CFN – Eighteen year old Kelsie Granger didn’t get to celebrate New Years.  The first year student at St. Lawrence College was working behind the cash at Jonathan’s Convienence Store at 6th and Bedford streets in Cornwall Ontario when a masked intruder entered the store and threatened her with aContinue Reading

CFN – As we move forward from the Christmas/New Year’s season and face another year of political warfare in Canada, it is time to reflect on what awaits us. Fortunately, this time of the year provides plenty of opportunity to discuss politics, be it at family gatherings, neighbourhood parties orContinue Reading

CFN – Seasons greetings from Niagara. The situation is serious so I will delve right to the point with the hope that should you be in touch with other veterans over the holiday season, you might be inclined to discuss the plight of many Canadian disabled veterans and encourage themContinue Reading

I live in Louisiana, an oil & NG producing state.  I can understand your opposition to building a pipeline to serve the Chinese market and sending a Chinese Production Company (Sinopec) oil at their cost of production.  As an resident of “the States” I would much rather see the pipelineContinue Reading

CFN –   We made it!  If you’re reading this we’ve all jumped over the line and are blinking and breathing in 2012.    Now I know some of you are fretting and getting all Mayan, but I have a hunch 2012 is going to be a heck of aContinue Reading

Putting the Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers above Canada CFN – There are many economic gains to be made in exploiting the Tar Sands, and limited production could actually benefit Canada and go a little towards assuring our future in an increasingly uncertain world. But there are also many majorContinue Reading

CFN –  As I sit here in the very early hours of the last day of 2011 I’m looking back at what was an interesting ride.    2011 probably won’t go down as my favorite year.  A lot of personal changes in life; becoming single again at my advanced age;Continue Reading

CFN – I really really am enjoying the Ottawa Senators this year.   They’re way over achieving, but it’s not a fluke.  It’s character and putting in 60 minutes a game.   And it’s never giving up.   The Sens were down 3-0 to the Calgary Flames Friday night toContinue Reading

CFN – Here is your Police Blotter for the Cornwall Ontario area for Friday December 30, 2011. COMPUTER REPAIR SCAM ALERT               Cornwall, ON- The Cornwall Community Police Service would like to inform the residents of our Community of a computer repair scam. It is reported that the culprit(s) contactContinue Reading

CFN – As the Christmas season is upon us, I have been privilidged to have the opportunity to taste all the traditional Danish Christmas dishes.Leading up to Christmas, it is very common to have some Christmas “snacks”, which are called “Æbleskiver” and “pebernødder”. Æbleskivers are very similar to Timbit’s. Although,Continue Reading

CFN – For whatever reason, many of us have become interested in who our ancestors were. I became interested a few years ago so I purchased a copy of the “Family Tree Maker” and began filling in the blanks. I also registered with Ancestry.ca and started a notebook with informationContinue Reading

CFN – Here is your Police Blotter for the Cornwall Ontario area and OPP Round Up for Wednesday December 28, 2011 DOMESTIC ASSAULT               Cornwall, ON- A 32 year-old female of Cornwall was arrested on the 23rd of December, 2011. It is alleged that on the 23rd of December, 2011 she gotContinue Reading

Dear Editor, In a year end interview with Prime Minister Harper this was reported regarding Syria “He doesn’t foresee a military intervention in the near future because there is not ­ as there was with Libya ­ a United Nations resolution authorizing such action.” Strangely though Egypt and Syria wereContinue Reading