Cornwall ON – The wheels of government work slowly sometimes and faster others. This week CAF, a service and training provider in Cornwall Ontario lost its provincial funding to the tune of over $1 Million dollars. We started to cover CAF after they started a social enterprise called CAFContinue Reading
Akwesasne Mohawk Territory – I caught up with Grand Chief Mike Mitchell of Akwesasne Friday. As usual he was a moving target and on the run. The Ronathahon:ni Cultural Centre better known as The Native North American Traveling College where a grant from Ontario was presented by MPP Jim Brownell. Continue Reading
Dear Editor, Is trashing democracy ok? Mr. Harper has abused every watchdog, every potential oversight, every attempt (from others) at making government transparent. He has refused to report to parliament and grossly misstates activities and budgets when he does. . He has prorogued parliament to avoid accountability. Those are facts.Continue Reading
Akwesasne Mohawk Territory – The province is helping the Onake Corporation (Native North American Travelling College) to engage Ontarians in the Mohawk culture through the combined use of technology and face-toface interactions. This will be achieved through the production of a series of short video vignettes, which will be made availableContinue Reading
Alexandria ON – C’est un grand départ pour la troupe du Café chantant de l’école secondaire catholique Le Relais, à Alexandria! D’abord, ils ont présenté leur nouveau spectacle Alex, au pays des merveilles auprès de son public de l’école avec trois représentations, soit les 3, 5 et 6 avril dernier. Le lundi 18 avril, laContinue Reading
Cornwall ON – La Caisse populaire de Cornwall versera à ses membres 350 000$ en ristournes pour l’exercice financier 2010. C’est ce qui a été annoncé lors de leur AGA à l’hôtel Best Western de Cornwall, le 13 avril dernier. « Nous sommes fiers de ristourner aux membres. Nous avons eu uneContinue Reading
Alexandria ON – On April 14, 2011, six (6) members from the SD&G OPP Detachment entered a team in a fundraising event at the Glengarry District High School (GDHS) in Alexandria. The event, organized by school teacher Rebecca MacKay, is entitled “Inside Ride” and consists of team members each ridingContinue Reading
Ottawa ON – Cornwall’s own Tracy-Lynn Chisholm at the Ottawa Originals Spring Show at Landsdown Park in Ottawa. Whimsicle Tracy -Lynn has something pretty bright and colourful for just about everyone. Her work is accomplished and affordable and a major effort to be in the show. Support her if youContinue Reading
Cornwall ON – La Fédération des enseignantes et des enseignants de l’Ontario (FEO) et Planet in Focus (PIF), en association avec l’école secondaire publique L’Héritage, présente le Festival de films sur l’environnement aujourd’hui le 16 avril, de 12h30 à 17h. D’ailleurs, l’école L’Héritage a gagné le privilège d’accueillir ce festival. C’estContinue Reading
Cornwall ON – Focus Art organise son cinquième Show du Printemps à la Bibliothèque publique de Cornwall du 13 avril au 6 mai. L’exposition est chapeautée par l’artiste et vice-présidente de Focus Art, Micheline Tanguay. Près de 25 membres de l’association exposent une cinquantaine d’œuvres touchant la nature, lesContinue Reading
Cornwall ON – All eyes were on Zdeno Chara tonight as the Habs visit Boston for game one of their opening round series. Alright, maybe a few eyes are on Montreal Goal tender Carey Price who as I write this has a shut out going into the third period. MontrealContinue Reading
The Quebecor Sun Media news chain, including our Standard-Freeholder, has circulated another dubious story on basement corporate tax cuts. . Jim Hendry, editor of the Peterborough Examiner, has issued a new piece “Lower corporate tax cuts are an economic winner” for the multi-corporate news agency. . Hendry cites Stephen Harper’sContinue Reading
I agree with any politician that says Canadians deserves better because we desperately do. The manner and deportment of Mr. Harper and his government has been undeniably child-like, arrogant and at times simply illegal, yet too many Canadians seem willing to give Mr. Harper and his government a free passContinue Reading
Cornwall ON – Le Club Richelieu de Cornwall, en partenariat avec le Centre culturel de Cornwall, a lancé récemment une nouvelle initiative afin de souligner annuellement la contribution d’un francophone de Cornwall, vivant ou décédé. Cette personne sera récompensée pour son courage, son effort, son leadership et sa contribution auContinue Reading
Dear Editor, Statements made by both Auditor General Shelia Fraser and Parliamentary Budget Officer Kevin Page. have been quoted out of time and place in a Conservative Party Committee Report. Research had to have been undertaken to locate suitable quotes or a file kept of usable quotes and while “TheContinue Reading
Cornwall ON – We’re going to be covering the French debate tonight. Keep coming back as we’ll be updating the page as the debate evolves. Governance up first. Iggy gives us a geographical lesson on French communities of Canada. Duceppe jabs at Ignatieff on coalitions. Iggy countersContinue Reading
Cornwall ON – Well it’s show time! For the Habs the Play offs start Thursday, but for Vancouver tonight’s the night as they face off against last year’s Stanley Cup defending champion Chicago Black Hawks. Five series start tonight and I’m going to give my fearless predictions starting withContinue Reading
Cornwall ON – Pour une septième année, les écoliers de l’école élémentaire catholique Ste-Thérèse ont organisé une collecte de denrées pour la banque alimentaire de Cornwall Le Choix Alternatif. . Cette année, ils ont accumulé près 500$ de denrées qu’ils ont remis à l’organisme le 7 avril dernier. La collecteContinue Reading