Cornwall ON – Raisin Region Conservation Authority will again this fall be homeowner workshops on your Well and Septic System. The Workshops run from 7:00 PM – 8:30 PM November 8th is at the Cooper Marsh Visitor Centre in Lancaster Ontario. November 9th is at The Vernon Community Centre inContinue Reading
Cornwall ON – Repurposing your disposables into ‘one of a kind’ wearable art. As we have had a couple of municipal public debates recently on the environment and the arts I thought it timely to present some information on one of our home grown talents who produces original art withContinue Reading
Cornwall ON – Syncrude, which last year had revenues estimated at $7 billion, was today fined almost $3m for the massive duck kill in April 2008. The company, which is jointly owned by a number of multinational oil companies, was convicted of one offence under the federal Migratory Birds ConventionContinue Reading
Cornwall ON – It was a scary night for those candidates that braved the topic and focus on the Environment and it isn’t often that a Federal Leader tosses a question into the mix as Green Party Leader Elizabeth May did for the Cornwall Ontario Candidates last night at theContinue Reading
Cornwall ON – Following the recent public outcry about the so-called eco-fees, designed to divert hazardous waste from landfill sites, the government has decided to scrap the new program. The program, introduced last July 1, put what was in effect an “environmental tax” on certain potentially hazardous goods, such asContinue Reading
Cornwall ON – Now is a great time to plant those bulbs for that wonderful spring colour. Tulip, daffodil and crocus bulbs are currently available at your local garden center and hardware store. Planting now can reward you with wonderful waves of colour and fragrance in the spring. Before goingContinue Reading
Cornwall ON – The Discovery Channel’s “Daily Planet” will run a story tonight on the migration of the American eel and its climb up the improved eel ladder at the R. H. Saunders dam in Cornwall, Ontario. The show’s producer, Jeffrey Berman, contacted local videographer, Kevin Lamoureux of KAV Productions to filmContinue Reading
Cornwall ON – About a week and a half ago I was driving along the highway with my window half open as it was a marvelous warm sunny afternoon. Suddenly I felt a sharp stabbing pain in my back under my left shoulder blade. The pain was such that itContinue Reading
Regarding Bruce Nuclear’s application to ship decommissioned reactors to Sweden via the Great Lakes and St. Lawrence River System, there are pressing reasons for adjoining communities to just say no. The Great lakes are the source of drinking water for cities and towns with over 40 million people, including 45,000Continue Reading
Cornwall ON – Pierre Bourque asked the question this morning. What the devil’s going on with Tory MP Lauzon? Well that’s a very good question. The video clip connected to the story sums up most of it. httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UFurAYoGkY8 This stems from a post made on the Standard Free HoldersContinue Reading
Cornwall ON – Students were busy making the planet Greener on October 6, 2010 as part of a world wide event. Transition Cornwall + is organizing a tree planting on October 6, 2010, at two locations in the city as a demonstration that small steps can lead to big changesContinue Reading
Cornwall ON – I can’t believe the summer is truly over this Thanksgiving weekend as the Cornwall Farmers’ Market in George Assaly lane ends it season with a bang! The Agapé Centre will be the beneficiary of a Buy Local, Share Local initiative. The Ontario Association of Food Banks (OAFB) is bringing itsContinue Reading
Cornwall ON – People across the planet, at thousands of events, will pick up hammers, shovels, and caulking-guns and join the 10/10/10 Global Work Party, the world’s largest day of practical action to fight the climate crisis. In solidarity with this international event, Transition Cornwall + is organizing a treeContinue Reading
Cornwall ON – Well it has been quite a week. The torrential rainfall of last Thursday found many people in the area having to deal with water leaking into their homes and many waking up to flood waters in their basement Friday morning. We hope all of you in thisContinue Reading
Cornwall ON – If APATHY were a candidate in the last election Canada may just have had a majority government. Green party leader Elizabeth May is ready to explain the rise in the Green Party numbers across Canada in a recent Globe & Mail article. LINK “I think theContinue Reading
Cornwall ON – The City of Cornwall was formally recognized at the Communities in Bloom Ontario Awards ceremony with a 5–Bloom rating. The Trillium Bloom rating is the result of a comprehensive evaluation of a community’s attributes over eight criteria by two Communities in Bloom (CiB) judges. The 5–Bloom ratingContinue Reading
Cornwall ON – Tragedy for Segway fans as Jimi Heselden, owner of the company, died in a Segway accident that somehow had him rolling off of a cliff. LINK Jimi Heselden, the owner ofSegway Inc. since December 2009, has died after reportedly driving a Segway scooter off a cliff andContinue Reading
Cornwall ON – Some time ago I was visiting our local Toyota Dealership and surveyed the area to deposit a piece of scrap paper in a recycle box. I didn’t see any on site so I inquired with the customer service desk where one was. To my dismay, there wereContinue Reading
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