MARCH 21, 2023 – Cornwall Community Hospital (CCH) is reminding the community that they could experience a wait time when visiting the Emergency Department and is urging for more patience and kindness with its staff and physicians. Patients in the Emergency Department are seen according to the urgency of their injuries or illness, rather than […]
It was probably in school that we learned the poem: ‘Thirty days hath September April, June and November. All the rest have thirty- one, Except for February, twenty eight. But in leap year, twenty nine’. There are versions of it on the web site that rhyme even more. I think we learned it in school […]
As your children make the transition from teenager to young adult, you may want to keep supporting them financially. Maybe they’re working an entry-level job, or perhaps they are still searching for a position after finishing college. It can be challenging to stop supporting them, and you are not alone. However, supporting your kids when […]
FEBRUARY 12, 2023 – February is Heart and Stroke Month. It is a time not only for fundraising but also to raise awareness of the heart and stroke problems which can be of higher risk apparently for individuals with an unhealthy diet, physical inactivity, unhealthy weight, smoking, stress and excessive use of alcohol and drug […]
January 23, 2023 – The tenants of Beek Lindsay Seniors Residence held a Food Drive recently to benefit the Centre 105 at Trinity Anglican Church. A big thank you to all who donated and to Claudette Quesnel for all her work. Kudos. Centre 105 provides a free hot breakfast from nine am to twelve noon […]
January 19, 2023 – It’s been a scary few years in Ontario when it comes to health care. The system was already strained and corrupted BEFORE Covid. When the virus hit it truly exposed our greatest weaknesses. The lack of care for elders and those that needed Long Term Care. Psychological and mental health support. […]
It is with immense sadness that we announce the sudden passing of K. Neola Thacker (Nicki), 91, of Perth, Ontario, on December 27, 2022, after a brief illness at the Ottawa Civic hospital. Nicki was an educator, a writer, and a great story-teller. Born in Montreal on May 19, 1931, to parents Dr. CRE Cassidy […]
DECEMBER 31, 2022 – This is the last Hockey Crunch for the year. As some of our viewers know yours truly was the first NHL Analytics hire, all the way back in 1995 for the Habs. While things have come a long way since I used an old Sony VHS deck with a shuttle (the […]
December 9, 2022 – It’s bewildering at how so many GM and management teams bemoan the cap age in the NHL. It’s really not rocket science. It’s always been a gamble to make a trade, but it’s still the best way to resolve an issue. First off I like Josh Anderson a lot. I get […]
December 6, 2022 – In her book, The Friendly Town That Grew (A Reminiscence of Cornwall, Ontario), Eileen Merkley describes the Bywash as a ‘real people place’. She says that water ran down a cement slope to froth into small churning rapids and into a deep pool. She describes it as an inch or two […]
December 6, 2022 – The Stormont Dundas & Glengarry detachment (SD&G) of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) responded to an airplane collision on highway 401, in front of the Bainsville ONroute in the south glengarry township. On December 5, 2022, just before 8:15 p.m. OPP and the south glengarry fire department responded to an airplane collision […]
December 5, 2022 – A member of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Traffic incident Management Enforcement (TIME) team and members of the Leeds County Detachment, safely arrested and charged four people after a traffic stop. On December 4, 2022, just before 7:15 a.m., officers on Highway 401, eastbound near Reynolds Road, conducted a traffic stop, […]
December 2, 2022 – The Stormont Dundas & Glengarry (SD&G) detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) is investigating a death. On November 30, 2022, at approximately 9:00 a.m., officers responded to a report of a body located near County Road 43 in Avonmore. The body of the deceased has been identified and a post-mortem […]
December 1, 2022 – Hundreds of charges have been laid across Ontario, a snapshot of the work done by investigators and analysts that make up the Provincial Strategy to Protect Children from Sexual Abuse and Exploitation on the Internet (Provincial Strategy). The results of the investigations completed in October, named Project MAVERICK, were announced in a video release […]
Essay writing comes naturally to a few students, but for many, knowing how to write a top-grade essay paper is something that must be learned and practiced regularly. Writing an essay is a challenging skill to master because it requires logical planning and creativity. The further you get in school, the more demanding and complex […]
November 21, 2022 – It’s so hard to write pieces like this. It gives light to some very cretinous people. At my most generous, actions like the storm caused by Ottawa MPP Joel Harden can be passed off for ignorance, but deep down it doesn’t feel that way to me. This isn’t the first time […]
November 20, 2022 – Some seniors were talking about what would have been the scenario had there been a strike when we were kids in school. A lot of our Mothers were at home. We don’t think that we would have been having lessons., remote learning or otherwise. No computers in those days. More likely […]
November 18, 2022 – The Ontario Provincial Police (OPP), Elgin County Detachment has charged an individual employed with a security contractor at the Ontario Police College (OPC) following a criminal investigation. On November 10, 2022, OPP Elgin detachment was contacted by staff of the Ontario Police College (OPC) to initiate an investigation after a complaint […]