CFN – So I am finding myself at an odd but not unusual place in life. I’m about to be officially divorced. It’s my first and nearly 100% sure that only time I’ll ever go through this process. Again, not unusual, I waited until I was 40 to settleContinue Reading
CFN – Have people lost the ability to resolve issues with each other? Has the internet inhibited our ability to deal face to face with issues we have with our friends, coworkers, and family? Does disagreeing with someone mean they should perish or are evil? Is the world reallyContinue Reading
CFN – You have to love PQ leader Pauline Marois if you want language laws reviewed in Canada. Official bilingualism has cost our great country billions of dollars since implemention, but what it’s chiefly done is create this special class of civil servant which grossly favours those with aContinue Reading
CFN – The 2012 Summer Olympics in London marks the 40th Anniversary of the Massacre of Israeli athletes in Munich. Sadly this anniversary is not being honoured. I find it sad as the Olympics had in the past been a place where many of the divides of our society have beenContinue Reading
CFN – Our Premier, Dalton McGuinty has nixed beer sales in Convenience stores; again… I find it sad this this near monopoly that we call the Beer store here in Ontario exists. It artificially pumps up price and frankly puts a damper on thirsty Ontarians. I mean; I know Montrealers can’tContinue Reading
CFN – 14 people and counting lie dead in Colorado this morning as you read this. It’s not unique. It’s not new. Theaters, churchs, shopping malls; Children’s camp; people tip. The result is more than smashed and destroyed lives. Our culture changes. How many of you won’t beContinue Reading
CFN – 2012 Cornwall Kinsmen Lift Off finished with a bang Saturday night. By far they had their biggest crowd for Mariana’s Trench, but sadly the turnout for this year was the lowest in this decade. The record was set in 2010; the year that CFN was a media sponsor,Continue Reading
CFN– Holy Gilles Latour Claude McIntosh did it again! The victim of this week’s hatchet job is Cornwall Councilor Andre Rivette. It looks like Claude and the Mayor must’ve had a few pops again and the sympathetic boyhood friend pulled out the poison pen and let go one.Continue Reading
CFN – Two weeks ago Cornwall had a fairly large round up of people arrested. What’s interesting about this is that it was result of US law enforcement operating on Canadian soil. With a RCMP detachment in Cornwall, a very competent local police force, and nearby OPP why did USContinue Reading
CFN – I get emails all the time. Frankly I don’t get a chance to read them all. I get over 500 per day without exaggeration. Most are easy to skim into the bin, but I love my flyers for Electronic stuff! Today Staples sent a blast about theirContinue Reading
CFN – I always find it interesting that different media outlets can be at the same event and have very different angles on a story. Saturday Standard Free Holder Columnist and dean of scribblers here in Cornwall Claude McIntosh penciled an column that was stunning on a multitude of levels.Continue Reading
CFN – Language is a hot topic again in Canada this summer and I have a hunch as our economy slithers down the loo as resource prices tumble we’ll see it get even hotter. While I have many personal feelings on this subject as a Quebec Anglo refugee living inContinue Reading
CFN – It’s been an interesting week since the Waterfront Development sessions in Cornwall Ontario. Politics are always fun to watch; especially when the politicians are smarter and more savvy. The public at the sessions were very loud and clear about not wanting development in their park; development meaningContinue Reading
CFN– Waterfront Committee member Roy Perkins (pictured above on right) has been caught lobbying hard for development of the city of Cornwall’s green space. The question is how many people has he sent this email out to that we received this evening? http://www.cornwall.ca/en/planningandpermits/waterfrontconsultation.asp The link for the meeting information isContinue Reading
CFN – Ah what interesting times we live in… The Montreal Student protest is becoming International news. Countless pieces have been written about it by hundreds of people… As a former Montrealer who grew up during the 70’s, the heart of linguistic purges in Quebec I saw first handContinue Reading
CFN – This term of City Council here in Cornwall has shown the holes in the council system. In a time when the City of Ottawa even is considering dropping from 24 councilors it’s starting to make a lot of sense. LINK We have ten councilors currently. Continue Reading
CFN – “… the liberty of a democracy is not safe if the people tolerate the growth of private power to a point where it becomes stronger than their democratic state itself. That, in its essence, is fascism – ownership of government by an individual, by a group, or byContinue Reading
CFN – So Wednesday we three get to the Civic Complex. Rebecca Sorrell was asked if we’d take a meeting with City Officials, OPG, and the Minister of Natural Resources before her second request to speak before council was submitted. (The first was refused) There’s a hitch though. I’mContinue Reading