Wow, complaining about Coronation street; what are those US Americans thinking? The joys and pleasures of a Sunday morning romp through the week’s shows or simply catching up each evening on your local CBC affiliate. We have satellite and even have the option of watching it on different stationsContinue Reading
People with a lot of money who get an itch usually find a way to get it scratched. Tiger Woods is doing the “mea culpa, mea culpa” exercise right now. His career is at stake and he has a team of professionals guiding him through this morass fromContinue Reading
UPDATE – We’ve updated this story as apparently the original quote in the original story may have been inaccurate. We’ll try and arrange an interview with the Doctor to clarify the issue further. A report in the Standard Free-Holder by David Nesseth suggests that Cornwall Ontario residents live seven lessContinue Reading
Shawn and Lily are very busy people. Bugaboo’s House of Pets has been open just a little more than a year and they keep adding and growing their locally owned business. They carry a full line of pet food along with the widest selection of Birds in Cornwall. Continue Reading
Michael Edelson is no stranger to court rooms defending alleged murderers, and has been retained by Colonel Russell Williams who appeared in a Belleville Ontario court yesterday. Colonel Williams was only relieved of his command yesterday and will still receive his salary unless convicted . If found guilty Colonel WilliamsContinue Reading
In a huge upset Slovakia beat the star studded Russian National team 2-1. The Montreal Canadiens on Jaroslav Halak stole a game saving 35 shots in the victory. Marty Brodeur picked up his first Olympic Win in Canada’s 3-2 shoot out victory over Switzerland. It was a night of nearContinue Reading
We had our in house photographer Jacqueline Milner give the Nikon D5000 we are having some fun with put the camera through its paces. Given the D5000 to take for a test drive I first noticed the compactness and light weight of the camera body. I was very excited toContinue Reading
New study shows clinical evidence of Marijuana pain relief for MS patients and other neurological conditions. LINK “There is good evidence now that cannabinoids may be either an adjunct or a first-line treatment,” Grant said at a news conference where he presented the findings. Along with the studies on muscleContinue Reading
IRS Drives Man to Suicide – Flies his Piper Cherokee into an Austin Texas Tax Building. LINK 53 year old Joseph Andrew Stack crashed his plane in an apparent suicide. He left what looks to be a note on his website. His body was confirmed at the sceneContinue Reading
Our MPP, Liberal Jim Brownell responds to questions about bed cuts locally here at the Cornwall Community Hospital. It was very difficult to hear of the challenges at the Cornwall Community Hospital (CCH), although I knew that there would be challenges in the future. I even commented about such, during theContinue Reading
Cornwall City Councilor and potential Mayoralty candidate Mark MacDonald is in Vancouver for the Olympics. He sent this message in for you, our readers. The streets of Vancouver are very busy, especially at night. When my shift is finished, about 9:00 p.m., I walk to where I am staying and itContinue Reading
The Cornwall Community Police Service is asking public help to find a missing man. Bernard Lamarche, 57, has not been seen by family members since he left his Eleventh Street East residence at 11 a.m. on Tuesday. He was last seen driving a red Chrysler Cirrus with the licence plateContinue Reading
Cornwall ON – I have known South Lancaster artist, Michael Cartwright for many years and I am still always intrigued by his style of painting as well as his subject matter. Michael studied at the Nova Scotia College of art & Design where he obtained a diploma in Fine Arts. Continue Reading
I’m posting live from the Breakfast Connections meeting at the Ramada this morning. Pictured above is keynote speaker Alyssa Blais and Don McIntosh of Donald J. McIntosh Investments Inc. This morning’s breakfast topic is Blogging basics using WordPress which I can appreciate! You don’t have to be aContinue Reading
The pucks dropped for Men’s Hockey with BC Native Roberto Luongo shutting out Norway 8-0 in Canada’s quest for the gold. Canada’s goals were by Mike Richards, Corey Perry, Ryan Getzlaf, Rick Nash and pairs from Dany Heatley and Jarome Iginla. Team Russia gave up two goals to LatviaContinue Reading
Chelsea Quebec will be the setting for regional summit of Arctic nations. Canada, Denmark, Norwar Russia, and the U.S. will be attending. Inuit? Nope. LINK “The Arctic gathering, scheduled just ahead of a G8 foreign ministers’ meeting in Ottawa, is aimed at encouraging “new thinking on economic developmentContinue Reading
So I’m chatting with a friend in the US. He’s upset at the Obama government’s failing to do what they wanted to do while they had the window of opportunity and control of the main streams of the government. We talked about the “appearance” of strength in a leader andContinue Reading
It’s About Time That You Quit! Time is running out to join thousands in The Driven to Quit Challenge February 16, 2010 – Cornwall, ON. – There are less than two weeks left to register for the Canadian Cancer Society Driven to Quit Challenge. Registration is open until 11:59 p.m. on FebruaryContinue Reading