What a wild spot Sens owner Eugene Melnyk has the city of Ottawa and his own franchise in. It’s a Mexican standoff really. No arena deal in place and a team that if it trades its 3 top potential UFA’s will be a motley mess of bad contracts and youngContinue Reading
The Optimist Creed is very inspiring. I happened to come across a copy of it recently in some papers. We are fortunate in Cornwall to have a local Optimist Club which was chartered in 1948. According to their web site, the late Norm Ross was the chapter President. There wereContinue Reading
A good hockey trade means both teams win. Neither GM loses face. They fill their needs. It makes for stronger trade relationships. Nobody wants to be burned or embarrassed. The old axiom is that you can’t bottle talent. In this trade Derrick Brassard never clicked for the Penguins. He andContinue Reading
It’s been an interesting year. It’s been a weird year. With very low expectations les boys are firmly in a playoff spot, even if it’s just a wild card one. Carey decided to be Carey once his bud Captain Shea Weber was back and Tie Domi has been a refreshingContinue Reading
While the season is only half over, the Montreal Canadiens are one of the biggest surprises this season. After the tyre fire of last season and some questionable management the team has had the hockey gods smile on them this season. With new Captain Shea Weber out for nearly mostContinue Reading
They way we feel about food changes from decade to decade. In the 1930s, 40s and 50s, our main concern was finding enough food to feed ourselves with restrictions and rationing in place during World War Two (although, this tended to be more of a nuisance than an actual hardshipContinue Reading
We lost the Brookdale Mall some years ago. I loved the Miss Cornwall Restaurant and it was also handy to have a movie theatre in the same mall. Recently we lost the Eastcourt Mall which was another nice mall but, like the Brookdale Mall area, there are still lots ofContinue Reading
Senior Situation Room Edition 138 Dawn Ford New Year’s has come and gone and now we are stuck with all our New Year’s resolutions… or not, if you didn’t make any. I only have two: I will try doing some jigsaw puzzles which I have never tried and get backContinue Reading
In life people make mistakes. Smart ones clean them up or mitigate them. For Comic book store owner Randy Sauve his recipe seems to be to pour gasoline on the fire and raise the rhetoric which has resulted in him being sued for defamation. There’s 3 part test for DefamContinue Reading
It’s not everyday a business in Cornwall celebrates its 10th Anniversary! CFN has decided to do so by offering a heavily discounted banner ad deal for the Month of January 2019! E Interac us your payment to info@cornwallfreenews.com as well as emailing us your 300×250 (or smaller) ad banner andContinue Reading
Area Photographer Calvin Hanson shared some of his amazing work to celebrate Christmas. The deer shots were taken at Upper Canada Bird Sanctuary, yesterday and today. The scenes were taken out on Nairne island (there is a causeway from the Bird Sanctuary to the island). Can’t wait to see theContinue Reading
One Christmas several years ago, I received a gift of a beautiful Royal Doulton China rose. A little card with this lovely poem was with it: The Legend of the Christmas Rose: Long ago, to Bethlehem, came Kings from far-off lands- Bearing gifts of jewels and gold and myrrh inContinue Reading
Cornwall Ontario – I’d like those of you that read this that actually care about the arts locally to think about this. Digest it. Taste it like a fine wine please. The City of Cornwall, led by Mayor Bernadette Clement and “her girls” will spend about the same money thisContinue Reading
Petula Clark’s song, “Downtown”reminds me sometimes of growing up post war in Cornwall. That line,”Everything’s waiting for you”, says it all. Pitt and Second Streets were sort of our hub’ in center town. We had it all. There were so many stores that seemed to have everything we needed orContinue Reading
Local photographer Calvin Hanson shares some shots of Beavers at the Upper Canada Bird Sanctuary! It’s amazing to see nature so close up thanks to the Camera of Mr. Hanson! If you’ve taken a photo or video you wish to share with our CFN viewers email info@cornwallfreenews.com.Continue Reading
Impaired operation by RedBlacks player (Ottawa) – In relation to the Ottawa RedBlacks media release : Ottawa RedBlacks player Greg ELLINGSON was arrested at 2:37am on Friday, November 30, 2018, in the Kirkwood Avenue and Carling Road area during a R.I.D.E. program. He was subsequently charged with refusing to provideContinue Reading
Cornwall Ontario – I kinda giggled when I found out that there was a Canadian Francophone organisation locally. Not because I disrespect Francophones, but this area has people like that silly man with his pins and of course Dianne Poirier, retired school teacher, who besides being President of this localContinue Reading
Cornwall Ontario – This is our third installment of my NHL Win Efficiency tool! Toronto edged past Nashville to enter first place in our 3rd installment of our Win Efficiency Tool! LINK #1 LINK #2 There have been some surges and action since link 2! 4 of the 8 Top Eight enteredContinue Reading