardi Canada Ltd. is both. Yardi is a property management software company for real estate worldwide. They are coordinating a project with the Alberta Residential Landlord Association, The Capital Region Housing Corporation,Continue Reading
Desjardins, Kings will be ready for 2016-17 CORNWALL — The River Kings will have a familiar face behind the bench when the puck drops on the 2016-17 LNAH season. Veteran bench boss Bob Desjardins will return in the fall as the team’s head coach. “I’m really looking forward to startingContinue Reading
CFN has always innovated and led the way in viewer comments in our community. The Standard Freeholder has nuked their comments section, but CFN has evolved and has a very clear policy. Our most popular commentator has been “Jules”. She’s had 2,963 comments approved as a viewer, and probablyContinue Reading
Cornwall Ontario as a community has historically poorly supported the arts. With an influx of seniors from communities that do support the arts it makes sense for some of those sports dollars to shift. Sadly, that isn’t the case. The city’s 36 year old public art gallery, TAG Cornwall, isContinue Reading