For 8 years Pommier Jewellers (6 Second Street East in Downtown Cornwall Ontario) has been selling Pewter Angels and raising money for the United Way. Each year they’ve sold 500 Angels and this year they had a drawing. One lucky winner 11 year old Jacob Kaldeway received a 10K goldContinue Reading
Are you flushing precious resources down the drain? I had to examine this question after reading Mr. Komorowski’s article on the water meter question a while back. Mr. Komorowski suggested that local government consider a program to subsidize low flow toilets before looking at purchasing and installing water meters toContinue Reading
A Call to Tim Hortons to Save Haitians In Haiti, millions are homeless and hundreds of thousands are missing and feared dead. Eight Hospitals are damaged and/or destroyed, leaving them ill-equipped to handle the injured. There will be a desperate need for clean water, food, Doctors and Nurses. History showsContinue Reading
Let’s Get Cornwall On Board! Attention Cornwallites, the city has a chance to become apart of game board history. A media release came out today stating that Hasbro the maker of Monopoly is making a new “Canadian edition.” Unfortunately Cornwall did not make the initial list of 65 who areContinue Reading
It looks like Call Centre Giant Star Tek is shutting down one of its Canadian centres while upping their presence in Costa Rica. LINK “StarTek is establishing a presence for the long term in Costa Rica and there is plenty of opportunity for career growth especially for this first groupContinue Reading
For years Wayne Thompson has entertained the radio listeners of our area. He and Sue were fixtures on 104.5 before he exited, and now he spins the tunes on Mix 96.1 your favorite mix of the 80’s, 90’s & today, every weekday morning from 6-10 AM. Post your vote in ourContinue Reading
LAUZON – Prorogation: What and Why “There has been a lot of discussion about our government’s decision to prorogue the current session of Parliament. Prorogation is a Parliamentary procedure that is part of the House of Commons’ rules that allows the government of the day to end the current sessionContinue Reading
There’s been a lot of discussion about Flu pandemics. We had bird flu, swine flu, and now amidst a lot of discussion after billions of dollars have been spent vaccinating people the World Health Organization (WHO) is entering the discussion. “the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe said “false pandemics,Continue Reading
Conan O’Brien is a very funny man in a very odd situation. He’s spent years working to get where he is and is feeling like a victim, which he probably is, of his networks mismanagement. His big beef, and one that he’s bringing out the lawyers for, is theContinue Reading
Commissioner of the Ontario Provincial Police, Julian Fantino is to be prosecuted by the Crown. LINK “Mr. Fantino is facing a criminal charge of attempting to influence municipal officials as a result of an email he sent in 2007 to a councillor in Haldimand County in Southern Ontario, related to theContinue Reading
If I ever teach a film class, or a writing class, Blade Runner will probably be one of my favorite films to share with my students. It’s a seminal film that explored back then so many issues that are creeping into our reality. Shot in 1982 by directing legendContinue Reading
Wanna bet Paula Abdul is announced as a new judge on Mr. Cowell’s X-Factor show? Who is Randy Jackson going to duel with this year? Turning down as much money as he did to continue with Idol is probably peanuts compared to owning X-Factor which will also run on Fox.Continue Reading
Significant Contraband Tobacco Seizures Made by RCMP and Law Enforcement Partners (Cornwall, Ontario -Monday January 11th, 2010) – The following details are seizures made by the Cornwall RCMP Detachment from January 4th, 2010 to January 11th, 2010. A total of 5,250 re-sealable bags of contraband cigarettes, 700 cartons of littleContinue Reading
Mark McGwire has finally admitted to being a big cheater; chiefly because he wants to return to baseball as a coach. Baseball has been the most hypocritical of professional sports. Especially when it comes to performance enhancing drugs. It’s resurgence because of juiced up players; human beings who’s SKULLS freakingContinue Reading
Cornwall Ontario City Councilor Mary Ann Hug was not a happy woman last night. She wasn’t happy with the report from city administration regarding Richmond Drive and scored point after point addressing issues like noise pollution; diesel fumes, flying rocks and small debris in addition to the blasting, and rumblingContinue Reading
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NBC has bowed to pressure and bumped late night icon and car collector Jay Leno from their 10PM time slot. LINK “Mr. Gaspin said he hoped to move Leno to 11:35 p.m., “The Tonight Show with Conan O’Brien” to 12:05 a.m., and “Late Night with Jimmy Fallon” to 1:05 a.m.,Continue Reading
Tom Manley hosted a lovely evening at his own homestead this past Saturday evening. Featured were fine fresh foods from local producers, some amazing local wine, and Beau’s Brew. Even the coffee had a local flavour as the beans were freshly roasted locally from Reg Coffey of Coffey’sContinue Reading