SEPTEMBER 21, 2020 – Massive waiting line up in the Casselman for drive through COVID testing this morning. As of 9:30 the line up was nearly one kilometre long. With the Second Wave of the deadly pandemic starting people from Ottawa are filling up the small town’s testing facility asContinue Reading
SEPTEMBER 18, 2020 – I am a hyper non partisan voter. I go one election at a time because I’ve seen the damage that partisan politics cause. In politics sometimes you see some amazing potential in politicians. They usually let us down. Mr. Trudeau let down a lot of hisContinue Reading
SEPTEMBER 18, 2020 – It’s great to be able to use tax money to promote your causes. It’s one of the perks of getting elected. However in 2020 we’re in the midst of a second wave of COVID-19. While Cornwall has either been really lucky with low case numbers, orContinue Reading
SEPTEMBER 13, 2020 – Politicians and media have a strange way of explaining the ways that Oranges can fly. They really do. One of the positive things about COVID was CERB. The Trudeau government made a choice that put cash in the hands of many that truly needed it inContinue Reading
SEPTEMBER 9, 2020 – We covered the July 2020 numbers HERE. 1363 Calls for Service July 2020 1376 Calls for Service August 2020 Unwanted Person 42 Trouble with Youth 24 Threats 20 Theft 52 Sudden Death 5 Shop Lift 29 Sexual Assault 7 Neighbor Disputes 29 Motor Vehicle Collision 95Continue Reading
SEPTEMBER 9, 2020 – Can you imagine a City police service refusing to answer emails to its largest newspaper? Most can’t, but that’s what we have to work with here at CFN as Media person Stephanie MacRae, Chief Danny Aikman, and Deputy Chief Shawna Spowart refuse to answer a singleContinue Reading
SEPTEMBER 8, 2020 – There is a tree outside my window which has already a bunch of orangey yellow leaves on a couple of branches only, among all the green leaves. Is Fall far away? I guess those days of camping are just about over for the summer. It hasContinue Reading
SEPTEMBER 5, 2020 – We were very lucky recently as CCH was gracious enough to allow us to ask a few questions of its Chief of Staff, Dr. Lorne Scharf about COVID-19. Here are our questions and his answers: CFN How did you feel the first time you encountered aContinue Reading
SEPTEMBER 2, 2020 – Covid-19 is showing us a lot of truths. Some people are not going to like them and some will. The Ontario Teachers Union is one of the most powerful and successful in Canada. There’s no doubt to that. Through mostly its relationship with the former LiberalContinue Reading
SEPTEMBER 1, 2020 – CFN has been a digital platform leader in Eastern Ontario since our inception in 2009. Feels odd typing 2009 in 2020 and we’ve all seen many changes and lived through many experiences. In life we have to learn and evolve and one of the things we’veContinue Reading
The Investigation Notification of the SIU On September 23, 2019, at 9:00 p.m., the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry Detachment notified the SIU of the serious injury sustained by the 65-year-old Complainant during his arrest earlier that afternoon in Ingleside. The OPP Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry Detachment reported that at 3:30 p.m.,Continue Reading
AUGUST 19, 2020 – How do you say good bye to someone who has loved you all your life and whom you have loved too?? All of us have experienced it at one time or another but it doesn’t seem to get any easier. Recently my family lost our wonderfulContinue Reading
It has been six years since you left us. We are sending a dove to heaven with a parcel on its wings, be careful when you open it. It’s full of beautiful things Inside are a million kisses wrapped in a million hugs. To say how much we miss you and toContinue Reading
AUGUST 11, 2020 – This is one of the reasons why so many don’t feel safe shopping in Cornwall Ontario. This writer, like many seniors, likes to do their errands early in the morning with the hope of avoiding #covidiots and special people that like to wear their masks underContinue Reading
AUGUST 8, 2020 – Area Home Inspector Brian Schofield is a happy and lucky man. His wife Donna survived a brutal case of COVID 19 that most people would have succumbed to. The registered nurse survived and now faces a long recovery, but for today she gets to be withContinue Reading
AUGUST 7, 2020 – Premier Doug Ford and Vic Fedeli, Minister of Economic Development, Job Creation and Trade, issued the following statement on the U.S.-imposed tariffs on Canadian aluminum imports: “We are disappointed that the U.S. has re-imposed tariffs on imports of aluminum products from Canada, particularly at a timeContinue Reading
AUGUST 6, 2020 – The Ottawa Police Service has arrested and charged one of its members in relation to a domestic incident. The male officer, a constable, has been arrested and charged criminally with possession of a weapon for committing an offence and uttering threats to cause death. The OttawaContinue Reading
Domestic Incidents – 15 On July 31, 2020, a victim of domestic abuse contacted the SD&G OPP. Officers conducted their investigation which resulted in the arrest and charge of the person’s ex-spouse, a 39 year old resident of Alexandria, Ontario with one counts of Spousal Assault, two counts of Adult UtteringContinue Reading