CFN – If you’re on a fixed income or low wage earner in Ontario you’ll be singing the blues this holiday season; especially if you are one of those that use tax discounters to file your yearly taxes. The governments have changed the way that residents can get their taxContinue Reading
CFN – The City of Cornwall will be holding a ceremony on Friday, December 9th to dedicate the new laneway to the Benson Centre as “Ruelle Angelo Lebano Lane.” The dedication is in honour of Mr. Angelo Lebano, who served for 25 years on Cornwall City Council, from 1967Continue Reading
CFN – Join our former MPP Jim Brownell at the Ontario Power Generation Visitor Centre as they host a cultural talk on Christmas Past in the Lost Villages. Date: Saturday, December 10, 2011 Time: 2:00 pm to 4:00 pm Location: St. Lawrence Power Development Visitor Centre 2500B Second Street West,Continue Reading
CFN – Today’s Photo of the day is from Bill Pearl entitled Chickadee Friend. If you wish to submit your photo of the day email us at info@cornwallfreenews.com – please include a short blurb about the photo, yourself, or even the equipment you used. And you now can send usContinue Reading
Canadian flag lowered for the last time at Kandahar airfield, Lee Berthiaume, News, Dec 1, 2011 http://news.nationalpost.com/2011/12/01/canadian-flag-lowered-for-the-last-time-at-kandahar-airfield/ On the same day that the Canadian flag over Kandahar airfield was lowered for the last time, a private member’s bill for the creation of a Department of Peace supported by the NDP,Continue Reading
Here is your City of Cornwall Ontario Bulletin for December 1, 2011 Click the Bulletin to blow up to full size! Click the X on the bottom right corner to blow up even larger! For complete information on City Programs and Services visit Cornwall Ontario at www.Cornwall.ca Check outContinue Reading
CFN – Ring Ring. I get a call telling me that there’s a secret meeting of council being held at city hall and to get myself and camera down. Sure enough the chamber fills with all councilors in attendance as well as Mayor Kilger and the city clerk. I was joinedContinue Reading
CFN – Yesterday, Bob Rae stood in the House of Commons and delivered a thundering attack aimed at the Conservative government’s lack of action and compassion for the families living in third world conditions in Attawapiskat. Along with the other attacks from the NDP it is clear that the fingerContinue Reading
CFN – So far the firing the coach in favor of the primadonna Hockey star hasn’t worked out terribly well. Game one for coaches Hunter and Muller resulted in losses and in Anaheim rumors are running amok at Bobby Ryan being moved or……a firing of the coach. Washington has goneContinue Reading
CFN – It’s showtime! After working, prepping, and primping the Cornwall Downtown Business Improvement Association’s Christmas Home for the Holidays Christmas home tour sponsored by Remax and Scotiabank kicks off! If you haven’t picked up your tix yet visit Chris at Life’s Little Pleasures on Pitt Street acrossContinue Reading
CFN – Cornwall and area’s 1st Annual Health, Holistic & Lifestyle Expo is being held at Trinity Anglican Church in Cornwall, Saturday December 3rd from 10.00am till 5.00pm. Some 40 local practitioners and creators of wellness and lifestyle products will share information about their services and products. Organizer Nancy GalwayContinue Reading
CFN – National Home Services has invaded Cornwall Ontario and we caught one of their representatives knocking on doors on this rainy afternoon. It can seem innocent enough. A knock on the door and an offer to replace a water tank with a waterless version, but some ofContinue Reading
CFN – Vous êtes cordialement invités au vernissage du Club de Saint-Gabriel (club Garçons et Filles de Cornwall) qui aura lieu jeudi le 1er décembre à 17 heures au Corrid’Art du Centre culturel de Cornwall 124, rue Anthony (ancienne école Ste-Croix). Nous espérons que vous saurez venir encourager nos jeunesContinue Reading
CFN – Cornwall Ontario’s downtown core is blessed with a lot of eating options for lunch. I counted fifteen eateries on a walk between 3rd Street and the floundering Redcliff owned Cornwall Square. The downtown core’s biggest activities at lunch centre around the courthouse and a few otherContinue Reading
CFN- Well known economist,author, Art collector and Summerstown resident Roger Sauve lucked in Sunday, November 6 with an addition to his Art Collection by out bidding and acquiring the portrait of St.Paul’s Chapel. . The silent auction fund raiser capped off the celebration of the 200th anniversary of the communityContinue Reading