YAC (Your Arts Council) announced today that it was moving away from having an Executive Director and cutting ties with Bruce Davis. Davis had been with YAC since it’s political inception with Community Futures under Francois Desormeaux. YAC had stated at the budget hearings that it needed cash from theContinue Reading
It’s been a tumultuous year for Cornwall’s public art gallery, but the board and public had some fun and enjoyed a lovely downtown Saturday afternoon in Pommier Square! TAG Cornwall wishes to thank the community and especially Andre Pommier & the Pommier family for allowing us to use their squareContinue Reading
CORNWALL Ontario – The Art Gallery of Cornwall has overcome many obstacles in 2015. Board changes, a punitive City Council cutting its funding to ZERO, but the 33 year old public art gallery has shown that art and artists are a resilient bunch. Tired of the petty infighting withinContinue Reading
This seems to be the season the NHL cap really kicks in. In a normal world trading Phil Kessel for a bag of pucks wouldn’t make any sense. In the cap age….well. Brendan Shanahan and his team wanted to make a point and they traded away the team’s bestContinue Reading
Oh Canada! Tomorrow is July 1st. Sadly you won’t see CFN participating in our local event that is about to be rained out (bad karma thanks to Guy) as our MP has hijacked Canada Festivities in our city. Canada Day, above all days, should be inclusive and community building.Continue Reading
The Boston Bruins are making waves ahead of the draft with not one, but two blockbuster deals that are already frustrating Bruin fans. The Bruins sent fan favorite Milan Lucic to the shipped off to LA for the 13th pick in the draft, goalie Martin Jones and minor leaguer ColinContinue Reading
The Cornwall River Kings have kicked off their first Season Ticket drive for the upcoming season after Council decreed that they would only get 30% of advertising revenue from the Civic Complex. Second season owner Steve Moreau cited his own excitement after seeing fan response since he took over theContinue Reading
With the draft fast approaching Habs winger Alex Galchenyuk has fired his agent Igor Larionov. While no real details have been publicly shared rumbles and rumors are that the 1st Round pick wasn’t terribly interested in a bridge contract. Galchenyuk was drafted to be the Habs eventual number oneContinue Reading
So here were the options that council weighed in after a report from Management at Monday night’s council meeting. That Council approve the following: 1. That Council approve a three year agreement with the Cornwall Colts based on the same contract provisions as the last contract, as contained in thisContinue Reading
CORNWALL Ontario – Council and management have a chance to show some leadership and do something positive as it’s that time to decide on what to do with our hockey rink contracts. Right now the Cornwall Colts have a ridiculous arrangement where they get subsidized by the city and get theContinue Reading
While this draft is highlighted as one of the best in recent vintage the Toronto Maple Leafs seem to want to rebuild? In the cap age asset management is key. Asset value is dictated by contract as well as talent now as well. For all the rhetoric of TorontoContinue Reading
I must be getting old or Habs GM Marc Bergevin and his team see more in Torrey Mitchell and former Oiler D men than I do? His signing of Mitchell and re upping of Jeff Petry are kinda boggling to this scribbler. Mitchell essentially replaces the role that Manny MalhotraContinue Reading
An Ontario travel website seems to think the province ends at Ottawa and Kingston. A quick visit to the website shows that Eastern Ontario has no section and that the Cornwall area is lumped into Ottawa with no areas highlighted on its map. Eastern Ontario seems to be listedContinue Reading
The LNAH held its annual draft yesterday in Sorel and the Cornwall River Kings used their first pick to select a talented centre from Gatineau, QC. Cornwall selected Rock Regimbald in the 2nd round, 15th overall. The 23-year-old suited up for the University of Ottawa last season, after a four-yearContinue Reading
There is a new Maternity Ward in the Beek Lindsey Seniors Residence. New births include Quads. They came with their own little fur coats. You guessed it: four little baby kittens. Mother ‘Dakota’ and babies are doing well. Grandmother Pat Marchand is still in shock but is doing as wellContinue Reading
CORNWALL Ontario – In an odd twist of events the City Report from staff to council to be presented Monday night excludes The Art Gallery of Cornwall. The city’s 33 year old public gallery was left off of the report to council of groups to confer with regarding the cityContinue Reading
CFN – I think back on my time in Promotion. I was Working dead end middle Management Jobs, supporting my family, making music and promoting musicians and artists. The hours were bad, the pay was non existent but I kept doing it. I was running full force at oneContinue Reading
CORNWALL Ontario – Adam Brazeau is a young man that is a journalist for TC Media owned Seaway News in Cornwall Ontario. He’s covers ground that editor Todd Lihou doesn’t as opposed to won’t. Last night, before he appeared at the SASS Walk a Mile in Her Shoes eventContinue Reading