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
CORNWALL Ontario – There’s a picture of Elaine MacDonald leading a march down Pitt Street over the health accord in today’s Freeholder. Ms MacDonald must have liked our march over the Chem tanks last month as she’s imitated it; but there are a couple of very scary issues at play.Continue Reading
CFN – I have been following recent local events and reading many people’s opinions on many matters and am constantly surprised by the ignorance I encounter. Do these people not have access to google? Have they not completed grade 6? Do they not have any rational intelligent friends who careContinue Reading
CORNWALL Ontario – When politics take over principles we all lose. Today it was announced that the Cornwall General Hospital site was sold to developers in Ottawa for $2M. We have not confirmed that number as the Hospital has not sent us a release. Sadly politics doomedContinue Reading
CFN – Canadians lost a combined $1.1 billion, or an average of $1,202 per patient, as a result of lengthy waits for medically necessary health care in 2013, finds a new study released today by the Fraser Institute, an independent, non-partisan Canadian public policy think-tank. The study, The Private Cost of Public QueuesContinue Reading
CFN – Freshouse Foods Ltd. is recalling Kirkland Signature brand Grilled Chicken Breast Strips from the marketplace due to possible Listeria contamination. Consumers should not consume the recalled product described below.The following product is known to have been sold in Ontario, Quebec, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Newfoundland and Labrador, but may also have beenContinue Reading