Cornwall Ontario – Today has been a certain bit of delicious irony. The Progressive Conservative Leadership circus may have ended. If it has Doug Ford has surprised many and won the race on the first ballot, but not without at least one recount. One would think that after the HilaryContinue Reading
Cornwall Ontario – What an ugly budget procedure this year has been, and it’s not over yet. What we’re starting to see clearly is that the adage that you get the government you deserve always comes home to roost. A motion to cap an increase @ 4% because ofContinue Reading
Cornwall Ontario – It’s funny how words can become corrupt. Phrases start out well meaning, but then we humans start to interact and corrupt things. According to some, Communism is the greatest form of government, but as anyone that ever read or watched Animal Farm can attest, it can beContinue Reading
Cornwall Ontario – After living here in the River City for fourteen years I still get mystified at the tragic load of cow poop that some perpetrate on the public? Sadly because of a culture of exclusion and bullying, I call it the “Ed Lumley” factor, it leads to theContinue Reading
Cornwall Ontario – As it’s become clear that the political assassination of Patrick Brown was from within his own party it’s raised a number of questions for voters who clearly have had enough of the Wynne Liberals and their abuse of the public purse. From Hydro, to Sex Ed curriculum,Continue Reading
Cornwall Ontario – With the demise of yet another hockey management team there are rumblings and even a piece written by that mincing lifeguard, Hugo Rodrigues. Cornwall Ontario is a hockey town. It just has a city government that for whatever reason refuses to allow business to be business. TheContinue Reading
Cornwall Ontario – One wonders what Councilor Mark A MacDonald has done to possibly offend Hugo Rodrigues, Managing editor of the Standard Freeholder? Or maybe it’s simply safe for Hugo to snipe at Mr. MacDonald rather than tackle real issues with meat in them that might cost the newspaper someContinue Reading
Cornwall Ontario – The dirty and unwashed took a local immigrant family to the cleaners on social media after a strange, but sadly, typical restaurant experience. Mix people with difficulty using the language and recent immigrants to our great country who are trying to build a business and you endContinue Reading
Conrad Black: What happened to Patrick Brown was outrageous — but also an opportunity Justin Trudeau is a fair-minded person. He knows better than to greet the destruction of a prominent political career with joy (NAT POST) The sudden departure of Patrick Brown as leader of the Ontario Progressive ConservativesContinue Reading
Cornwall Ontario – The Political assassination of PC leader Patrick Brown, by what appears to be an inhouse Conservative backlash of the older white guy (and gal) crowd, especially from the Eastern part of Ontario is a hot mess of political intrigue and drama. After spending a week talking toContinue Reading
CORNWALL ONTARIO – In an I’m sure unintentional bizarre joke the Seaway News ran a piece trumpeting a scrolling image on a TV in the basement of the Civic complex as a triumph for area artists. There are a few real artists in the region, but most have stayed awayContinue Reading
Cornwall Ontario – Cronyism isn’t unique to Cornwall Ontario, but ED poobah Bob Peter’s ex wifey, who got her management gig at City Hall around the time that Bob resigned over his mysterious use of city credit cards at Eastern European houses of ill repute pulled a doozy recently. (PhotoContinue Reading
Cornwall Ontario – There’s a dark side to journalism. Play ball, don’t report certain things, report others in favorable terms and you too could do the Heart of the City to City Hall shuffle as Kevin Lajoie did, and now Todd Lihou appears to be doing. All on the public’sContinue Reading
Cornwall Ontario – There is stupid, and then frankly there is the sad epic that is the Cornwall Nationals. Rodney Rivette has shimmied and shymied with smoke, mirrors, and some hinky background dramz. Did Mitch Gagne get stiffed for $20K? We know that Mr. Rivette stiffed this newspaper last season,Continue Reading
CORNWALL Ontario – When you’re in the public eye you have to take the good and the bad. You can’t be thin skinned like Cornwall City Councilor Bernadette Clement. Either you take the hits and criticism or frankly you should quit. Some though do the passive aggressive stuff behindContinue Reading
Cornwall Ontario – When you put politics ahead of kids you get the results that are this years report from the Fraser Institute ranking of 3,037 Ontario Primary schools. Bishop Mac finished 2.997 out of 3,664 which is kinda scary. Clearly our teachers and school boards get a failing markContinue Reading
The Canadian media has failed in its coverage of the biggest political news in the world in many years. Trump is the most effective U.S. president since Reagan Toronto Ontario – It is distressing to read and listen to the nonsense in the Canadian media about Donald Trump. It is too earlyContinue Reading
Cornwall Ontario – I get a lot of content inboxed. All the political parties try to end around and massage story points, but today’s from Patrick Brown kinda takes the cake. I’ve decided to write this open letter to Mr. Brown and if Patrick wishes he can by all meansContinue Reading