Local Farm Receives Top Producer Award in Toronto Terryland Farms Receives 2010 Producer of the Year Award for Agri-business excellence! Toronto, ON – George and Linda Heinzle of Terryland Farms were awarded the Producer of the Year Award at the opening night reception of the 2010 Canadian International Farm Show. Heinzle’s receivedContinue Reading
Our MP Guy Lauzon is up to his wicked political ways again. A concerned reader sent in the following. “NO MORE 2 for 1!!!! The Conservative government’s Truth in Sentencing Act finally became law February 22, 2010. I say “finally” because we have been trying to enact legislationContinue Reading
Great News about Your Health – It is NOT Supposed to Decline with Age! It is undeniable that it is a widely held belief in North America that past a certain age we can expect our level of health to steadily decline. Most expect their health to “peak” somewhere betweenContinue Reading
Billiards for Heart Tournament This weekend wrapped up the Heart & Stroke foundation’s month long campaign for “heart month”. For the past four weeks thousands of volunteers and event organizers have been hard at work raising as much money as possible for the foundation. Clayton, Barb and Doug Disotell, ownersContinue Reading
Parliament is about to return. Prorogued by the Harper government prior to the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver British Columbia to “recalibrate” the government and its goals; a new budget is due to be brought to the house for a vote of confidence. Mr. Harper’s poll numbers have dropped byContinue Reading
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Cornwall ON – Cornwall City Councilor and rumored Mayoral Candidate Mark MacDonald was lucky enough to get a ticket to the Closing Ceremony of the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver British Columbia. And what a ceremony it was with Neil Young, Alanis Morrisette, Nickelback, and Avril Lavigne performing live inContinue Reading
Cornwall ON- The Harper Government is getting tough on Canada’s Arctic sovereignty by implementing new registration laws for shipping through the North West passage. LINK The planned Northern Canada Vessel Traffic Services Zone, announced late Friday by Transport Minister John Baird, falls short of opposition demands to target all sizes of vesselsContinue Reading
There is no shame for the American National Hockey Team. They fought mightily, but Sidney Crosby did what you expect the best player on a team to do. He won the game for Team Canada in Overtime. Final Score 3-2 – shots on goal were 39-36 for Team Canada.Continue Reading
It’s show time. Today is where we separate the men from the over priced poofy NHL floaters. Today is not a game 7 Stanley Cup game; it’s not even close; but it’s good practice and as far as some great players who play for not so great teams mayContinue Reading
Food for Thought I attended the Canadian Organic Conference Gala Evening Friday, February 26th; an evening which has traditionally kicked off a Saturday of workshops, lively conversation and information pertaining to Organic and Sustainable farming practices. It actually has the flavour of a country social where old friends and new gatherContinue Reading
A massive 8.8 earthquake has ravaged Chile. The entire centre of the country has been declared a disaster zone. The quake lasted almost two minutes and was felt away as 3,000 kilometres. Over a dozen after shocks have been reported. Older buildings have taken the brunt of the damage,Continue Reading
We at The Cornwall Free News just celebrated our 1st Anniversary. It’s something we’re all proud of because many people gave us little chance of making it to our first birthday, but people can surprise you and the response to our online newspaper was way beyond even our ownContinue Reading
Cornwall On – Today the SD&G Food Council hosted a workshop on an SDG local food movement at the Ramada Inn in Cornwall. The event was organized by Tom Manley of Homestead Organics and was funded by the SD&G Community Futures Development Corporation (CFDC), represented by Gay Hamilton. The keynote speaker for theContinue Reading
Making an airline work in these times isn’t an easy feat. You have to give credit to any company that can struggle facing the adversity of today’s marketplace. Porter Airlines has done just that and now is battling Air Canada for the rights over Toronto’s Island Airport. AirContinue Reading
SD&G Food Council Workshop, 26 February 2010 by Reg Coffey Cornwall On – Today the SD&G Food Council hosted a workshop on an SDG local food movement at the Ramada Inn in Cornwall. The event was organized by Tom Manley of Homestead Organics and was funded by the SD&G CommunityContinue Reading
At least they were drinking Canadian Beer 🙂 Congratulations to the Woman’s Hockey team for winning gold and making Canada proud. I’m totally bewildered by all the news drama created by Girls being Girls. Come on; they’re hockey players! The stuff that I can’t print that I’ve witnessed,Continue Reading
Habs goal tender Jaroslav Halak opened a lot of eyes at the Olympics. The plucky late round draft pick who’s been fighting to be the number one goalie for Montreal over 1st Round heir apparent Carey Price put up some amazing performances in the bright lights of an OlympicsContinue Reading