CFN – The Harper government has decided to intervene in the negotiations between Air Canada and its flight attendants and the government has indicated that it will move to quash a legal strike mandate. One has to question the motives behind this and the government’s insistence that they are movingContinue Reading
CFN – It’s a once in a life time liquidation sale for Roy’s Pools in Cornwall Ontario! 1395 Rosemount Avenue is the place to save 30%, 40%, 50% and more! Pools Hot Tubs Fire Places Supplies and Accessories and more! You’ll have to visit them while the deals last!Continue Reading
CFN – Seaway Valley Crime Stoppers are proud to present Musical Comic legends Bowser and Blue LIVE at Aultsville Theatre (St.Lawrence College) in Cornwall Ontario! Local comedian Matthew Carter will be opening for the duo. httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bTBB8IY12QM Tickets are available at the Civic Complex box office in Cornwall Ontario at 100Continue Reading
CFN – The Dalkeith Historical Society (left to right Michael E.Cartwright,Frances Fraser,Denny Allen,Rose-Marie Deley) couldn’t have asked for a better day to promote their on line Art Auction fund raiser.From 11AM until 2PM there was continual flow of interested people stopping at the display to chat about the paintings andContinue Reading
Toronto ON – Pilot Dan Baz is answering your flying questions here on the Cornwall Free News. If you have a question about flying you can email Captain Dan or post below. Question It looks like airplanes to the north of my house always seem to follow the same East –Continue Reading
Here is your City of Cornwall Ontario Bulletin for October 12, 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 out CornwallContinue Reading
It’s a Good Way to Start the Day. Over Thanksgiving dinner I had the pleasure of chatting with “Matty”. He loves his job of supervising a team of people and went on to say that he had learned a great thing from his previous boss. He learned that itContinue Reading
CFN –An invitation was received to participate in some “afternoon harvest activities” at the Homestead of Bill & Karen Carrière near Newington, Ontario. The Carrières are involved in The Transition Network which aims to inspire communities “to work together to increase our community’s capacity to thrive in the face ofContinue Reading
Mr. Peter Padbury, Publisher, Standard Freeholder daily newspaper, 1150 Montreal Road, Cornwall, Ontario 9th October, 2011 Dear sir: I am writing to express my disgust with the newspaper of which you are the publisher. I am very well known, throughout this community, for my constant writings in your newspaper whether theyContinue Reading
CFN – As a Canadian, there are many things that I have taken for granted that aren’t practiced or even known in other parts of the world. A prime example of this would be Thanksgiving. It has always just been a holiday that’s been there. That we have celebrated andContinue Reading
JOHN DeYOUNG stars in a musical play by . THE AWARD-WINNING . JOVANKA BACH www.johnstarkproductions.com . PRODUCED AND Directed by: JOHN STARK . STARRING JOHN DEYOUNG . Multi-media slideshow & lighting design by Joe Morissey (New Mexico Production) Design and Technical Director (Vancouver, Montreal & TorontoContinue Reading
CFN – Brockville Ontario is a lovely city of 24,000 people on the St. Lawrence river halfway from Kingston to the Quebec border. Ideally situated close to the 416 highway to Ottawa and the US border it’s gone through a lot of changes in recent years. Acting Mayor Jason BakerContinue Reading
CFN – I learned a lesson Sunday night. Not so much a lesson, but a crashing smash of reality as I enjoyed a lovely holiday meal with friends and had an accident leaving. I missed the top step of their deck leaving and face smashed the asphalt.Continue Reading
CFN – It’s Saturday night in Canada which means Hockey Night in Canada for nearly 9 months of the year! The Habs don’t play until Sunday when they visit the Jets for their first game back after moving from Atlanta. The Habs were shut out 2-0 in TorontoContinue Reading
CFN – What an odd end to the Ontario provincial elections. In the “Big Picture” voter turnout was the key factor with the province slumping under the 50% mark. That means that over half of the eligable voters in this province just couldn’t be bothered or care about voting.Continue Reading
CFN – The Ontario election has now moved into our history books. It was a relatively dull campaign with few issues that grabbed the imagination of the voter. What made it interesting though was the come from behind victory of the McGuinty Liberals. Each of the federal parties can learnContinue Reading
Re: Tories will kill political party taxpayer subsidies, Mark Kennedy, Postmedia News, October 4, 2011 LINK Stephen Harper is ending the modest subsidy program for political parties, not for partisan advantage, but to use Canadians’ tax dollars with great care, especially in a time of fiscal restraint, when families areContinue Reading
