CFN – For the second year in a row politicians and mavens in Cornwall Ontario are up in arms about their rating in the CFIB’s Communities in BOOM report which measures the Entrepreneurial environment of cities across Canada. From the CFIB: Ted Mallett, Vice-President & Chief Economist Queenie Wong, Senior ResearchContinue Reading
CFN – It’s been a crazy week and it’s only Monday! I stopped by the VIP dinner here in Cornwall where Key note speaker of Biz Fest, Gerry Visca, shared some of his vision and worked the crowd. Mr. Visca is a moving speaker; very slick and passionate aboutContinue Reading
CFN – I’m reading this op-ed in the NY Times this morning….reading the words carefully after looking at so many stories that are going on in the world. Protests, death, gross destruction of the enviornment, culture, and fundamental ways of doing things. If you take the media accounts at the surfaceContinue Reading
CFN – What an odd end to the Ontario provincial elections. In the “Big Picture” voter turnout was the key factor with the province slumping under the 50% mark. That means that over half of the eligable voters in this province just couldn’t be bothered or care about voting.Continue Reading
CFN – It’s been a long election season. Debate after debate, speech after speech, private moments, heated moments, moments that separate one candidate from another. I can say that at both the local riding level here in SD&SG and at the Provincial level where I’ve seen Tim Hudak barrContinue Reading
CFN – Wow, this 2011 provincial election is almost done. It’s been an ugly and turdulent affair with Racoons, mice, name calling, liar calling, sleazy 30’s style propaganda, and other trickery. See people don’t get the difference between Ontario NDP and the Federal NDP. There’s a HUGE difference. TheContinue Reading
CFN – On Facebook today there was a quote from Albert Einstein; “The World will not be destroyed by those that do evil; but by those who watch them without doing anything.” We live in a conformist world. Where the Sixties was about confrontation today we shy from it. Why?Continue Reading
Cornwall ON – Tim Hudak was politically spanked this week, and it may in the end cost him the election; although I don’t think he really had much of a chance to win to start? Hudak and his Tea Party Progressive Conservatives pounced like a hyena on a three leggedContinue Reading
Cornwall ON – Isn’t it odd that that Progressive Conservative candidate for SD&SG Jim “McFuddle” McDonell has to have baby sitters when he has a speaking engagement? Usually it’s Steve Clark, a very Mayor McFuddle strong politician who doesn’t seem to need full day Kindergarten the way that Mr.Continue Reading
Cornwall ON – Is hockey in trouble? I used to be a huge baseball fan. I lived and died MLB..almost. I studied stats; I played Rotiserrie and Stratomatic baseball. I went to minor league games. I got to speak to Bill James even! I have an outline for aContinue Reading
Cornwall ON – It’s been a weird and wacky week dear viewers of The Cornwall Free News, and I have an odd conundrum that I thought I’d share with you and ask your opinions? It’s not easy being a small independent online newspaper. A lot of chores and neverContinue Reading
Cornwall ON – The writ is about to fall soon and it will be time for the province of Ontario to make a huge decision and one that will impact all of Canada. From coast to coast the ripples of this election will be felt, if not right away,Continue Reading
Cornwall ON – Wow, the world seems to be exploding. Riots across England, Syria, Israel; and even China! Spain and Portugal, and many other countries around the globe simmering. Imagine what it takes to get people to that point? httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gDgxEYTQk50 Simple answers? Nope, but I do thinkContinue Reading
Ottawa ON – I would rather have one than not, but living with a Medical Marijuana License from Health Canada has been a bit of a nightmare. For my wife and I, it has been a stressful and humiliating experience on more than one occasion. The fact that we haveContinue Reading
Cornwall ON – Tis my Birthday today. I turn 47 which means I’m another year closer to the big 50. A very wise person once shared with me that certain days are great opportunities to take a step back and look at the big picture. Where IContinue Reading
Cornwall ON – The Harper government seems to be tinkering with its divide and conquer policies in Canada, this time doing in our Nation’s capital, Ottawa. Media reports state that the Federal government has hired secret shoppers to see if businesses are serving consumers in French. While I 100%Continue Reading
Cornwall ON – Courtesy. I know; we all think we’re courteous, but are we really? Is it a dying thing? Do you ever hold the door open for someone? Do you have let someone ahead of you in line or give up your seat? Do you drive courteously?Continue Reading
Cornwall ON – Some of you may notice that we here at the Cornwall Free News don’t like to dwell on the standard disaster news story, but frankly I’m overwhelmed by this weekend’s two busiest stories. Both involve death; one the massacre in Norway, and the second being theContinue Reading