JULY 6, 2020 – It might have taken awhile, but Eastern Ontario has decreed that staff and customers mask in. Months into the Coronavirus Pandemic there still is no real treatment or cure. The Cornwall area is a particularly vulnerable area. It not only is close to the Quebec border,Continue Reading
Windows on sleepy Amelia Street in Cornwall light up brightly as two Cornwall Fire Service Trucks attended what appears to be a gas leak of some sort. Concerned neighbors came out of their homes. One deranged looking senior walked across the street to talk the fight fighters, none of whomContinue Reading
JUNE 7. 2020 – Like a bad horror movie we are seeing political hypocrites put the health and safety of this community in peril. COVID 19 still has no true treatment and no cure. There is no vaccine for it. Cornwall is a city where if you end up inContinue Reading
After numerous and historical issues with the Eastern Ontario Health Unit while serving as Public Health Officer, we the undersigned as that during this COVID 19 Pandemic the Province of Ontario takes immediate action after the incident involving the Food Basics store on Brookdale Avenue. The public’s safety has toContinue Reading
APRIL 19, 2020 – Social media is a blaze locally as a local Food Basics worker tested positive for COVID 19. The EOHU refuses to answer any questions from this newspaper or issue us their press releases directly so we apologize as we can only get their version from theirContinue Reading
APRIL 15, 2020 – For Marie Beaupre it was an embarrassing moment as she drove up to the drive thru window at a local McDonalds. All she wanted was that secret sauce and delight that is a McDonald’s Big Mac. Being on a limited income this was a treat forContinue Reading
Cornwall City Council is live streaming Tuesday afternoon. In the council chamber during the live stream are 12 people at a time as photos from the live stream show. CFN has learned that at least one complaint was filed with the Cornwall Police Service, but there has been no responseContinue Reading
Reports are flooding CFN of people who have been tested for COVID 19 in the Cornwall area and in quarantine, but with no results. Initially promised results in 2-4 days, some have said that they’ve now waited TEN days without a result. Nurses have told those tested that even ifContinue Reading
A frightened worker emailed in to CFN asking about public spacing. Reports are that this being cheque day lines like the one in this photo are occurring at the CIBC too, and other banks. A call to the CPS echoed that public distancing at this time is important. TD mediaContinue Reading
The SD&G may be investigating a strange case of an alleged Long Sault woman claiming to have COVID 19 who worked for the Tim Horton’s at a nearby Enroute outlet on the 401. ” Turns out the whole thing about the Tim Hortons at the Ingleside on Route was aContinue Reading
If you are providing services during this crisis or just need the word spread email us today at info@cornwallfreenews.com and we’ll do our part to help you do our part. Delivery service? Community service? Public notices? Online? Please remember that CFN is a lot more than Cornwall. Our large audiencesContinue Reading
What a wild week. So much illness. So much death. We will survive, but the World will never be the same, much as it changed after 9/11. And it’s just beginning. We will see a huge financial disaster, one of epic size that we haven’t seen in about 100 years.Continue Reading
The problem with being corrupt and or incompetent is that it creates a culture, such as exists in the Cornwall Police Service. From the politicization of the force, to hiding truth from the public, enforcing some laws on some, and not on others, and not holding officers accountable like whatContinue Reading
While the world is shutting down and encouraging gatherings of less than 5 people only and well spaced, here in Cornwall Ontario, in spite of a high level of seniors and those with morbidity, which means higher treatment and death rates for COVID 19 Coronavirus victims, the Bingo Hall onlyContinue Reading
From the College Website: Update March 15, 2020, 11:30 AM A member of the SLC Cornwall campus community has tested positive for COVID-19 after returning from a recent trip to the United States. They were diagnosed at a local hospital, treated, and are at home under self-isolation. Effective immediately, theContinue Reading
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We all knew it was a matter of when. Minutes ago information came to CFN that a woman had posted on social media that she was in Quarantine at the Cornwall Community Hospital for a possible case of the COVID 19 Coronavirus. We were able to reach her in herContinue Reading
I’ve been working on this for nearly two weeks as more info and developments keep occurring. As many who have been following this pandemic know it’s evolving and spreading with confirmed cases as close as Montreal. The biggest hurdle for public safety is that people don’t have to be exhibitingContinue Reading