CFN – While the latest whistle blower, Registered Nurse Julie Johnston from Glen Stor Dun Lodge just stepped forward, Diane Shay has been battling the city of Cornwall since 2008. Below is her story as it appeared in the latest edition of the Registered Nurse Journal which we have beenContinue Reading
CORNWALL Ontario -Eastern Ontario residents are waiting for confirmation that a patient at the Ottawa Hospital General Campus and another in Belleville has the Ebola. While most Canadians are eating their Thanksgiving Turkey a hospitals continue to scramble in preparation for the virus to possibly land in Canada officially. ThereContinue Reading
CFN – Children and youth served by the Ottawa Children’s Treatment Centre shared the fruits and vegetables of their labour at the first “Children Play Garden” Party. The children have spent the past four months planting, weeding, watering and caring for their new garden. Today, they celebrated the harvest byContinue Reading
CORNWALL Ontario – Whistleblower and former Glen Stor Dun Lodge manager Diane Shay has issued a press release regarding her ordeal vs the city. Excerpt of court documents. Ms Shay’s text of incident. Excerpt 2 – Ms Shay being “disciplined” excerpt 3 – a summation of what ocurred excerpt –Continue Reading
CORNWALL Ontario – Council decides whether accept a report from management and decide on September 22, 2014 to foot the bill and add fluoride to our drinking water or not. With the new treatment plant upgrade costs could be steep while many in the public are demanding an end toContinue Reading
CORNWALL Ontario – I hate fake. I hate fake flowers. I hate fake stuff. Mostly I really am not a fan of fake people and fake spin; especially when it’s petty. Yesterday some very silly persons appearing to lack personal integrity tried to showboat with an ALS Ice Bucket challenge.Continue Reading
CFN – A new baby record has been set at Winchester District Memorial Hospital (WDMH) – 80 babies were born in July 2014. “Last June, our maternity program had 74 deliveries and that was a record. Now we’ve surpassed that,” notes Dr. Shamsa Deeb, WDMH’s Chief of Obstetrics. “Congratulations toContinue Reading
CFN – When ever any party sets out a plan to address any policy, they are, in effect, trying to predict the future and/or influence the outcome. No one can actually know what the future will bring, but if a ball is hit with a bat and it heads towards a house, everyone watching canContinue Reading
CFN – Editor’s note. One of our CFN contibutor’s was so struck by Kim’s story that she insisted that we publish it. Kim obliged and we first printed this in the South Stormont News. My name is Kim, I’m originally from Casselman, and I’ve been living in Cornwall forContinue Reading
CFN – June is Seniors’ month. A nice way to honour it is to celebrate with some wonderful seniors. There were a lot of seniors at the Legion Friday night celebrating. It was our annual Cornwall General Hospital Alumni dinner. The Class of 1964 celebrated fifty years. Attending forContinue Reading
Ingleside – It was a great night for the Relay for Life cancer fund raiser in Farran’s Park last night. The weather co-operated in providing optimum conditions for the event and there were plenty of fundraisers walking the course. Thirty five teams with an average of 10 membersContinue Reading
Dear Editor, I was born missing part of my right hand and was enrolled in The War Amps Child Amputee (CHAMP) Program. I have been a “Champ” ever since. Two weeks ago , I had the opportunity to attend The War Amps 2014 Ontario CHAMP Seminar in BurlingtonContinue Reading
Jesse’s Journey is excited to announce that Grandpa Bob’s 4,000 Kilometre Walk for Louie is underway. Grandpa Bob, or Bob Facca, started walking May 12 in Quebec City, for his grandson Louie and all the other boys with Duchenne muscular dystrophy. More than $400,000 has already been raised.Continue Reading
CORNWALL Ontario – CFN viewer Susan Sauve joined Sébastien Sasseville as he ran through Cornwall Ontario in his 7,500 kilometre journey to raise awareness for Diabetes early this morning. (Ms Sauve is in the red jacket – Mr. Sasseville is on the left in blue) Cornwall has a great diabetes Centre that’sContinue Reading
CORNWALL Ontario – Nurse Christopher Cameron if anything is a very determined person. He has been protesting in front of the Eastern Ontario Health Unit which allegedly only hires bilingual staff in spite of Ontario not being a bilingual province and the vast majority of the city being English speakers.Continue Reading
CFN – Mobile Crisis Intervention Teams (MCITs), comprising a mental health nurse and police officer, specially trained in crisis intervention, will soon be available to serve people facing a mental health crisis across the city of Toronto, seven days a week. MCITs are a partnership between the Toronto Police Service (TPS)Continue Reading
CORNWALL Ontario – After playing “funny beggars” last week when we asked CCH about the closed lab they issued a release this afternoon. The Eastern Ontario Regional Laboratory Association (EORLA) has taken measures to broaden and enhance the pathology service at its laboratory within the Cornwall Community Hospital (CCH).Continue Reading
Growing concerns about rising rates of AUTISM have prompted research and speculation as to the cause of the syndrome that affects thousands of children nationwide. Some researchers suggest that compounds contained in some vaccines may be a possible cause of autism, while other researchers claim that the cause may beContinue Reading