Cornwall ON – Hand guns.  I know, I take heat as I think they should be banned except for extreme circumstances or for use in secure facilities for people that need to have things go bang and really blow stuff up. Now, semi-shockingly, the state of Texas is about to actually allowContinue Reading

Cornwall ON – One of Canada’s favorite music groups is coming to Cornwall Ontario and a town near you as The Irish Rovers kick off their tour March 7, 2011! The Irish Rovers began in Ontario and now they return to celebrate Their 45 Years! The Irish Rovers Celebrate 45Continue Reading

Cornwall ON – Sunday Night on Seawayradio.com – Tonight’s guest is Mr. Scott Beck of Freedom 55.  Mr. Beck will be sharing his knowledge with our listeners.   Show starts at 7:30 PM.   We also will open the phone lines after if you want to talk! We’ll also talkContinue Reading

Dear editor In the Seaway News of February 17th, Mr. Denis Thibault had an article about building local economy through culture. He introduces culture as new economic and demographic realities, as a strengthening quality of life, as a magnet that attracts and retains creative people, as the 4th pillar ofContinue Reading

Cornwall ON – Hi Ottawa viewers of The Cornwall Free News.  I get questioned all the time about The Cornwall Free News and why Ottawa is our number one market? It usually comes down to content and people from all over the world read us, but it’s nice to seeContinue Reading

Dear Sir: I have been an unabashed Liberal for most of my life; I have been king-maker but never the king, working from within the Party for what I believe has been the common good.  One of my unhappiest moments was to hear the incumbent, Jim Brownell, declare he is retiring for IContinue Reading

Dear Sir: So, we have yet another episode in the Harper Government Play Centre.  Now we have a member of the cabinet telling blatant lies and a Prime Minister who upholds her right to tell those lies.  It is very, very difficult to rationalise the Conservative Party pulling ahead inContinue Reading

Cornwall ON – Although Canadians are not yet following the Tunisian and Egyptian lead in bringing down the Harper or McGuinty governments, they would be wise to follow events in the Near East closely, for they will surely have an unpleasant impact here. In the late 1970s, popular uprisings ledContinue Reading

Cornwall ON – Green Infrastructure Ontario Coalition and the City of Cornwall are gathering businesses, environmental groups, urban planners and community leaders from Eastern Ontario on March 9th in Cornwall for a one-day living green infrastructure workshop.  At the workshop, attendees will have the opportunity to discuss the benefits ofContinue Reading

Cornwall ON – Recently the Chamber of Commerce had an initiative to Shop locally like many communities across North America. There are issues for small business all over, but for today’s editorial and questions I’m going to focus here in Cornwall Ontario.   Not because it’s better or worse thanContinue Reading

Ottawa ON – The Bev Oda saga drags on made all the worse by the Prime Minister’s stubbornness to keep her in place. Unfortunately in the process a minister’s reputation will be destroyed and the government’s reputation tarnished. The one saving grace for the Conservatives is that the issue isContinue Reading

Cornwall ON – Officials of the Le Village Business Improvement Area (BIA) have completed a new Strategic Plan that identifies a series of priorities for the organization to pursue in the coming years. . The new Strategic Plan sets out four key strategic objectives for the commercial district – beautification,Continue Reading

Cornwall ON – Cornwall Regional Task Force (CRTF) along with the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) have seized approx 1800 pounds of frozen poultry product which was smuggled into Canada from the USA.  The investigation, which included the execution of a search warrant at a local Cornwall residence, is ongoingContinue Reading