83 year old Jean Alexander is being brought out of retirement to play legendary Coronation Street character Hilda Ogden to help celebrate the 50th Anniversary of the long time British Soap.   LINK As the show battles its rival East Enders for ratings supremacy no stones are going unturned inContinue Reading

So how many of you picked Jaro in your Olympic Hockey Pool?   The Habs property and number one goalie is building his legend one game at a time as Slovakia impressed Olympic viewers with another strong performance. The big game today is on at 4:30 EST when Canada takesContinue Reading

Wow, complaining about Coronation street; what are those US Americans thinking?   The joys and pleasures of a Sunday morning romp through the week’s shows or simply catching up each evening on your local CBC affiliate. We have satellite and even have the option of watching it on different stationsContinue Reading

The SDG Food Council, sponsor of the SDG Farm Fresh food directory (www.sdgfarmfresh.com), invites you to a constructive workshop on an SDG local food movement with Wayne Roberts from the Toronto Food Policy Council (TFPC). Dr. Wayne Robert’s is the author of “The No-Nonsense Guide to World Food” and aContinue Reading

UPDATE  – We’ve updated this story as apparently the original quote in the original story may have been inaccurate.   We’ll try and arrange an interview with the Doctor to clarify the issue further. A report in the Standard Free-Holder by David Nesseth suggests that Cornwall Ontario residents live seven lessContinue Reading

Michael Edelson is no stranger to court rooms defending alleged murderers, and has been retained by Colonel Russell Williams who appeared in a Belleville Ontario court yesterday. Colonel Williams was only relieved of his command yesterday and will still receive his salary unless convicted .  If found guilty Colonel WilliamsContinue Reading

In a huge upset Slovakia beat the star studded Russian National team 2-1.  The Montreal Canadiens on Jaroslav Halak stole a game saving 35 shots in the victory. Marty Brodeur picked up his first Olympic Win in Canada’s 3-2 shoot out victory over Switzerland.  It was a night of nearContinue Reading

We had our in house photographer Jacqueline Milner give the Nikon D5000 we are having some fun with put the camera through its paces. Given the D5000 to take for a test drive I first noticed the compactness and light weight of the camera body. I was very excited toContinue Reading

Our MPP, Liberal Jim Brownell responds to questions about bed cuts locally here at the Cornwall Community Hospital. It was very difficult to hear of the challenges at the Cornwall Community Hospital (CCH), although I knew that there would be challenges in the future. I even commented about such, during theContinue Reading

Cornwall City Councilor and potential Mayoralty candidate Mark MacDonald is in Vancouver for the Olympics.  He sent this message in for you, our readers. The streets of Vancouver are very busy, especially at night.  When my shift is finished, about 9:00 p.m., I walk to where I am staying and itContinue Reading