The Cornwall Free News is looking to share our platform with more writers, photographers, videographers, and artists this year. Do you have a burning passion about a subject or your community? If you want exposure what better place? If you want a soapbox where your voice will be heard thisContinue Reading
That’s the big question after TAG Cornwall, which is the city’s public art gallery, a local charity that is about to celebrate its 30th anniversary in its current Pitt Street location. Gosling, who grew up in Cornwall before landing it big in Hollywood has shown that art and talentContinue Reading
Chris Rock, a very funny man, is being pressured to withdraw as host of the Oscars this year in protest of a lack of nominations for African American actors. In a gross trend of reverse discrimination it seems as though many are suggesting that race, colour, or gender should factorContinue Reading
What many Hab fans thought impossible has happened this season. Montreal has fallen behind Boston and Ottawa, and now is two spots out of a Wild Card berth for a play off spot. The Bruins helped themselves in easily knocking out Montreal with their 4-1 victory at the BellContinue Reading
While many Habs fans are in the doldrums over the team’s epic fall from grace including a record month of losses pressure is mounting on GM Marc Bergevin. The Wunderkind is under the gun to resolve issues on the team that simply have not been addressed. As Zack KassianContinue Reading
CORNWALL Ontario – Casey Fazekas scored at 1:50 of overtime to give the River Kings a come-from-behind 6-5 win over the St-Georges Cool FM on Saturday night at the Civic Complex. With the victory, Cornwall improved to 5-7-2 on home ice this season. The hard-hitting contest was played in frontContinue Reading
Cornwall Ontario – Barrie Wentzell has met and worked with almost every musical great during his stint with Melody Maker magazine in London from 1965-75. That time included working with David Bowie who passed away after a brave fight with Cancer. Wentzell recently visited Cornwall for a fund raising exhibitContinue Reading
Moise Lasata is an example of a tortured artist struggling with life’s challenges. After working for years in Welding, and of some of the toughest industrial sorts, he was debilitated, losing a lot of ability to use his hands. While at a centre connecting with his First Nation’sContinue Reading
I had the opportunity to be a volunteer for a few hours at the Cornwall Community Christmas dinner at the Agora Center on Christmas day. What a party!!! Smiling faces on everyone: volunteers and guests. There was music, prizes and great food and… great company!! I can’t imagineContinue Reading
CORNWALL Ontario – The River Kings continued their improved play in the friendly confines of the Civic Complex, shutting out the Laval Predateurs 2-0 on Saturday night in front of 1,155 vocal fans. Pete Karvouniaris was spectacular in goal for Cornwall with a 35-save performance as the River Kings improvedContinue Reading
CORNWALL Ontario – River Kings veteran forward Francis Lessard returns to the lineup this evening as Cornwall hosts Laval at the Civic Complex. The puck drops at 7:30 p.m. Head coach Bob Desjardins is asking local hockey fans to come out and support their team like they’ve done in pastContinue Reading
After doing my opinion piece on this utterly hurtful new restaurant sign law directed by the EOHU after getting rubber stamped by council we decided to do our yearly review and it laid out a scary future for the hospitality industry in our region. While most people get the Green,Continue Reading
Canadians are travelling less over to the Akwesasne Mohawk Casino and Massena for shopping due to the low value of the Canadian dollar. As one person stated to this writer; “I wanted to go to the casino for New Years, but you’re $80 down just on the exchange before youContinue Reading
Is Guy Boucher on the horizon for Habs fans? With the team in a utterly devastating slump fans are starting to point their fingers at the coach. Boucher left his coaching gig in Europe hoping to land another NHL gig. The former Tampa coach was present for Steve StamkosContinue Reading
CORNWALL Ontario – The River Kings dropped their second straight contest on home ice in overtime with a 4-3 loss to Trois-Rivieres on Saturday night at the Civic Complex. Kevin Veilleux had a hat trick, including the knock out punch at 1:44 of the extra session as the Blizzard cameContinue Reading
The Culturel Canadien Cornwall Croquet Club has a lease with the city and it is located in Mattice Park, at 44 Edward St. The Club has a long history in Cornwall, they have been in existence since 1917. The Club has not been active for a few years and asContinue Reading
One cold and blistery Christmas Eve, Santa brought his sleigh to a stop on the roof of a tiny house down the lane. The chimney was too small for Santa, but as you know, small or big, down the chimney he goes. Santa knew that in this house livedContinue Reading
As good as the Habs were in their first twenty games this season is as bad as they’ve been since. Many of the top teams in the league have had injuries. Yes, the one to Price is a biggie, but the loss of Brendan Gallagher and yes, Alex SeminContinue Reading